I've been looking to purchase a new computer for the past several months. Well, I finally pulled the trigger. Couldn't pass up a great deal when I saw it. I purchased it via the Navy Exchange website. Total price was $1843.40. Nice thing, there is no shipping and sales tax charges. This similar computer purchased on the dell website is approx $1000 more, and that includes free shipping. Here's a breakdown of some of the key items: (let me know what you think)

Item Description
Dimension XPS: Pentium® 4 Processor 550 with HT Technology (3.40GHz, 800 FSB)
Memory: FREE UPGRADE! 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz (2x512M)
Keyboard: Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Monitors: 20.1 in 2001FP Dell Ultrasharp™ Digital Flat Panel Display
Video Card: 128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X800
Hard Drive: 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Floppy Drive and Additional Storage Devices: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition with Service Pack 2
Mouse: Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Network Interface: Integrated Gigabit Ethernet
Document Management: Adobe® Acrobat® Elements 6.0 - Publish
CD or DVD Drive: Dual Drives: 16x DVD + FREE UPGRADE! 16x DVD+RW/+R w/ dbl layer write
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Audigy™2 (D) Card w/Dolby 5.1, and IEEE 1394 capability
Speakers: Dell 5650 5.1 Surround Sound Speaker System with Subwoofer
Productivity Software: WordPerfect®, Powerful Word Processing
2nd Hard Drive: 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Security Software: Norton Internet Security™, 90 day trial
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox - easy-to-use music player and CD burning software
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support
XPS Specialized Support: Dimension XPS, Specialized Support

 

Sounds like it ROCKS!!

 

Thats a nice system. I dont care who you are,lol.

 

Sounds great!! You'll love it, I got my Dell about a month ago and I am loving it over what I had. Have fun!!

 

looks like a nice system. Just pray you NEVER have to call their tech support, unless you speak broken english. My buddies dad grew up in india and couldnt understand the guys they had working for dells support. Ive since stopped recommending dells to my clients. Pretty sweet setup being able to go through Navy exchange tho.

Dan

 

I agree, they are extremely hard to understand but my old computer was an HP and their support was just as bad. I'm not convinced there is a manufacturer in the world that has their customer service and support facilities based in the US. Just do what I do, when I get someone on the phone that I truly cannot understand I politely say "I'm sorry, but I am having a lot of difficulty understanding what you are saying because of your accent. Would it be possible for you to connect me with someone who can speak clearer English please." I figure it is my right, after all the money I just handed them for this machine I should be able to at least understand them when I call for support. It works and eventually you'll get someone on the phone you can mostly understand.

 

Gateway still does, last I heard anyways. If not, I'll just build my own next time.