Looking at the XPS 420 system, it seems the price/performance, plus the annoyance of not having to build my own system, may be worth it. Does anyone here have it? What do you think? Also, would it be wise to wait for Penryn? I built this model...
The total is 1769:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core?2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista? Home Premium edit
MEMORY 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
BLUETOOTH AND MEDIA READER Dell Bluetooth Wireless Media Hub + VOIP Stereo Headset edit
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
WI-FI AND MODEM No Modem Requested edit
My Software & Accessories
SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit
ADOBE ELEMENTS STUDIO Adobe Elements Studio for XPS? 420 edit
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY No Security edit
PRODUCTIVITY No Productivity software pre-installed edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 10GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Year edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER Dell Media Card Reader included in Dell Bluetooth Package
Labels Windows Vista? Premium
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! No Entertainment software pre-installed
The total is 1769:
PROCESSOR Intel® Core?2 Q6600 Quad-Core (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista? Home Premium edit
MEMORY 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache edit
OPTICAL DRIVE Dual Drives: 48x Combo + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable edit
MONITORS 22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel edit
VIDEO CARD 512MB Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT edit
SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
BLUETOOTH AND MEDIA READER Dell Bluetooth Wireless Media Hub + VOIP Stereo Headset edit
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Optical USB Mouse edit
WI-FI AND MODEM No Modem Requested edit
My Software & Accessories
SPEAKERS Dell AS501PA 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for Analog Flat Panels edit
ADOBE ELEMENTS STUDIO Adobe Elements Studio for XPS? 420 edit
ANTI-VIRUS & SECURITY No Security edit
PRODUCTIVITY No Productivity software pre-installed edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor,24x7 Phone Support edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 10GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Year edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER Dell Media Card Reader included in Dell Bluetooth Package
Labels Windows Vista? Premium
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1
PHOTOS, MUSIC & MORE! No Entertainment software pre-installed
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