Well here is what I ordered today

The printer was added in after my configuration was done. If I got the printer
package and McAfee, I was upgraded on several other things and the price came out
about the same. I probably have until tomorrow to make any changes. I do pictures,
movies, music and correspondence, faxing, etc.
Please point out any glaring savings I can make. Thanks

Item Number Quantity Item Description

223-4698 1 Dell 968 All-In-One Wireless P
330-0674 1 Dell Spiderman 3 Print CD
330-0063 1 Dell 968 Wireless Black Cartridge
984-2772 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Two Year Limited Warranty
988-9618 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended Year(s)
984-9310 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Limited Warranty
988-9627 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year
950-5502 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
960-2840 1 Warranty Support, initial year
Subtotal: $268.00
Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Sales Tax: $19.78
Total: $287.78


Order Details

Item Number Quantity Item Description

223-8143 1 XPS 420, Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 (2.50GHz 1333FSB) with 6MB
cache
311-7667 1 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
310-9731 1 Keyboard included in Dell Bluetooth Package
320-6086 1 24IN(24in viewable) E248WFP Flat Panel Display
320-5954 1 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT
341-5389 1 500GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) w/ 16MB DataBurst Cache
341-5593 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Readerincluded in Dell Bluetooth Package
313-5656 1 Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup
420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal
420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application
420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
420-8871 1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 32-bit Edition English
420-7622 1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system
set-up to access
310-1966 1 Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
313-3607 1 No modem requested for Dell Dimension
420-7468 1 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
467-4834 1 6X Blu-ray and 16X DVD+/-RW
420-6924 1 8 Channel,Dolby,PDVD,7.0,Blue Ray Disk
420-6925 1 Power DVD 7.0, Blue-Ray Disk Playback
420-8153 1 Roxio Creator 10 Premiere Standard Definition, Preload
313-5835 1 Sound Blaster Audigy MB Audio
313-4032 1 Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer
430-2764 1 Dell Wireless 1505, Full Height Carrier, 1.2 Antenna XPS
410-1820 1 McAfee Security 9.0, 3-Year Subscription
412-0148 1 No Internet Service Provider Requested
412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested
464-5105 1 $50 Promo Dell Gift Card to arrive 6-8 weeks after purchase Redeem before
1 year expiration. dell.com/giftcard
950-7447 1 4 Year Limited Warranty
988-2228 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
980-8523 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
988-2227 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
983-9480 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
Technical Support, Initial Year
412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
902-2473 1 Warranty Support,3 Year Extended
960-8700 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
983-0299 1 Dell On Call, 30day, Getting started Assistance, unlimited incidents{POS}
960-2697 1 XPS Specialized Support, DHS
412-0358 1 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
960-0027 1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Dimension, 4 Year
330-0172 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
320-6118 1 Analog/Digital TV Tuner + Basic Remote
310-9562 1 Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
341-5701 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Reader withBluetooth 2.0
430-2697 1 Wireless Bluetooth Headset
310-8626 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
420-7649 1 Adobe Premier Elements Photoshop Elements, and Soundbooth Software
464-9572 1 No Entertainment software pre-installed
420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
420-7092 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE
987-4817 1 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS
988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe
Online
Subtotal: $2,261.00
Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Sales Tax: $166.74
Total: $2,427.74


Order Details

Item Number Quantity Item Description

A0666578 1 Wireless, Up to 300 Mbps, 802.11 g n, MIMO, Up to 16 Clients BELKIN N1
Router
A1280611 1 Photoshop Elements 6.0 plus Premiere Elements 4.0
A0754540 1 Office Home and Student 2007
Subtotal: $346.97
Shipping and Handling: $0.00

Sales Tax: $25.59
Total: $372.56







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Thank you. I cancelled THE order. These salesmen can sell me the anything. I got
carried away. McAfee was free. And he inferred to me that the printer would be free
but it wasn't. I will start again and take your advice in to consideration although I
don't particularly want to gamble on a refurbished machine.

