STICK WITH DELL!!!
Written: Apr 15 '02
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Pros: Looks good, easy access to inside, quality parts, dropping prices.
Cons: Hard to get good help from tech support.(which you probably won't need)
The Bottom Line: The Dell 8200 series is another great product, in a line of great products made by Dell.
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This is my second Dell in a year, I also have the 8100 series. I like Dell so much that when my family needed another computer, we knew we were going to get a Dell.
I ordered the 8200 series on March 1st and received it on March 5th, that is FAST!
The computer is a 2.2 Ghz., 512 RAM, 40 gig hard drive, Nvidia Geforce3 Ti 500 graphics card, Turtle Beach DSP sound card, DVD drive, cd-rw drive(24x10x40), and Harman Kardon HK-695 speakers with subwoofer. I did not order a monitor since I already had an extra one.(19" Trinitron) The operating system is windows XP.
Out of the box this computer was easy to set up, it took about five minutes and it was running. I noticed one thing after it booted up, Dell didn't have as many extra garbage programs on this system, which is a plus. I didn't have to do much tweaking to get it the way I wanted it. Windows XP blows Windows ME away.(which is another review)
This computer is FAST!!!!! Alot faster than my 1.7 8100 series. I didn't think I would see much difference, but there is. The second you click on a program, BAM it's there.
I also opened the computer up, (which is extremely easy to do), and looked inside. There is lots of room to add things or take things out. This computer is very easily upgradeable, with many options of things to put in it. It is ready for many years of upgrades to come. Everything seemed well organized and of very good quality.
This is an excellent computer, and I've compared many. Dell has to be at the top, especially in the price range, I don't think it can be beat. The only drawback would have to be tech support. You will be on hold for awhile, then probably will get somebody who has worked there a week, and doesn't even know about Dell computers. You might not even understand their accent. I don't see this as a big problem though, since I don't think you will need tech support, since their computers are well built with good parts.
People who will need this computer are going to be the hardcore gamers, or people who use alot of multimedia programs. Some people just want top of the line, which this is. If you only want to surf the web and and use Word, then this computer you won't need.
Dell makes such a great computer, I reccomend highly. I will stick with Dell for life.
Thank you for reading and rating this review, I hope it has helped you make your decision.
Recommended:
Yes
Amount Paid (US$): 2,100
Operating System: Windows
Processor: Other
Processor speed: over 1000
RAM: More than 256
Internal Storage: CD-RW and DVD
Hard Drive (GB): 31-40
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