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Posted by: A Shrule Egan 11-May-2004, 07:45 PM
Just got off the Dell site from ordering my new computer. Has plenty of "GO" to it, which always makes it much easier to listen to CR.
You may ask, why didn't I order speakers. The answer to that is, I still have my Bose set that can blow the roof off the house.

The only bad thing about it is it has Bill Gatesware on it. Dell doesn't offer Lynux. I did complain about that.

Here's the specs:

Dimension 4600 Qty 1
Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3.06GHz w/533MHz FSB, Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Unit Price $1,434.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 15% off the Dell Dimension 4600 or 4600c!
Expires Thursday, May 13, 2004
-$215.10

Catalog Number: 29

Module Description Product Code Sku Id
Dell Dimension 4600 Series Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology 3.06GHz w/533MHz FSB W305H [221-3724] 1
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition WHXP [313-7222][420-1921][412-0409] 11
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 333MHz (2x512M) 1GB3 [311-9009] 3
Keyboard Dell® Quietkey® Keyboard QK [310-1582] 4
Monitor 19 in (18.0 in viewable) M992 CRT Monitor M992 [320-3824] 5
Video Card Integrated Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 IV [320-2870] 6
Hard Drive 80GB Ultra ATA/100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM) 80 [341-0834] 8
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices 3.5 in Floppy Drive FD [340-8860] 10
Mouse Dell® 2-button scroll mouse SM [310-1871] 12
Network Card Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet IN [430-0412] 13
Modem 56K PCI Data Fax Modem DFAX [313-2279] 14
CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 48x CD-RW Drive DVDCDR [313-2610][430-0594][313-2238][462-7810] 16
Sound Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 (D) Card with Dolby® Digital 5.1 capability SB1024 [313-1932][313-6010] 17
Speakers No Speaker Option N [313-2198] 18
Productivity Software Microsoft® Works Suite including Microsoft® Money Standard DWORKS [412-0629] 22
Security Software Norton AntiVirus® 2004 12-month subscription upgrade NORTON [365-1234][410-0632] 25
Digital Music Dell Jukebox powered by MUSICMATCH MMBASE [412-0516] 27
Digital Photography Dell Picture Studio, Photo Album Premium DPSPREM [412-0522] 28
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options 2 Year Limited Warranty plus 2 Year At-Home Service S222OS [950-1261][950-3338][950-1260][412-0360] 29
Optional Support Services Express Tech Support, 2 Years PCRDHS2 [902-7078] 31
Internet Access Services 6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included ERTHLNK [412-0584][412-0625][420-3224] 37
Dell Media Experience Dell Media Experience DMX [412-0519] 115

ACCESSORIES

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IntelliMover: moves valuable data to your new PC Qty 1
Unit Price $49.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 10% off Software and Peripherals configured with your system!
Expires Thursday, May 13, 2004
-$4.90

Norton Internet Security 2004 Qty 1
Unit Price $70.00

Dell Home Customers: Save 10% off Software and Peripherals configured with your system!
Expires Thursday, May 13, 2004
-$7.00

TOTAL: $1,326.00

Posted by: Macfive 11-May-2004, 07:47 PM
Im drooling!!!

Wow, sounds like an awesome system! Way to go! thumbs_up.gif

Posted by: Raven 11-May-2004, 08:12 PM
Kool Shrule

I just got a PC from Dell also here are my specs

Dimension 8300 Series,Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 3.0GHz
with HT Technology

1024MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz

17 in (17 in viewable) E172FPB Flat Panel Display
128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

3.5in Floppy Drive

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,Service Pack 1,English EA 0.00 0.00
Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card

48X Max CD-RW Drive EA 0.00 0.00
8X DVD+R/RW CD-RW Combination Drive

Integrated Audio
Dell A425 Speakers
IEEE 1394 Adapter (3 Port)
DVI-VGA Adapter to connect 2 CRT Monitors to dual monitor

I got this mainly to do video editing but it also is great for any kind of graphic and my web work, I know you are gonna have fun with yours.