"journey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:49:10 -0400, "W8N4U" <> wrote:
>
> > The printer was added in after my configuration was done. If I got the printer
> >package and McAfee, I was upgraded on several other things and the price came out
> >about the same. I probably have until tomorrow to make any changes. I do pictures,
> >movies, music and correspondence, faxing, etc.
> >Please point out any glaring savings I can make. Thanks
> >
> > Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >223-4698 1 Dell 968 All-In-One Wireless P
> >330-0674 1 Dell Spiderman 3 Print CD
> >330-0063 1 Dell 968 Wireless Black Cartridge
> >984-2772 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Two Year Limited Warranty
> >988-9618 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended Year(s)
> >984-9310 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Limited Warranty
> >988-9627 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year
> >950-5502 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
> >960-2840 1 Warranty Support, initial year
> >Subtotal: $268.00
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $19.78
> >Total: $287.78
> >
> >
> > Order Details
> >
> >Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >223-8143 1 XPS 420, Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 (2.50GHz 1333FSB) with 6MB
> >cache
> >311-7667 1 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
> >310-9731 1 Keyboard included in Dell Bluetooth Package
> >320-6086 1 24IN(24in viewable) E248WFP Flat Panel Display
> >320-5954 1 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT
> >341-5389 1 500GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) w/ 16MB DataBurst Cache
> >341-5593 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Readerincluded in Dell Bluetooth Package
> >313-5656 1 Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup
> >420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal
> >420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application
> >420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
> >420-8871 1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 32-bit Edition English
> >420-7622 1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
> >463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system
> >set-up to access
> >310-1966 1 Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
> >313-3607 1 No modem requested for Dell Dimension
> >420-7468 1 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
> >467-4834 1 6X Blu-ray and 16X DVD+/-RW
> >420-6924 1 8 Channel,Dolby,PDVD,7.0,Blue Ray Disk
> >420-6925 1 Power DVD 7.0, Blue-Ray Disk Playback
> >420-8153 1 Roxio Creator 10 Premiere Standard Definition, Preload
> >313-5835 1 Sound Blaster Audigy MB Audio
> >313-4032 1 Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer
> >430-2764 1 Dell Wireless 1505, Full Height Carrier, 1.2 Antenna XPS
> >410-1820 1 McAfee Security 9.0, 3-Year Subscription
> >412-0148 1 No Internet Service Provider Requested
> >412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested
> >464-5105 1 $50 Promo Dell Gift Card to arrive 6-8 weeks after purchase Redeem
before
> >1 year expiration. dell.com/giftcard
> >950-7447 1 4 Year Limited Warranty
> >988-2228 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
> >980-8523 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
> >Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
> >988-2227 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
> >983-9480 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
> >Technical Support, Initial Year
> >412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
> >902-2473 1 Warranty Support,3 Year Extended
> >960-8700 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
> >983-0299 1 Dell On Call, 30day, Getting started Assistance, unlimited
incidents{POS}
> >960-2697 1 XPS Specialized Support, DHS
> >412-0358 1 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
> >960-0027 1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Dimension, 4 Year
> >330-0172 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
> >320-6118 1 Analog/Digital TV Tuner + Basic Remote
> >310-9562 1 Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
> >341-5701 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Reader withBluetooth 2.0
> >430-2697 1 Wireless Bluetooth Headset
> >310-8626 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
> >420-7649 1 Adobe Premier Elements Photoshop Elements, and Soundbooth Software
> >464-9572 1 No Entertainment software pre-installed
> >420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
> >420-7092 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE
> >987-4817 1 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS
> >988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe
