Computers

 

 

 

Okay, so I’ve had my current laptop for almost four years (four years in August).  Lately it’s really been having troubles and when I got home from New York on Monday it was really giving me fits.  Prior to Monday, I had intended to wait til the Christmas holidays to buy a new one, hoping that the prices would go down with the holiday.  However, Monday made it clear that that likely wasn’t going to happen.  The brother that’s home helped me get it running well enough for me to deal in the meantime….but yeah.  So I took my other brother up on his promise to help me pick out and build a new laptop on dell’s website.  So on Monday night we started that conversation and we talked more about it last night and some more tonight and tonight I bought my new laptop.  It’s the Dell Inspiron 15 laptop.  I’ve put in the specs below and for now I’ll leave the prices in there.  The current estimated ship date is 6/9 and the estimated arrival date is 6/15.  I can’t wait for it to get here now:) I’m really looking forward to having a computer that runs well.  If you’re wondering why I didn’t get Microsoft Office, it’s because we have a copy here that I can legally install on it, plus I intend to use OpenOffice for my word processing and other Office needs.  Those who know computers, feel free to tell me what you think 🙂  My brother essentially told me what to pick. 🙂

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

 

Inspiron 15
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Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit
Unit Price
 
$1,132.00
 

Estimated Delivery Date
6/15/2009

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Catalog Number:
 29 DNDBZB3

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 Description
 

INSPIRON 15
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T6400 (2.00GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

Operating System
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1 32 Bit

System Color
Matte Black

Memory
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz

LCD Panel
Glossy, widescreen 15.6 inch display (1366×768)

Video Card
256MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4330

Hard Drive
320GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Network
Integrated 10/100 Network Card

Adobe Software
Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0

Combo or DVD+RW Drive
8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

Sound
High Definition Audio 2.0

Wireless Networking Cards
Intel WiFi Link 5100 802.11 Wireless-N Mini Card

Integrated Web Cam
No Webcam Option

Productivity
No Microsoft Office

Software – Antivirus
McAfee 36 month

Battery Options
9-cell battery

Hardware Support Services
2Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis

Datasafe
Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year

Dial-Up Internet Access
No ISP requested

Entertainment and Editing Software
WildTangent Games

PROCESSOR LABELS
Intel® Centrino® Processor

OS LABELS
Windows Vista™ Premium

Dell Remote Access
Dell Remote Access, free basic service