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I was wondering if this computer was a good deal. It is from Dell:

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E7200 (3MB L2, 2.53GHz, 1066 FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9.0
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
MONITOR 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor 
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs 
HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio 
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Keyboard and Mouse - Arctic Silver
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included
MODEM No Modem Option
My Software & Accessories
SPEAKERS Dell AX210 1.2W Speakers
ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, FIREWALL, 30-Days
My Service
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase 
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language 
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet 
Labels Windows XP™ 
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support 
PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed

It costs $894
Hi Nate.

You might want to run those specs by a few other manufacturers and do a comparison, but any difference you might find in price will be minor and likely not worth considering. Yes, that's a good price.

The one thing that jumps out is the video adapter which in this case is the standard onboard device that comes standard with most Dell machines.  If you're doing any gaming you'll want to upgrade this. If that's not the case, you have everything you need in this configuration.

I think this is a good choice, but just wait to see what the rest of the gang here has to SAY before you jump in with both feet.ok thanks there is another option for a video card and its an ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI video card. It costs $40 more. If you are a casual gamer the $40.00 card is ok but if you are a serious gamer i wold look into the Ati 3850.  And you may save money getting your own card and installing it instead of ordering one of Dell's options...well good news! I found a $200 coupon code and I changed some things.
Here is the new list (not much has changed though,):

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo processor E7200 (3MB L2, 2.53GHz, 1066 FSB)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista® Business Bonus
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 9.0 
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis
MONITOR 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Flat Panel Monitor
MEMORY 4GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz- 4DIMMs
HARD DRIVE 320GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
VIDEO CARD ATI Radeon HD 3450 256MB supporting HDMI
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
KEYBOARD & MOUSE Logitech Cordless Desktop S 510 Keyboard and Mouse - Arctic Silver
FLOPPY & MEDIA READER No Floppy Drive Included
MODEM No Modem Option
My Software & Accessories
SPEAKERS Dell AX210 1.2W Speakers
ANTI-VIRUS SOFTWARE McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
My Service
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year 
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Mouse Mouse included with Keyboard purchase 
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0 Multi-Language 
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet 
Labels Windows XP™ 
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support 
PHOTO AND MUSIC SOFTWARE No Entertainment software pre-installed

The new price is $844
Thats good: You can use the savings to get a better Video card & like Patio stated installing the card yourself will save $$



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