> >Online
> >Subtotal: $2,261.00
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $166.74
> >Total: $2,427.74
> >
> >
> > Order Details
> >
> >Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >A0666578 1 Wireless, Up to 300 Mbps, 802.11 g n, MIMO, Up to 16 Clients BELKIN N1
> >Router
> >A1280611 1 Photoshop Elements 6.0 plus Premiere Elements 4.0
> >A0754540 1 Office Home and Student 2007
> >Subtotal: $346.97
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $25.59
> >Total: $372.56
>
> OK, here are my thoughts, without analyzing your prices too closely.
>
> First -- did your system cost $2,427 PLUS $372 PLUS $287?
>
> If so, my first reaction is "omg".
>
> Do you need a fax machine? If not, then you may be better off with a
> separate scanner and printer. I like the Canon LIDE scanners because
> they don't need time to warm up which means I will use my scanner as I
> need it rather than pile up papers intending to scan but never
> actually doing it. I have a HP 7410 all-in-one wireless monster
> inkjet that I will try to sell to someone for the cost of the new
> cartridges that I haven't used yet. I much prefer a laser printer but
> when I need to do color I have my wireless photo Canon 5200r.
>
> Did you check the outlet for a XPS 420? I did today just because I
> wanted to see if any came with a monitor but it didn't appear to,
> however there were some very good prices on highly-spec'd 420's, some
> with 750GB or 1TB hard drives plus a secondary drive.
>
> I don't know if blue-ray is writeable yet. That's something to be
> aware of. I thought I saw a few 420's that had "write" after
> "blu-ray" but with all the DVD +/- RW CDRW ROM blah blah blah it's
> hard to decipher what drives it actually had.
>
> I would NEVER go with McAffee (and I never know how to spell it
> either) or Norton. I'd go with freeware AVG, Avast, or my current
> favorite Kaspersky Internet Suite.
>
> If I were buying new at this time and spending that much money I'd
> consider a 64 bit OS. I'm not the expert on that however, just food
> for thought.
>
> Also, for that kind of money I would have hoped to see the 2408WFP
> Ultra Sharp 24" monitor, not the cheaper one. I recommend reading the
> user reviews to see if that's the monitor you really want.
>
> If you have a prior version of Office, save your money and don't get
> 2007 -- it sucks. The only things good about it are One Note 2007 and
> the new Outlook, IF you use that for keeping your calendar. The new
> Outlook lets you have 60 minute time slots in weekly view so you can
> see your whole week even on a smaller screen, and the extra space can
> show tasks for each day. Many community colleges have student
> discounts on MS Office software so you could take a 1 credit online
> class and buy Office very inexpensively ( you could even drop the
> class after buying Office ).
>
> At this price I would expect a 512MB video card, and Nvidia might be
> better than ATI (not sure about that, I have found Radeons to be
> fairly cheap and disposable).
>
> For 2.1 speakers, go with the Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt
> 2.1 Speaker System. They are great! Link: http://tinyurl.com/3fpq87
> . Be aware that they great Amazon price doesn't include shipping
> costs which are substantial for that product. Otherwise as someone
> else mentioned I'd go with 5.1 probably.
>
> What are you going to use your wireless bluetooth headset for? Is it
> for listening to music wirelessly? If so, I prefer a normal wireless
> headset -- Sennheiser RS 140 Wireless Balanced Headphones. They can
> be found very inexpensively if watching coupon sites. I have
> bluetooth headsets and don't use them. Same with keyboard and mouse
> -- laser is better than bluetooth IMO (some may debate this, but laser
> just works, with bluetooth you sometimes run into frustrating
> glitches, and it seems to use more power).
>
> I prefer not to have a built-in card reader because I'd rather have a
> blank plastic face and use that bay for a 4th hard drive. Dell gave
> me a free blank face when they did a service call, otherwise before
> that I had the card reader face in front of a hard drive.
>
> I think it says that your OS is Vista Home Premium. Be aware that you
> won't be able to connect to it from other computers using Remote
> Desktop. That functionality is only included with Business and
> Ultimate (not sure about Enterprise). I'd rather have Vista Business
> anyday, esp. because if I were going to use the computer with a TV
> tuner for PVR I'd use Beyond TV and not the Windows Media Center
> functionality.
>
> Other than those things, I think you have a great system :-)
>
> (to each his own, these things may not be relevant to you)
>
> Whatever you get, I hope you enjoy it for several years to come.

