Re: Dell Q & A & Comments
Price difference is because the dell Inspirion is a laptop. and a nice unit at
that. though out of my price range by a bit. but the 400 is the choice I'ld make
if you want to go with Dell.
brian moore wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 05:35:53PM -0800, hammack wrote:
> > Dell has quoted: $2180, INSPIRON 4000, 128MB, 10 GB HD, 850mHZ,
> > XGA, V90 Gold Card Modem, 24 X CR-ROM, with RH 7.0 installed. My
> > thinking is, test drive the RH for a while. then copy all config
> > files for reference to setting up Debian. I may bump the HD to
> > 20GB.
>
> Ugh, try http://www.aslab.com/ for better quality machines.
>
> For an example (cause that Dell price is too damned high):
>
> AMD 1Ghz CPU, 256M RAM, 18.2G Ultra160 SCSI drive, onboard SYM8952U SCSI
> controller, HP 12x8x32 CD-RW, Matrox G450 Dual Head with 32M, Intel
> 10/100 ethernet, onboard AC97 audio, 3com 56k modem and keyboard (you
> can buy a monitor locally... I never do those mail order :))
>
> All that, with Mandrake, CD and manuals...
>
> $1867.
>
> Save $40 and get RH without manuals if you want.... that's what I do
> when I remember or I give away the CD's and manuals. You could scale
> back the specs a bit to make it comparable to the Dell, but, um, why
> bother... if you're dropping $2k on a machine, you can do better than
> the Dell quote.
>
> Or if you really must have Intel:
>
> PIII Copermine 866, 256M ECC RAM, 18G IBM SCSI, integrated LSI1010 SCSI
> controller, HP 12x8x32 CD-RW, G450 dual head 32M, Creative PCI128 sound,
> 3Com 56k PCI modem, keyboard... oh, yeah, and the motherboard is
> dual-capable, so when you want to upgrade buy another 866 and drop it
> in.
>
> $1929.
>
> Either way, I'd do that over Dell. :)
>
> (And, no, I don't work for ASL, I just buy their machines and love 'em.
> :))
>
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