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| 264597 | 2004-08-24 02:38:00 | You could probally have found out by now by walking in and ripping open the boxes to see what is inside. If someone comes over and says "what are you doing" you can ignore them as they are obviously an idiot, but if they say "Hey, stop that" or "can I help you" you could ask to see the disc's included with the package. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 264598 | 2004-08-24 03:45:00 | > To all who answered - thanks very much. I guess the > answer is that Dell does supply disks - to Vince - > you say a an OS disk - is that a recovery disk or > actual XP disk? > I saw the Warehouse' ad for PCs - is yours the $999 > or the more expensive one. I thought that the $999 > came with no OS disk. Anyone else bought a Dell > online recently (like this month?) > Sorry to be so pendantic, everyone - I'm just trying > to get the facts right. Getting the facts can be a pain eh. I bought the $1399 Dimension 4600, I don't know about the cheaper one. The XP OS disk is the full version, I think. At any rate it is not a "recovery" disk. I just had a look at the disks contents with explorer, it contains the original MS setup.exe. and a lot more. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 264599 | 2004-08-24 05:31:00 | I have just been to the Warehouse, Barrington, Christchurch. They have a new shipment of Dell Dimension 4600s at $1299 Vince | Vince (406) | ||
| 264600 | 2004-08-24 11:19:00 | Hi all. Finally got an email from Dell - my original email had not been replied because the link on the website to that person did not work there anymore! And this is a multinational IT company? Anyway they confirmed they do supply recovery disks for desktops & notebooks. Hope this helps others as well. |
xtraka (1984) | ||
| 264601 | 2004-09-09 13:49:00 | Hi Vince I am looking at buying the Dell 4600 from the Warehouse but can't get any specs at my local store (very frustrating) Could I get some details from you?I have been searching online for days.... Would be much appreciated...... Megan |
Meg_h_nz (6065) | ||
| 264602 | 2004-09-09 14:53:00 | Any person who knows anything about computers just shakes their head at a Dell Warehouse PC. | Pillar (439) | ||
| 264603 | 2004-09-09 15:02:00 | ..thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness. Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms I have a friend with a Dell, unfortunately, he enjoyed his computer intitiation, and wanted to upgrade - oh darn ! In spite of my comments before he bought it, I suspect he blames me for not forcibly preventing him buying the thing. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 264604 | 2004-09-09 17:06:00 | Hi Megan. I can think of no reason to find fault with my Dell 4600i. It has better specs than the same model on there website and is hundreds of $ cheaper! I have been using my Dell since April and the only problems I have had are the same that any Windows computer has. Here ar some Specs. DVD rom/CD RW. Maxtor 80 Gig hard drive, 32MB recovery software on a separate partition. I was surprised to find that the warehouse computer has sound and video cards rather than just chipsets on the motherboard. NVIDEA GeForce FX 5200 video and Creative Live Series (WDM) sound. The speakers sound good and the monitor is 17 inches. There 2 free drive bays for new DVD writer etc. and 2 or 3 un-used expansion slots. The Modem is faster than the one in my old computer (a PIII 450) even though they are both 56K. There is no Floppy drive, but who needs one these days? 256 MB of ram is on the low side but enough. The only additional expense is a printer. I got a perfectly good Epson for $117. There is all the software you 'need'. The main suite is MicroSoft Works. Hope this is of help. Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 264605 | 2004-09-09 17:10:00 | > Any person who knows anything about computers just > shakes their head at a Dell Warehouse PC. An opinion formed in ignorance no doubt. ;) Vince |
Vince (406) | ||
| 264606 | 2004-09-09 17:16:00 | Can you be sure that the same trouble would not have occurred if your friend had bought another brand of computer? Vince | Vince (406) | ||
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