Bunch of Dim 8400 systems on the Outlet site

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What CPU on these, Sparky? The RAM is impressive for that price. Are they
taking something back by charging shipping?


Stew


"Sparky" <nemo@moon.sun.edu> wrote in message
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> If anyone's interested, Dell has 50 identically configured 8400's for
> $779. I'd guess a company ordered 50, then canceled:
>
> System Price $879.00
> Promotion Discount ($100.00)
> Discounted Price $779.00
>
> Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional
> Memory: 1 GB DDR SDRAM, 400 MHz (2 DIMM)
> Floppy Drive: 1.44 MB Floppy Disk Drive
> Hard Disk Drive: 160 GB EIDE SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
> Video: 128MB PCI Express ATI Radeon X300 SE
> Network Interface Card: Wireless 1450 Internal Wireless
> DVD Drive: 16x DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability
>
> Software: Image Restore Software
> Software
> Dell/My Way Home Page
> McAfee Virus Scan - 90-day Trial
> Music Match Software
> Software CD
> H and R Block Promotional Software
> Dell Support 2.0 Software
> Dell Support 2.0
> Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Reader
> Power DVD Software
> Photo Album 5.1 Standard
> Paint Shop Pro Studio Trial
> Record Now! Deluxe Software
> Microsoft Works Suite
> Windows Media Player
> Resource CD
>
> Misc: No Modem Option
> Shipping Material
> No Raid
> QuietKey Keyboard
> Logitec 2-button Scroll Mouse
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------
>
> While on the topic of new 8400's, I've been watching the site to see when
> the 8400's would offer the 1066 FSB, which is not yet. How much of a
> difference in performance will the 1066 FSB show in real life over the 800
> FSB one? I'm thinking of 2 GB of the 533 RAM.
>

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S.Lewis wrote:
> What CPU on these, Sparky?

Funny that's not included with the system specs - they all say
"P4-3200". Here's one of the Service Tags: 0GYE9EHX

> The RAM is impressive for that price. Are they
> taking something back by charging shipping?

Standard shipping (3-5 days) is free. I thought it looked like a pretty
good value with the 160 GB SATA HDD & integrated NIC.

S

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"Sparky" <nemo@moon.sun.edu> wrote in message
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> S.Lewis wrote:
>> What CPU on these, Sparky?
>
> Funny that's not included with the system specs - they all say "P4-3200".
> Here's one of the Service Tags: 0GYE9EHX
>
>> The RAM is impressive for that price. Are they taking something back by
>> charging shipping?
>
> Standard shipping (3-5 days) is free. I thought it looked like a pretty
> good value with the 160 GB SATA HDD & integrated NIC.
>
> S


That's not bad for that CPU/RAM/HDD/DVDRW combo....


Stew