What do you think of this Dell?

eamonn321

Your opinions on this Dell would be most welcome. Will be used for internet, photos, music, WP, a bit of gaming. Works out at £415 inc VAT and includes free delivery...

Vostro™ 200 MT(D092035) Intel® Core™2 Duo E7200 processor (2.53GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Business SP1- English

Base - Intel® Core™2 Duo E7200 processor (2.53GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB cache
Operating System - Genuine Windows Vista® Business SP1- English Memory 4096MB 667MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [4x1024] Keyboard Dell™ Entry Quietkey USB Keyboard Monitor 19in E198WFP WIDESCREEN Black (1440 x 900) TCO99 DVI-D Video Card 128MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 2400 Pro graphics card Hard Drive 500GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cache Mouse Dell 2 Button USB Optical Mouse Optical Devices 16x DVD +/- RW Drive
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel High Definition Audio Microsoft Application Software Microsoft® Works 9.0 - English Standard Warranty 1Yr Basic Warranty - Next Business Day

aliEnRIK

For 415 thats awesome actually. Though id recommend a slightly bigger monitor, 22" say?

samhale

Alright, but I'd pay the extra for the warranty.

eamonn321

Thanks for your replies chaps.

I've currently got a 14" monitor so 19" will seem much bigger anyway.

I think I could manage with the basic warranty. I think many people have ordered Dells in the past and have downgraded the warranty to "return to Dell" or something like that. At least this one includes collection I think.

niceguyrichy

19" wide is fine, but if you game then that gfx card is not so good

Igol

Not too bad, just had a quick tot up on dabs.co.uk and doubt you could do it cheaper for that spec.

But you already have a mouse keyboard ect and do you need a business OS?
I just picked up a 22" monitor for £99 due to one dead pixel.

Sound card doesnt exist as its part of the motherboard so they're just making it look as your getting something extra there and I'm guessing that its only a mATX board so there'll be limited oppertunity for you to expand, the 4gig RAM that it comes with will be the most that the board will take and you wont have many free slots for PCI cards.

BillScarab

Depends what you mean by gaming as to whether the graphics card will be up to the job. What games are you thinking of playing?

The other thing I would say is that by getting Vista Business you won't get the Media center facilities, Movie Maker, DVD Maker or Parental controls. So you need to chdeck whether those features would be useful to you.

sweetnskint

just read a post that manufacturers dell have gone into administration- not sure whether this is the case but advise you check this out because it would invalidate your guarantee.

sweetnskint

ah sorry! crossed wires.... sorry!ignore my last post!