Is this dell pc good? (specs includes)?

Question

Is this good? ( i could go with 720 gb of HDD space but its over my budget)

PROCESSORS Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1, 64-Bit edit
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE No Productivity software pre-installed edit

Dell Recommends
Office Home & Student.

Lets you create great-looking documents, spreadsheets and presentations quickly.
Upgrade to Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 [add $149 $99 or $3/month1]
MEMORY 6GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 640GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability edit
MONITOR 20.0" Dell ST2010 HD Widescreen Monitor edit
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 4870 GDDR5 1024MB edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
SPEAKERS No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system) edit

Dell Recommends
Multimedia Speaker System delivers an ideal combination of performance and value
Upgrade to Bose Companion 2 Series II Multimedia Speaker System [add $110 or $3/month1]
KEYBOARD Dell Studio Consumer Multimedia Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Studio Optical Mouse edit
MODEM No Modem Option edit
My Accessories
SECURITY SOFTWARE Norton Internet Security™ 2009 Edition 15-months edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Studio XPS Studio XPS 435
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language
LABELS Windows Vista™ Premium
REMOTE ACCESS Dell Remote Access, free basic service

Answer 1

The problem with Dell is that they use proprietary hardware, so upgrades are really expensive and after the warranty expires you really don't need it to break down. They also are really tight with the power supply and fans. But the spec is pretty good. Oh and they also use their own cut down bios.

Answer 2

Top of the line processor, plenty of memory, very good graphics card, dual layer burner, yep, that's a very nice system. You should be able to help scientists find the origin of the universe with that.



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From Windows Help and How To



Can I run 32-bit programs on a 64-bit computer?

Most programs designed for a computer running a 32-bit version of Windows will work on a computer running 64-bit versions of Windows. Notable exceptions are many antivirus programs, and some hardware drivers.



Drivers designed for 32-bit versions of Windows do not work on computers running a 64-bit version of Windows. If you're trying to install a printer or other device that only has 32-bit drivers available, it won't work correctly on a 64-bit version of Windows. If you are unsure whether there is a 64-bit driver available for your device, go online to the Windows Vista Compatibility Center.

http://windowshelp.microsoft.com/Windows/en-US/Help/41531554-d5ef-4f2c-8fb9-149bdc5c8a701033.mspx#EDH



wang sang is WRONG. My Dell is 7 months old and I've upgraded the piss out of it using standard, off the shelf parts from newegg and tiger direct. The only thing that's proprietary is the bios which prevents overclocking.

Answer 3

This is a very nice system. However, you must keep in mind that it is 64 bit, which means that yes - it will take a lot of RAM - but the downside is that you are limited to the programs that are 64 bit compatible.

The only thing I would eliminate is the Norton security suite - a resource hog that performs poorly.

Answer 4

Learn how to build your own. Thats the way to go. and saves you tons of money. p.s. i may have mised it but i don't see the price

Answer 5

ummm its decent its not bad i mean its not top of the line but its good