A weekend in September
Saturday was spent at home doing nothing much. Really.
Sunday was more productive. Church in the morning, then over to a friend's place to help set up his new Dell PC. The setting up was quite ok, except for the fact that I had to help do some "spring cleaning". Installation of software took some time... Had to uninstall some pre-installed software, then install the desired ones. It took quite a bit of time for Windows update as well, not to mention all the other updates.
The specifications of his SGD1.3k Dell PC:
Dell Dimension(TM) 5150 Pentium(R)D 915 w/Dual Core Desktop
PACK-DIM-018B(SG) 3Yrs Limited Warranty (Next Business Day Service) - SG Pcfair Special
WXPN122-DXPS(1) # Includes Year 2 To 3 Next Business Day (8x5) Onsite Response
DXEOX91OP-XA0190-ALL 30 Days Online Training
WXPH813-DXPS(SG) 3 Years Plus Phone Support: Mon-Fri 0900-2100, Sat 0900-1600
RH284 Dimension(TM) 5150 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D 915 with Dual Core Processing
BPR-091 (2.8GHz, 2x2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
BCH-106 Intel(R) 945G Chipset
BNC-012 Integrated Fast Ethernet 10/100
CF565 Dimension(TM) 5150 Badge
UC686 System Drive CD Kit
F9011 1GB (2X512) NECC Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Memory 1
JH474 128MB PCIe(TM) x16 ATI Radeon(TM) X300SE HyperMemory(TM) w/TV-Out, VGA and DVI
DJ423 Dell(TM) USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard with built-in 2-port USB Hub
CJ340 Dell(TM) Optical USB Mouse
54562 Dell(TM) Mouse Mat
FC237 17" UltraSharp(TM) Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Analog & DVI)
UD296 160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with Native Command Queuing
N7989 Genuine Windows(R) XP Home Edition(English)
K7997 Genuine Windows(R) XP Home SP2 Edition(English) CD Media
PN175 Microsoft(R) Works 8.5 - OEM version
KH744 Dell(TM) Media Experience Software
PC921 16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capabilities
CH991 Roxio Creator LE and Roxio MyDVD LE
RG893 Sonic(TM) CinePlayer
4U425 4.7GB DVD+R Blank Media (1 pc)
DC229 Integrated Sound Blaster?Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio
DJ405 Dell(TM) A225 USB Stereo Speakers
RF581 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem
MF300 Norton(TM) Ghost 10 Software - 90 days Trial
I personally think that it's quite a good buy, considering that the specifications are quite good.
It's going to be a hectic week ahead. Zzzz
Sunday was more productive. Church in the morning, then over to a friend's place to help set up his new Dell PC. The setting up was quite ok, except for the fact that I had to help do some "spring cleaning". Installation of software took some time... Had to uninstall some pre-installed software, then install the desired ones. It took quite a bit of time for Windows update as well, not to mention all the other updates.
The specifications of his SGD1.3k Dell PC:
Dell Dimension(TM) 5150 Pentium(R)D 915 w/Dual Core Desktop
PACK-DIM-018B(SG) 3Yrs Limited Warranty (Next Business Day Service) - SG Pcfair Special
WXPN122-DXPS(1) # Includes Year 2 To 3 Next Business Day (8x5) Onsite Response
DXEOX91OP-XA0190-ALL 30 Days Online Training
WXPH813-DXPS(SG) 3 Years Plus Phone Support: Mon-Fri 0900-2100, Sat 0900-1600
RH284 Dimension(TM) 5150 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D 915 with Dual Core Processing
BPR-091 (2.8GHz, 2x2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)
BCH-106 Intel(R) 945G Chipset
BNC-012 Integrated Fast Ethernet 10/100
CF565 Dimension(TM) 5150 Badge
UC686 System Drive CD Kit
F9011 1GB (2X512) NECC Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz SDRAM Memory 1
JH474 128MB PCIe(TM) x16 ATI Radeon(TM) X300SE HyperMemory(TM) w/TV-Out, VGA and DVI
DJ423 Dell(TM) USB Enhanced Multimedia Keyboard with built-in 2-port USB Hub
CJ340 Dell(TM) Optical USB Mouse
54562 Dell(TM) Mouse Mat
FC237 17" UltraSharp(TM) Flat Panel LCD Monitor (Analog & DVI)
UD296 160GB SATA 3.0Gb/s with Native Command Queuing
N7989 Genuine Windows(R) XP Home Edition(English)
K7997 Genuine Windows(R) XP Home SP2 Edition(English) CD Media
PN175 Microsoft(R) Works 8.5 - OEM version
KH744 Dell(TM) Media Experience Software
PC921 16X DVD+/-RW with Dual Layer Write Capabilities
CH991 Roxio Creator LE and Roxio MyDVD LE
RG893 Sonic(TM) CinePlayer
4U425 4.7GB DVD+R Blank Media (1 pc)
DC229 Integrated Sound Blaster?Audigy ADVANCED HD Audio
DJ405 Dell(TM) A225 USB Stereo Speakers
RF581 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem
MF300 Norton(TM) Ghost 10 Software - 90 days Trial
I personally think that it's quite a good buy, considering that the specifications are quite good.
It's going to be a hectic week ahead. Zzzz
posted by notsniw at 1:25 AM
3 Comments:
Hmm hardware looks good but the software part pretty cmi.
Anyway what's a 56k PCI Data/Fax modem doing on a computer these days? What a waste of a PCI slot.
Boon
Yea... Hardware-wise not bad. Not the high-end stuff, but decent enough for the price.
Ha. Software I'm not that bothered... As long as Windows XP is original, it's good enough :P
Oh, Singnet can be quite sucky at times. 56k is for emergencies when Singnet is down and there's a need to access the Internet. Not much other use for the PCI slot anyway.
Actually it's a really good buy, considering that the software is genuine. Of course I'll still prefer buying a custom made one and pirate all the software.
56k modem, as notsniw said, is for emergencies. It might come in handy at times, and it's a standard fixture on all PCs. Of course it's quite retarded not to have it integrated into the motherboard... and is indeed a waste of a PCI slot.
Then again, I doubt their PCI slots are PCI-Express or above for any noteworthy self-upgrades. It's still a sucky Dell PC in my opinion. Real PC users will never use a Dell unless they have too.
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