I have a Canon Lide scanner, and my old HP 882C printer just won't die. However My
Okifax fax machine is dying. Very unreliable. I need a fax machine yesterday. I
realize the salesperson saw a pigeon and upgraded me too much. I want a wireless
system, I hate McAfee but it was free and he said I had to take it in order to get
this wonderful bundle deal. I thought the whole thing would be upgraded and the price
would go down. Not so.
"journey" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:49:10 -0400, "W8N4U" <> wrote:
>
> > The printer was added in after my configuration was done. If I got the printer
> >package and McAfee, I was upgraded on several other things and the price came out
> >about the same. I probably have until tomorrow to make any changes. I do pictures,
> >movies, music and correspondence, faxing, etc.
> >Please point out any glaring savings I can make. Thanks
> >
> > Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >223-4698 1 Dell 968 All-In-One Wireless P
> >330-0674 1 Dell Spiderman 3 Print CD
> >330-0063 1 Dell 968 Wireless Black Cartridge
> >984-2772 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Two Year Limited Warranty
> >988-9618 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Extended Year(s)
> >984-9310 1 Type 11 Contract-Printer Advance Exchange Limited Warranty
> >988-9627 1 Dell Hardware Warranty, Initial Year
> >950-5502 1 Warranty Support,2 Year Extended
> >960-2840 1 Warranty Support, initial year
> >Subtotal: $268.00
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $19.78
> >Total: $287.78
> >
> >
> > Order Details
> >
> >Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >223-8143 1 XPS 420, Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q9300 (2.50GHz 1333FSB) with 6MB
> >cache
> >311-7667 1 4GB DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz
> >310-9731 1 Keyboard included in Dell Bluetooth Package
> >320-6086 1 24IN(24in viewable) E248WFP Flat Panel Display
> >320-5954 1 256MB Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT
> >341-5389 1 500GB NCQ Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM) w/ 16MB DataBurst Cache
> >341-5593 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Card Readerincluded in Dell Bluetooth Package
> >313-5656 1 Dell Resource DVD with Application Backup
> >420-5769 1 Internet Search and Portal
> >420-5924 1 Icon Consolidation Application
> >420-6436 1 Vista, PC-Restore, Dim/Insp
> >420-8871 1 Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 Ultimate 32-bit Edition English
> >420-7622 1 DELL SUPPORT CENTER 2.0
> >463-2282 1 Dell Owners Manual installed on your system,click on icon after system
> >set-up to access
> >310-1966 1 Mouse included with Keyboard purchase
> >313-3607 1 No modem requested for Dell Dimension
> >420-7468 1 ADOBE ACROBAT READER 8.1 DIM/INSP
> >467-4834 1 6X Blu-ray and 16X DVD+/-RW
> >420-6924 1 8 Channel,Dolby,PDVD,7.0,Blue Ray Disk
> >420-6925 1 Power DVD 7.0, Blue-Ray Disk Playback
> >420-8153 1 Roxio Creator 10 Premiere Standard Definition, Preload
> >313-5835 1 Sound Blaster Audigy MB Audio
> >313-4032 1 Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer
> >430-2764 1 Dell Wireless 1505, Full Height Carrier, 1.2 Antenna XPS
> >410-1820 1 McAfee Security 9.0, 3-Year Subscription
> >412-0148 1 No Internet Service Provider Requested
> >412-1397 1 No Productivity Software requested
> >464-5105 1 $50 Promo Dell Gift Card to arrive 6-8 weeks after purchase Redeem
before
> >1 year expiration. dell.com/giftcard
> >950-7447 1 4 Year Limited Warranty
> >988-2228 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Extended Year(s)
> >980-8523 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
> >Technical Support, 3 Year Extended
> >988-2227 1 Dell Hardware Warranty PlusOnsite Service, Initial Year
> >983-9480 1 Type 15- Third Party At Home Service with Nights and Week ends, 24x7
> >Technical Support, Initial Year
> >412-0359 1 Soft Contracts - Qualxserve
> >902-2473 1 Warranty Support,3 Year Extended
> >960-8700 1 Warranty Support,Initial Year
> >983-0299 1 Dell On Call, 30day, Getting started Assistance, unlimited
incidents{POS}
> >960-2697 1 XPS Specialized Support, DHS
> >412-0358 1 Soft Contracts - Consumer Complete Care
> >960-0027 1 CompleteCare Accidental DamageProtection, Dimension, 4 Year
> >330-0172 1 S and P Drop-in-Box Marcom forDHS Desktops
> >320-6118 1 Analog/Digital TV Tuner + Basic Remote
> >310-9562 1 Bluetooth Keyboard and Mouse
> >341-5701 1 Dell 19 in 1 Media Reader withBluetooth 2.0
> >430-2697 1 Wireless Bluetooth Headset
> >310-8626 1 You have chosen a Windows Vista Premium System
> >420-7649 1 Adobe Premier Elements Photoshop Elements, and Soundbooth Software
> >464-9572 1 No Entertainment software pre-installed
> >420-7091 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS
> >420-7092 1 DataSafe Online Dim/Ins/XPS 1YR-FREE
