Hi TW techies, please give feedback for this build.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
LCD AND CAMERA High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LED LCD (1440x900) & 2.0 M
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card
BATTERY OPTIONS 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0
FINGERPRINT SCANNER Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Other stuff
3-Year Warranty + CompleteCare*
Cost: $1,443.00 with free shipping. Price is after $603 instant savings.
So TW, what do you think? Also, if you could either convince me to either get or skip the wireless-n card ($50 extra), that'd be great too. If you've had experience with the Dell Preferred Account business, I'd appreciate feedback for that too. I can pay for it all today, but I won't complain about paying it off over the next 12 months without penalty.
* I 100% agree that extended warranties are garbage. One day though, I busted an LCD screen on my HP. As you all probably already know, the screen is probably the most expensive item you could break. Since it was considered accidental damage, I certainly wasn't going to pay $700 for a new one. Long story short, they took forever (two months) to get it back to me, so I ended up getting it fixed for free. For that reason alone, I'm adding CompleteCare. Besides, after 3 years, I'm sure that something will be wrong with it that needs fixing.
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T8300 (2.4GHz/800Mhz FSB, 3MB Cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1
LCD AND CAMERA High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch LED LCD (1440x900) & 2.0 M
MEMORY 4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz (2 Dimms)
HARD DRIVE Size: 320GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive
INTERNAL OPTICAL DRIVE Slot Load DVD+/-RW (DVD/CD read/write) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT
WIRELESS CARDS Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card
BATTERY OPTIONS 56 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0
FINGERPRINT SCANNER Finger Print Reader XPS M1530
Other stuff
3-Year Warranty + CompleteCare*
Cost: $1,443.00 with free shipping. Price is after $603 instant savings.
So TW, what do you think? Also, if you could either convince me to either get or skip the wireless-n card ($50 extra), that'd be great too. If you've had experience with the Dell Preferred Account business, I'd appreciate feedback for that too. I can pay for it all today, but I won't complain about paying it off over the next 12 months without penalty.
* I 100% agree that extended warranties are garbage. One day though, I busted an LCD screen on my HP. As you all probably already know, the screen is probably the most expensive item you could break. Since it was considered accidental damage, I certainly wasn't going to pay $700 for a new one. Long story short, they took forever (two months) to get it back to me, so I ended up getting it fixed for free. For that reason alone, I'm adding CompleteCare. Besides, after 3 years, I'm sure that something will be wrong with it that needs fixing.