Hank Fletcher
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This is a blatant request for consumer input! I'm in the market for a new computer, so I've been looking over the Dell website to see what my options are.
The Optiplex series seems to be the only thing on offer that still comes with an XP option and serial and parallel ports. Here are the details as I was best able to customize them based on the little I know about computers:
The cost of this system is just a little over $1000, which is about the top of my price range.
The Optiplex series seems to be the only thing on offer that still comes with an XP option and serial and parallel ports. Here are the details as I was best able to customize them based on the little I know about computers:
Components
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor E8200 (2.66GHz, 6M, VT, 1333MHz FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business to XP Pro Downgrade Rights, English edit
MEMORY 4.0GB DDR2 Non-ECC SDRAM, 800MHz, (4DIMM) edit
HARD DRIVE FREE 250GB SATA Hard Drive - $80 Value edit
OPTICAL DRIVE 48X32 CDRW/DVD COMBO and 16X DVD+/-RW, SATA, Roxio Digital Media edit
GRAPHICS CARD 256MB ATI Radeon 2400 XT, Dual Monitor DVI or VGA (TV-out), full height edit
MONITOR No Monitor edit
FILE SYSTEM NTFS File System for all Operating Systems edit
Essentials
WARRANTY 3 Year Basic Limited Warranty and 3 Year NBD Onsite Service edit
FLOPPY DRIVE & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive edit
SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT MODE Basic Client Systems Management (w/ ASF) edit
Accessories
SPEAKERS No Speaker, OptiPlex edit
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard, No Hot Keys edit
MOUSE Dell USB 2-Button Entry Mouse with Scroll, Black edit
Options
DELL ENERGY SMART Dell Energy Smart Enable edit
SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION Resource CD and DVD contains Diagnostics and Driver for Dell OptiPlex Syste edit
REFERENCE GUIDE OPTIONS Quick Reference Guide, Dell OptiPlex 755 edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Misc 6 Shipping Material for System, Smith Minitower
The cost of this system is just a little over $1000, which is about the top of my price range.
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