Peace

Mikel

Posted by: 3Ravens 12-May-2004, 12:26 AM
Ummmmmm, I just got a new processor with 300 and some MB and thought I had done something until I read this.....'course, mine mostly gets used for the internet and as the household's most expensive game machine..... tongue.gif wink.gif

Posted by: Madadh 12-May-2004, 03:47 AM
A Shrule Egan,

Don't worry about unk Bill and his claws, Dells make perfect Linux platforms. In fact the only thing that makes have XP on the platform to start with is that unk Bill picked up some of the tab for what should be an awesome Linux box when your done. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

Posted by: maisky 12-May-2004, 04:01 AM
The system should give you very good service! biggrin.gif

Posted by: tsargent62 12-May-2004, 06:02 AM
I wish I were in the position to get a new PC at home. Our system is a 500 MHz pip-squeek. The only good aspect about is... Um.... Ok, there isn't anything good about it. One of the main reasons I want one is so the kids will leave my laptop alone. The PC is too old to play some of their games. My laptop is only about 8 months old, so it plays anything currently available.

I'm <u>so</u> jealous!

Posted by: Annabelle 12-May-2004, 09:07 AM
Can I get a loan?

Great new computer! now all we will hear is zoom! zoom!
well there went Shrule again! Hook up to DSL now and you are in heaven!

Posted by: Aragorn 12-May-2004, 09:43 AM
Sounds like an awesome setup!! biggrin.gif You should have lots of fun with anything you want to do on it.

Enjoy!!

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 12-May-2004, 03:08 PM
QUOTE (Raven @ May 11 2004, 10:12 PM)
Kool Shrule

I just got a PC from Dell also here are my specs

Dimension 8300 Series,Intel Pentium 4 Processor at 3.0GHz
with HT Technology

1024MB DDR SDRAM at 400MHz

17 in (17 in viewable) E172FPB Flat Panel Display
128MB DDR NVidia GeForce FX 5200 graphics card
250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)

3.5in Floppy Drive

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition,Service Pack 1,English EA 0.00 0.00
Intel Pro 100M Integrated PCI NIC Card

48X Max CD-RW Drive EA 0.00 0.00
8X DVD+R/RW CD-RW Combination Drive

Integrated Audio
Dell A425 Speakers
IEEE 1394 Adapter (3 Port)
DVI-VGA Adapter to connect 2 CRT Monitors to dual monitor

I got this mainly to do video editing but it also is great for any kind of graphic and my web work, I know you are gonna have fun with yours.

Peace

Mikel

Mike, want to race????? biggrin.gif thumbs_up.gif

Posted by: Annabelle 12-May-2004, 04:42 PM
Show off!

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 12-May-2004, 06:09 PM
QUOTE (Madadh @ May 12 2004, 05:47 AM)
A Shrule Egan,

Don't worry about unk Bill and his claws, Dells make perfect Linux platforms. In fact the only thing that makes have XP on the platform to start with is that unk Bill picked up some of the tab for what should be an awesome Linux box when your done. biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif biggrin.gif

I think that is the project for the computer I'm running now. I would like to see what Linux is all about and this computer I'm running now should work fine for that.

Posted by: Madadh 13-May-2004, 03:54 AM
A Shrule Egan,

You will find Linux works well on most systems even old ones. I have an old Pentium system with 32Mb of Ran that runs Linux and is my firewall. I like a faster machine for my workstation.

I would suggest using GNOME as your GUI but keep the KDE applications handy. I like Galleon for my web brouser and Kmail for e-mail. Hope that helps and have fun. biggrin.gif

Posted by: Aaediwen 13-May-2004, 07:23 AM
Linux will love that 500 Mhz box smile.gif One of the more minor things I like about Linux is its scalability. I've got here next to me a AMD XP 2700 w/ 1 GB RAM, and a 486 DX2/50 w/ 12 MB RAM. Both run LFS, and both run great =) Granted I only ask a remote console, IRC, and some web browsing of the 486 most of the time, leaving All the graphics to my AMD... But the 486 still does just peachy for everything I use it for. I think I'll keep it online for quite some time regardless of what else I get going, because it does so well. Over 1/3 of the 12 MB is being used as cache atm, and nearly half a MB free.

Posted by: gtrplr 13-May-2004, 08:20 AM
QUOTE
I think that is the project for the computer I'm running now. I would like to see what Linux is all about and this computer I'm running now should work fine for that.


