Dell is late with the XPS 700s. They are offering a 200 dell gift certificate or and upgrade to the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (4MB L2 Cache, 2.4GHz, 1066MHz FSB) from the
Pentium® D Processor 950 with Dual Core Technology (3.40GHz, 800FSB) I ordered.
If I take the 200 cert, I may get my computer in the next few weeks. If I take the upgrade, it will be at the earliest 10/20/06. Which should I do?
Is the upgrade chip really that much better that I should wait 2 months and give up a 200 cert?
Thanks
In case you are interested the rest of my computer is...
XPS 700 Pentium® D Processor 950 with Dual Core Technology (3.40GHz, 800FSB)
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
Monitor 20 inch UltraSharp? 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 13 in 1 Media Card Reader
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD
Optical Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
Sound Cards Sound Blaster® X-Fi? XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby® Digital 5.1
Speakers Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp? Flat Panels
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Pre-installed software
Security Software I chose McAfee included with the Silver, Gold or Platinum Package
Hardware Warranty 4Yr LtdWarr, At-Home,CompleteCare,30Day DOC,PC Training, 2Yr AntivirusSuite
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner Combo: Roxio Creator Deluxe and MyDVD Deluxe (DVD+RW only)
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista? Capable
2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs
7-slot, BTX design motherboard
750-watt Power Supply
Tower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans
Two 120mm x 38mm front fans
Wireless Networking Solution Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter
Dell Digital Entertainment Premium Entertainment Pack -Deluxe PLUS advanced photo editing
Pentium® D Processor 950 with Dual Core Technology (3.40GHz, 800FSB) I ordered.
If I take the 200 cert, I may get my computer in the next few weeks. If I take the upgrade, it will be at the earliest 10/20/06. Which should I do?
Is the upgrade chip really that much better that I should wait 2 months and give up a 200 cert?
Thanks
In case you are interested the rest of my computer is...
XPS 700 Pentium® D Processor 950 with Dual Core Technology (3.40GHz, 800FSB)
Memory 2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 2 DIMMs
Monitor 20 inch UltraSharp? 2007FPW Widescreen Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards Dual 256MB nVidia GeForce 7900 GS
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA 3Gb/s Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache?
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 13 in 1 Media Card Reader
Operating System Genuine Windows® XP Professional with re-installation CD
Optical Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/ dbl layer write capable
Sound Cards Sound Blaster® X-Fi? XtremeMusic (D), w/Dolby® Digital 5.1
Speakers Dell AS501 10W Flat Panel Attached Spkrs for UltraSharp? Flat Panels
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) No Pre-installed software
Security Software I chose McAfee included with the Silver, Gold or Platinum Package
Hardware Warranty 4Yr LtdWarr, At-Home,CompleteCare,30Day DOC,PC Training, 2Yr AntivirusSuite
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner Combo: Roxio Creator Deluxe and MyDVD Deluxe (DVD+RW only)
Future Operating Systems Windows Vista? Capable
2.5MM aluminum thickness Chassis with front & back customizable LEDs
7-slot, BTX design motherboard
750-watt Power Supply
Tower Six-heat pipe, Copper base Heat Sink with aluminum fans
Two 120mm x 38mm front fans
Wireless Networking Solution Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter
Dell Digital Entertainment Premium Entertainment Pack -Deluxe PLUS advanced photo editing