> >987-4817 1 Insp Datasafe 3GB,1YR(Incl in price),DHS
> >988-0099 1 To activate your online backupaccount, go to Start, Programs, DataSafe
> >Online
> >Subtotal: $2,261.00
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $166.74
> >Total: $2,427.74
> >
> >
> > Order Details
> >
> >Item Number Quantity Item Description
> >
> >A0666578 1 Wireless, Up to 300 Mbps, 802.11 g n, MIMO, Up to 16 Clients BELKIN N1
> >Router
> >A1280611 1 Photoshop Elements 6.0 plus Premiere Elements 4.0
> >A0754540 1 Office Home and Student 2007
> >Subtotal: $346.97
> >Shipping and Handling: $0.00
> >
> >Sales Tax: $25.59
> >Total: $372.56
>
> OK, here are my thoughts, without analyzing your prices too closely.
>
> First -- did your system cost $2,427 PLUS $372 PLUS $287?
>
> If so, my first reaction is "omg".
>
> Do you need a fax machine? If not, then you may be better off with a
> separate scanner and printer. I like the Canon LIDE scanners because
> they don't need time to warm up which means I will use my scanner as I
> need it rather than pile up papers intending to scan but never
> actually doing it. I have a HP 7410 all-in-one wireless monster
> inkjet that I will try to sell to someone for the cost of the new
> cartridges that I haven't used yet. I much prefer a laser printer but
> when I need to do color I have my wireless photo Canon 5200r.
>
> Did you check the outlet for a XPS 420? I did today just because I
> wanted to see if any came with a monitor but it didn't appear to,
> however there were some very good prices on highly-spec'd 420's, some
> with 750GB or 1TB hard drives plus a secondary drive.
>
> I don't know if blue-ray is writeable yet. That's something to be
> aware of. I thought I saw a few 420's that had "write" after
> "blu-ray" but with all the DVD +/- RW CDRW ROM blah blah blah it's
> hard to decipher what drives it actually had.
>
> I would NEVER go with McAffee (and I never know how to spell it
> either) or Norton. I'd go with freeware AVG, Avast, or my current
> favorite Kaspersky Internet Suite.
>
> If I were buying new at this time and spending that much money I'd
> consider a 64 bit OS. I'm not the expert on that however, just food
> for thought.
>
> Also, for that kind of money I would have hoped to see the 2408WFP
> Ultra Sharp 24" monitor, not the cheaper one. I recommend reading the
> user reviews to see if that's the monitor you really want.
>
> If you have a prior version of Office, save your money and don't get
> 2007 -- it sucks. The only things good about it are One Note 2007 and
> the new Outlook, IF you use that for keeping your calendar. The new
> Outlook lets you have 60 minute time slots in weekly view so you can
> see your whole week even on a smaller screen, and the extra space can
> show tasks for each day. Many community colleges have student
> discounts on MS Office software so you could take a 1 credit online
> class and buy Office very inexpensively ( you could even drop the
> class after buying Office ).
>
> At this price I would expect a 512MB video card, and Nvidia might be
> better than ATI (not sure about that, I have found Radeons to be
> fairly cheap and disposable).
>
> For 2.1 speakers, go with the Logitech Z-2300 THX-Certified 200-Watt
> 2.1 Speaker System. They are great! Link: http://tinyurl.com/3fpq87
> . Be aware that they great Amazon price doesn't include shipping
> costs which are substantial for that product. Otherwise as someone
> else mentioned I'd go with 5.1 probably.
>
> What are you going to use your wireless bluetooth headset for? Is it
> for listening to music wirelessly? If so, I prefer a normal wireless
> headset -- Sennheiser RS 140 Wireless Balanced Headphones. They can
> be found very inexpensively if watching coupon sites. I have
> bluetooth headsets and don't use them. Same with keyboard and mouse
> -- laser is better than bluetooth IMO (some may debate this, but laser
> just works, with bluetooth you sometimes run into frustrating
> glitches, and it seems to use more power).
>
> I prefer not to have a built-in card reader because I'd rather have a
> blank plastic face and use that bay for a 4th hard drive. Dell gave
> me a free blank face when they did a service call, otherwise before
> that I had the card reader face in front of a hard drive.
>
> I think it says that your OS is Vista Home Premium. Be aware that you
> won't be able to connect to it from other computers using Remote
> Desktop. That functionality is only included with Business and
> Ultimate (not sure about Enterprise). I'd rather have Vista Business
> anyday, esp. because if I were going to use the computer with a TV
> tuner for PVR I'd use Beyond TV and not the Windows Media Center
> functionality.
>
> Other than those things, I think you have a great system :-)
>
> (to each his own, these things may not be relevant to you)
>
> Whatever you get, I hope you enjoy it for several years to come.