I've got a PIII 500Mhz Gateway sitting on my desk that happily runs Mandrake 10.0. I work for a Linux consultancy in Springfield, TN and most of us are using Mandrake. It installs easily, is stable and comes with all the tools you need to do just about anything. I do graphic design, page layout, photo editing and web research. The company uses open source software to turn an ordinary PC into a complete PBX that can utilize phone lines or VoIP. We use Linux mainly because it's rock solid. If an application crashes, it usually doesn't bring down your computer and require a reboot. One of our machines, running Mandrake 8.2, has not been shut down or rebooted for 467 days. After more than a year of using Linux at home and at work, I think the question isn't 'Why should I use Linux?' but rather 'Why would I use anything else?'

Posted by: peckery 13-May-2004, 08:27 AM
My Commodore 64 kicks ass on all of you king.gif

Posted by: Aaediwen 13-May-2004, 09:01 AM
QUOTE (peckery @ May 13 2004, 09:27 AM)
My Commodore 64 kicks ass on all of you king.gif

Ohh really? I still use a couple of those on occasion too. Got a functional 128 as well. And a couple 1541's that store a whopping 170 Kb per disk smile.gif

C64 does kick but for what it is. Similar PC technologies to what's found on the 64 would be as follows:

MIDI
EGA
USB
EIDE
DMA

And that's just stock. I've got hardware for recording from a microphone, and have heard of ppl browsing the web in 256 color on one (don't ask me quite how they managed the 256 colors). Oh, and they were chatting on IRC at the same time, in a fully graphical environment. Try that on an IBM PC made in the same decade.

Hardly stellar specs in comparison to a modern machine, but absolutely mind blowing for it's age and what it had to work with.

And then if you hack together some hardware to use modern PC hardware with it, and add that into the mix.... No wonder enthusiests still develop for the thing!

Posted by: Annabelle 16-May-2004, 10:26 AM
Well I know you got this toy Friday, do you have it up and running yet?
I haven't heard any sonic blasts coming from up North...do it work yet?

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 16-May-2004, 12:30 PM
laugh.gif No, it's still in the box. Sometime this afternoon I'll start putting it together. I was doing some things on this one that I knew I had to get done, just in case I had a problem with the new one. I'll PM you when I'm going to start the project so you have a warning to put all the dishes away in case there is a very large boom from the north. wink.gif

Posted by: maisky 16-May-2004, 12:34 PM
I am enjoying my new computer that I got from MGD:

3.2 GH Pentium 4 with hyperthreading
1 GB ram
160 GB 7200 rpm hard drive
800 mh front side bus
128 mb radion graphics card
Sound Blaster Pro with decent speakers
both CD-RW and a DVD + RW drives (I transfered the CD-RW from my last 'puter)
a 19 " flatscreen CRT Monitor
Micrtotek scanner
Ph Laserjet printer

I didn't bother to add a floppy drive.

I'm a bit jealous of the Commador 64, though..... tongue.gif

Posted by: Annabelle 16-May-2004, 12:37 PM
How can you resist letting it stay in the box?

zoom zoom

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 16-May-2004, 12:53 PM
QUOTE (Annabelle @ May 16 2004, 02:37 PM)
How can you resist letting it stay in the box?

zoom zoom

biggrin.gif It's a tool, not a Harley. Big difference.

Posted by: Annabelle 16-May-2004, 12:56 PM
But a wonderful tool!

Posted by: A Shrule Egan 16-May-2004, 01:34 PM
Ok Miss Annabelle, are you happy now!! I took the computer out of the box. Assembly will have to wait until I get back later. Sure is a lot heavier than the Compaq unit I have now. Guess that's because of all the "ZOOM ZOOM" in there. laugh.gif

I ain't never had no 19 inch, 24 dpi screen before. That will be sweet and so much easier on the eyes.

Posted by: Aaediwen 16-May-2004, 02:33 PM
You're not the only one about to perform major surgery =) Got a HDD migration to start here very shortly wink.gif moving from a 160 to 250 GB as primary drive. Got a feeling / is going to take a while to cp.

Just hope that 2k can survive the migration. I think it has before though, so I should be good to go.

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