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Buying A Computer

    My Dell Computer

Dell Dimension 4100 Series: Dimension® 4100 Series, Pentium® lll Processor, 866 MHz
D4186W - [220-7470]
Memory: 128MB 133MHz SDRAM
128M - [311-7001]
Keyboard: Microsoft® Internet Keyboard, Dell Edition For Windows ME
STDME - [310-0436]
Monitor: 17" (16.0" viewable,.28dp)E770
E770 - [320-4645]
Video Card: 32MB NVIDIA TNT2 M64 AGP Graphics Card
32LOW - [320-3131]
Hard Drive: 20GB Ultra ATA-100 Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
20 - [340-9909]
Floppy Drive: 3.5" Floppy Drive
3 - [340-2409]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® Millennium (Windows Me)
WME - [420-8050][412-1050][412-2900][412-5430][313-7222][310-8921]
Mouse: Logitech MouseMan® Wheel (PS/2v)
MM - [310-0589]
Network Card: No Network card
N - [430-0591]
Modem: V.90/56K Telephony Modem for Windows ME- Sound Option
56KWSME - [313-5551]
DVD-ROM or CD-ROM Drive: 12XDVD ROM Drive with Software Decoding for Windows ME
12SFTME - [430-3065][313-1303][313-2001]
Sound Card: Turtle Beach Santa Cruz DSP Sound Card
CRUZ - [313-5204]
Speakers: harman/kardon Speakers
HK - [313-3925]
Bundled Software: MS Works Suite 2001 with Free!EducateU Online Training Pack
EUBW2KH - [422-4043][412-3636]
Zip Drives: 100MB Zip Drive with One Disk
FZIP1 - [340-1551]
Norton Antivirus® at no additional charge: Norton Antivirus® 2000 for Windows Millennium
NAV2KME - [412-2578]
Limited Warranty and Service: 1 Year Next Business Day On-Site Parts and Labor, Years 2 and 3 Parts
S3W - [900-1600][900-3442]
Internet Access Service: 1-Year DellNet™ by MSN® Internet Access Service[add$0]
MSN1YRP - [412-9800]
Iomega Zip Disk Packs: 3-Pak of Iomega 100MB Zip Disks
ZIPCRT3 - [340-0747]
Resolution Assistant: Resolution Assistant
RA - [412-0175]
Proactive Support at no additional charge: Dell Proactive Support by Attune
ATTUNE - [412-4258]
Pre-Installed Printer Drivers/Cable: 10' IEEE Parallel Printer Cable
CABLE - [7001-128]
Power Protection: APC SurgeArrest Per7
PER7 - [519231]
CD-RW DRIVE FOR 2nd Bay: 8X/4X/32X CD-RW, 2nd Bay
CDRW82 - [313-0506]
Choose Your Promo: Free! Lexmark Z32 printer (cable not included)
FZ32 - [098017]

Total Price: $1,689.90

My Computer

Processor Intel® Pentium® III Processor 933MHz with Advanced Transfer Cache  
Memory 128MB 133MHz SDRAM added:
US$ 80
Hard Drive 20GB Ultra ATA Hard Drive  
Monitor EVF720 17" Color Monitor (16.0" viewable area) added:
US$ 40
Floppy Drive 3.5" 1.44MB diskette drive  
CD-ROM/DVD 12X/40X DVD-ROM Drive added:
US$ 70
Video 16MB NVIDIA TNT-2 Vanta AGP Graphics Accelerator added:
US$ 60
Sound Cards Live Audio Sound Card added:
US$ 30
Speakers Boston Acoustics® BA265 Speakers  
Modem Home Networking/56K Modem Combo Card  
Case Gateway Mid-Tower Case  
Keyboard Multi-Function Keyboard  
Controller Specifications Integrated Ultra ATA Controller  
Expansion slots Five PCI and One AGP  
Mouse PS/2 Mouse and Gateway Mouse Pad  
Printers Epson Stylus 880 Color InkJet Printer with USB cable added:
US$ 149
Power Protection APC SurgeStation Pro8T2 added:
US$ 39
Back Up Drives IOMEGA 250MB Internal Zip Drive w/1 zip disk added:
US$ 99
Media 1-Pack 250MB Zip Disk added:
US$ 20
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® Millennium Edition  
Application Software Microsoft® Works Suite 2001 - Including Microsoft® Word and Encarta  
Bundled Software Quicken Basic 2000 and Norton Anti-Virus  
Network Cards 10Mbps USB Home Networking Adapter (HPNA) added:
US$ 59
Warranty 3 Yr Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr Onsite Service, Ltd Hardware & Software Tech Support  
ISP One Year America Online® Internet Access  

Total Price: $1,945

 

         Dell Computer: $1,689.90
 Gateway Computer: $1,945.00
____________________________
                                $   255.10
                                      More for a Gateway

Differences on Computer

  Processor Zip Drive Printer CD-RW Drive CD-ROM
Dell 866 MHz 100 MB Lexmark Z32 8X/4X/32X

 

12X DVD ROM
Gateway 933 MHz 250 MB Epson Stylus 880 None 12X/40X DVD ROM

    
  Warranty

ISP

Network Cards

Software

Dell 1 Year Parts and Labor 1 Year MSN None MS Works Suite 2001 with Free!EducateU Online Training Pack
Gateway 3 Year Limited Warranty 1 Year AOL  10Mbps USB Home Networking Adapter  Microsoft® Works Suite 2001,Microsoft® Word, Encarta
Quicken Basic 2000 
 

    In conclusion, I would probably buy a Gateway.  Even though this computer was more expensive, I would choose it over Dell.  I have a Dell, and I am not completely happy with the performance of the computer.  My brother has a Gateway, and he is very happy with it.

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