jasno999
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 Posted: Wed, 24 May 2006 07:59:02 Post Subject: |
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Well I made a final decision. I really did like the gateway but the price was too high and the whole stylus thing was something I was not sure if I was going to use or not. So I went for the Dell. I got upgrades all around.
-256MB ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON® X1400 Hyper Memory – Was the best I could get in the selection
-100GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
-Genuine Windows® XP Media Center Edition 2005
-8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability
-Intel® PRO 3945 and Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Cards
-15.4 inch UltraSharp™ Wide Screen SXGA+ Display with TrueLife™
-Intel® Core™ Duo processor T2500 (2MB Cache/2GHz/667MHz FSB)
-1GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm
I also purchase a bag for the laptop along with a wireless router and the software/GPS combo from Streets and trips 2006.
My final pricing for the computer, software, bag and all of that good stuff was $1500. I know you guys are great at finding deals and you know all the nooks and crannies all over the web. But I think this pricing was pretty good. I got the Dell 22% discount along with a company provided 16% discount on the computer and 6% discount on software and bag. So all in all it worked out. IF I had selected the gateway I would have ended up spending around $1800 for all of that stuff. So I decided that a computer with a Pentium M processor, stylus, less hard drive, less video quality, and less options was not what I wanted for a higher price.
I do appreciate everybody’s help. It was a hard decision because I like to be different and I like to get stuff that is interesting and new. But the money became the factor.
One thing I just read was that the new Microsoft OS id going to have a tablet PC functionality built in. I am not sure what that means or how it will work. I just hope I don’t end up being pissed off for not waiting for this system to come out when it does. |
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