Ordered New Dell Laptop!

[Atrail]

I just ordered my first Laptop!
It's not exactly new Dell Refurb.

Dell Inspiron 8100 Notebook: Intel® Pentium® III Processor
1.0GHz-M 15in SuperXGA+TFT Display
- 256MB PC133 SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
- 1.44MB Floppy Disk Drive (Modular)
- 30 GB EIDE Hard Drive (4200 RPM)
- 32MB DDR 4X AGP NVIDIA GeForce2 Go?Vid
- 15 inch SXGA+ Notebook Screen
- Internal 56K Capable V.90 + 10/100 Mini-PCI Combo
- 8X DVD-ROM
- Norton Antivirus® 2002
- Picture Studio Software - Dell Edition
- Software
- AOL 6.0 Software
- Microsoft® Works Suite 2001
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- 6 Month Dellnet® by MSN Internet Access
- DVD Software
- Keyboard on Notebook
- Shipping Material
- Dell Resource CD
- Shipping Material

Your total order amount is: $1,573.96
This includes the following:
Subtotal: $1,419.00
Shipping/Handling: $35.00
Sales Tax: $119.96

 

[RossMAN]

Damn that's a nice laptop, practically a desktop replacement. Although the 8100's are nice, portable they are NOT I hope you realize this. Also remember Dell's return policy isn't as generous on their refurbs, I believe it's 15 days instead of 30 days.

So the second you receive the laptop make sure to fire it up, check for dead pixels (most important), and try everything out BEFORE your 15 days are up.

 

[crab]

Wow! AOL 6.0!!

 

[Lvis]

Sounds nice. You didn't have to pay extra for the aohell software did you? :Q

 

[Atrail]

Thanks Rossman for those tips.
It is going in my backpack for the most part and I heard that
it is not the lightest. Seems to be the best bang for the buck
though.
You can't get rid of AOL its not an option.
I don't get why there is AOL software and 6 months of MSN
Dellnet. Not the same thing is it?

 

[dude8604]

<< You can't get rid of AOL its not an option. I don't get why there is AOL software and 6 months of MSN Dellnet. Not the same thing is it? >>



They are completely different.

 

[Atrail]

I will format and do a fresh install XP Pro more than likely.
Get rid of the crud pack that it probably comes installed with.