Tom, Yup, grabbed 2000 shares, "manny" thanks....
As requested resident Wes has been kind enough to go thro what Dell has to offer. I will write another post in my own experience with them, but here is his post:
Here is a good Dell config:
Date: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 6:30:14 PM CDT
Catalog Number: 29 19
Dell Dimension 8100 Series: Dimension® 8100 Series, Pentium® 4 Processor at 1.4 GHz
D8114HB - [220-6996]
Memory: 256MB PC600 RDRAM
256M62 - [311-8462]
Keyboard: New Dell® Enhanced Quiet Key Keyboard
EQK - [310-2753]
Monitor: FREE UPGRADE! 19" (17.9" viewable, .24 -.25AG) P991 FD Trinitron® Mon
P991P - [461-2263]
Video Card: 32MB NVIDIA GeForce2 MX 4X AGP Graphics Card
32NVMX - [320-1423]
Hard Drive: 40GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
40 - [340-1921]
Floppy Drive: 3.5 in Floppy Drive
3 - [340-2805]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition (Windows Me)
WME - [313-7222] [412-1050] [420-8050]
Mouse: Dell® 2 Button Mouse
SM - [310-2758]
Network Card: Integrated 3Com® EtherLink® 10/100 Ethernet Controller
IN - [461-1290]
Modem: V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows
56KWS - [313-5551]
DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drive: New CD-RW/DVD Combination Drive ($99 Savings)
8COMBOP - [313-1460] [461-3576]
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
CRUZ - [313-5204]
Speakers: Altec Lansing THX Certified ADA885 Dolby Digital Speakers with Subwoofer
ADA885 - [313-1480]
Bundled Software: Microsoft® Office XP Small Business with Money 2001 Standard
XPSBM - [412-2356] [412-1200]
Zip Drives: 250MB Iomega Zip BUILT-IN Drive with One Disk
ZIP250 - [340-2807]
Norton Antivirus® at No Additional Charge: Norton Antivirus® 2001
NAV - [412-4630]
Digital Music: Dell Jukebox powered by MusicMatch 6.0
JUKEBOX - [412-1411]
Digital Imaging Software: Image Expert® 2000,Dell Edition ($0)
DPS - [412-2108]
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options: 3 Year Ltd. Warranty, 3 Year At Home Service, Lifetime 24x7 Phone Support
S3OS - [950-1270] [950-1272]
Internet Access Service at no additional charge: 1-Year DellNet™ by MSN® Internet Access Service[add$0]
MSN1YRP - [412-9800]
Resolution Assistant: Resolution Assistant
RA - [412-0175]
The one thing I would do is get it without a video card and buy the matrox g450 dual head card for it.
Hope this helps. |
