My new rig

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Charles256
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My new rig

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My new rig. Note I all ready own a 512mb x1600 ati radeon so switch that with the x1300. :-D now everyone rejoice :-D

XPS 410
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 (4MB L2 Cache,2.4GHz,1066 FSB), Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium $1,569.00 1 $1,569.00
XPS 410 Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E6600 (4MB L2 Cache,2.4GHz,1066 FSB)
Memory 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
Keyboard Dell USB Keyboard
Monitor 19 inch E197FP Analog Flat Panel
Video Card 256MB ATI Radeon X1300 Pro
Hard Drive 250GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Operating System Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Mouse Dell Optical USB Mouse
Modem No Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
CD or DVD Drive Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
Speakers Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) No Productivity software pre-installed
Security Software Norton Internet Security™ 2007 Edition 15-months
Warranty and Service 1Yr Ltd Warranty and At-Home Service
Internet Access Service No ISP requested
Dell Digital Entertainment No Entertainment software pre-installed
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
Subtotal: $1,569.00
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Excuse me while I go clean my pants.

P.S. I would have gone with an Nvidia card.
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Post by Charles256 »

nice 1.5k which will be eaten by my business. i'm so excited i'm literally refreshing the order page every ten minutes. why? because i can't help myself!
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daedalus__
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My company paid for my laptop. :)

Best thing that ever happened.

I sat there staring at the order for a while, as well.
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

and when it arrives you can wipe vista and load XP / Ubuntu ;-) - instant 3x speed increase!!!!

seriously though: congrats on the new machine :-)
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Ollie Saunders
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Post by Ollie Saunders »

I love my Mac book. I would have its babies.
Oh yeah and I love my dual screen set up at work too and the rackmounted server I have there.
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