Dude! You Just Bought Another Dell!
Written: Jan 29 '04 (Updated Feb 04 '04)
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Pros: This is a nice computer and suits our needs
Cons: So far none.
The Bottom Line: Dell makes great products in our book and we do recommend them.
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| meleahk's Full Review: Dell Dimension 2400 (2400-PROMO) PC Desktop |
Last April we bought our first Dell home computer and have been happy with it ever since. See review here: http://www.epinions.com/content_97964428932 and we bought that computer from www.dell.com see that review here: http://www.epinions.com/content_97949093508.
Well, over the past several months the boys in the family have discovered a variety of games that they can play on my computer and its rather annoying trying to share all the time. And besides their games mess the performance of my computer up and that just won’t do! And sharing online time has become a pain with them and a teenager daughter in the house. But, we have managed pretty well though. But it is still annoying!
So, over the last several weeks we have tried to upgrade our old IBM computer in order for the boys to play their games on. And after a couple hundred dollars and still not able to set up networking with the old computer we decided to take all the Ethernet Cards, cables and new CD Rom drive (review found here: http://www.epinions.com/content_123388071556) because we just could not get the old computer to participate properly and buy just a computer for around 500.00, keeping our old monitor and not needing another printer (review found here: http://www.epinions.com/content_98442120836).
We had already put about 150.00 in the old computer and hubby wanted to add more memory as well and then the cost was going to keep going up. Why bother when you can buy at www.dell.com and get a new computer for around that 500.00 dollars? So for his Valentines, Fathers Day and Birthday gifts this is what we did. He bought another Dell Computer!
The Product
Dimension 2400 Series, Intel Celeron Processor at 2.4GHz As seen on TV for 499.00 before mail in rebate and taxes. Free shipping and free CD Burner Upgrade for online orders only.
What Was Standard
Intel® Celeron® Processor at 2.4GHz with 400MHz front side bus
Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
FREE Shipping!
FREE CD-Burner Upgrade - ONLINE ONLY!
Save $100 with mail-in rebate. Price shown before rebate
128MB Shared DDR SDRAM at 333MHz (Performs at 266MHz for 400FSB systems)
40GB ATA/100 Value Hard Drive
No Floppy Drive Included
Single Drive: FREE UPGRADE! 48x CD-RW Drive with Sonic Record Now
These are upgrades to the basic software packages included with the CD-RW and DVD RW drives listed above, None
Dell™ Quietkey® Keyboard
Dell® 2-Button Scroll Mouse
Productivity Pack including WordPerfect® and Money®
Dell Security Center by McAfee w/ Virus Scan, Firewall and Privacy, 90-day
17 in (16.0 in v.i.s., .27dp)E773c Monitor
Integrated Audio
Stereo Speakers
RealOne™ Player, with 14-day Super Pass trial
Dell Picture Studio, Paint Shop Pro Trial, Photo Album Starter Edition
6 Months America Online Internet Access Included
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
You could also upgrade memory, which we did, choose a printer and other soft wares programs. We elected not to do those things. All we needed was just the computer so the boys could play games and leave my Dell alone!
This is What we Got
Dimension 2400 Series, Intel Celeron Processor at 2.4GHz
512MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz
Dell Quiet Key Keyboard
Video ready option w/o monitor
Integrated Intel 3D AGP Graphics
Module, Hard Drive,40GB, 40GB Value Hard Drive
3.5in Floppy Drive
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, Service Pack 1,English
Dell Application Back-up CD, Factory Install
Generic Dimension Dell Support
Dell 2-button Scroll Mouse
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
56K PCI Data Fax Modem for Windows
48X Max CD-RW Drive
Integrated ADI 1885 Audio
Stereo speakers
NETWORK ASSOCIATES MCAFEE.COM,OEM,ENGLISH, 90-DAY TRIAL,FACTORY INSTALLED
Dell Jukebox powered by Music Match
D Dimension 2400 Series, Intel Celeron Processor at 2.4GHz ell Photo Album Standard
Dell Photo Album Standard
Broadband Icon for Inspiron
Dell/My Way Home Page
AOL Solo
Real Network RealOne Player Basic, Version 6,US English
Word Perfect Productivity Pack
Money 2004 Standard Version for Dimension
Type 3- Third Party At Home Service, 24x7 Technical Support, Initial Year
No Warranty, Year 2 and 3
1 Year Limited Warranty
$100 MAIL-IN REBATE 44102 Redeem your rebate after purchase at dell4me.com/ rebates Soft Contracts – Banctec
Dell Media Experience
Total 519.00 after rebate with tax.
We used our old monitor so that saved us 50.00. If we could have kept our old speakers we would have done so. We also upgradedthe memory as you can see and added a floppy disk drive. The floppy drive will allow us to save information onto a disk for future use. And I save all my reviews onto disk, so the floppy was necessary.
How I Feel
Well certainly life is easier now in our home. Not one of us has any reason to get upset with two working computers in the house with Internet Access!
The computer was ordered on 1-24-04 and was shipped on 1-25-04 and we got it on 1-28-04. The set up was very easy as usual and the computer looks as nice as the other one. The performance is as good and certainly suits our needs.
The boys can play their games now and I can delete those games off of my computer and play my games online at www.pogo.com without having to set a time limit and when my daughter is home, she can get on computer and I on the other.
The game that the boys play the most is Delta Force®. The graphics are actually better on this computer than on mine. The load of the game is instant! So far I we have not had any problems with the game.
As I mentioned earlier this computer suits our needs, meaning, for no more then we needed another computer for, it’ great! There was also software called Sonic™ that came on the computer, which allows us to burn music onto the CD/RW burner. Note: this is not a DVD burner.
My son is also able to use my computer to do his homework, which the printer while my daughter can do her homework on the new computer.
Both computers come with Microsoft Words® as well as Corel Word Perfect™, giving us choices to write with.
If you can afford another computer in the house this is the way to go for it’s just as cheap to buy another one instead of upgrading, at least if you want to upgrade to what hubby wanted. Even at the Computer shows the parts to upgrade was going to cost us around 300.00 dollars. So, we spent a little bit more money and got a new computer with a warranty for a year. It was worth it to us.
I hope this has helped in some kind of way.
God Bless!
©LKD 2004
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 519.00
Operating System: Windows
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