Ugh, Dell... For $1000 you can build a pc yourself and get a AMDX2 3800+, 7900gt, 2GB of ram, a good PSU, case, etc. off www.newegg.com. That's much better than this deal, even though its only $600.
Exactly. I got my laptop for a shade under $1500 with a $650 off coupon. That time they had free DVD Burner but HDD upgrade was more expensive. The next week they had a 30% coupon where the was no DVD Burner upgrade, but the HDD upgrade was cheaper, and the RAM uprade was free. I configured it just like I bought it the week before and it came out exactly the same price, save a few pennies.
That's what you'd do if you're a true geek (ummm... like me). Some people don't want to have to worry about parts failing and trying to figure out what failed and then shipping that part of to wherever they bought it from and waiting to get it back and then replacing it in the machine. That's what you get from Dell that you don't get from Newegg.
You do realize that the Dell system comes with a $250 monitor. So you are only paying $350 for a dual core machine.
Guys it is back on again!!! Dell Home has the Dimension E510 Pentium D Dual Core 2.8GHz Desktop w/ 19" LCD for $1019 - 40% off coupon Z4$DJ$6HP83NDB - $35 off $300 ebay coupon = $576 w/ free shipping. If you have a DPA account, apply code TH136J13GHNBM1 for $25 off $999 which drops your price to $551. Thanks slick. Remember to upgrade to 19" Analog LCD and DVDRW Drive. Also, everything you add on to the computer gets 40% off Specs: Pentium® D Processor 820 with Dual Core Technology (2.80GHz, 800FSB) Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition 512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x256M) 19 inch E196FP Analog Flat Panel 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X300 SE HyperMemory 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet 56K PCI Data Fax Modem 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr HW Warranty Support
To be fair, you ARE paying overhead on the warranty. I highly doubt that POS 15" Analog LCD is worth $250. Yes, I abhor Dell/HP/Compaq/etc.
