[racooper]

I hate to break the Dell bubble, but the last machine we ordered from them (a Dimension 3000, about a month ago) came with a cd-sized piece of paperboard that made it very clear that you can't get an OS disk from them anymore. I guess it's really time to start selling Build-your-own services again, if you can convince the sheeple that they get what they pay for....

[Laogeodritt]

racooper, on Jun 28 2005, 01:56 PM, said:

I hate to break the Dell bubble, but the last machine we ordered from them (a Dimension 3000, about a month ago) came with a cd-sized piece of paperboard that made it very clear that you can't get an OS disk from them anymore.  I guess it's really time to start selling Build-your-own services again, if you can convince the sheeple that they get what they pay for....

I also heard that some lower-end systems' motherboard don't even come with an AGP slot and bus. O_o;;

[Chocomandan]

Just thought ide say, Medion PCs come with full OS disks (atleast they did 2 years ago).

[jmsweatt]

2katholito, on May 27 2004, 03:46 PM, said:

Well, being a real newbie, I think you may have some answers for me.
Am running XP home 5.1 on a Dell Dimension8200. Has 128MB RAM and then says Page 186 MB use 119 Available.
From what you stated in the beginning, I need more RAM to keep going and that has bothered me for some months. I have no idea how to increase this. Any help out there??? Thanks

Increasing your RAM is simple. Go to www.dell.com and enter your service tag and you can easily get the information you need to do it.

[jmsweatt]

dave38, on Jun 7 2004, 04:40 PM, said:

Jasper,
Reinstalling WinXP on the same hardware is not a problem. it will reactivate over the net. If you change too much hardware at one go, there may be problems, and you would have to obtain a reactivation code by phone.
If you want to upgrade, do it one piece at a time!

2katholito, 128 meg of RAM is the absolute minimun for running (walking?) winXP.

I agree with Mich's original post here, 512 is about right, unless you are into high end video editing. WinXP can use all the RAM you throw at it.

Fitting more RAm is probably the easiest upgrade. Just buy the memory stick(s) and plug them in. I suggest that you visit the Crucial website, and see exactly what type/size of memory you need for your machine. If you buy from them, the warranty is good, and the instructions that come with it are good too!

I was about to refer 2katholito to the Crucial site, but I have upgraded the memory on a couple of Dell 8200's lately, and Crucial does not carry RAMBUS type ram used in the 8200's anymore. Try the Dell site or www.4allmemory.com

[Nikos113]

1st of all thx mitch the starter of this (I hope I got the right name) .

concerning your tip i have to agree with the second HD with a plus a 6-8 month ago i got a new machine:

P IV 3 GHZ
(Dual Core)
1 GB Ram
256 Nivdia Graphics Card
DVD-R
160 GB HD

Now im thinking of getting an extra HD.

(I didnt read every post in this thread so pardon the repetition if this was mentioned earlier)
Now concerning the OS CD if we are talking windows when buying a new PC you will get special price from M$ so if it isnt bundled with your PC just ask for it with no OS and call your local M$ dealler. (If you cant find one jut go there website and a quick search you will find a page asking for your location and it will give you the number to call)

[burt]

Hi if i can add a little to this topic, i own a pc business and am happy to reccomend a SFF system for all the people out there that fancy a crack at building there first home PC. Its called the e-bot and its from Foxconn who are well renown for there m/boards. At £92+vat they represent great value and can be ordered over the web or bought from high street shops, i have put a link on the spec of these pc,s here only to help, please dont think im trying to sell cause im not . Having put a lot of these things together im a lover of the simplicity of the e-bot also if you shop around you should be able to pick up an oem copy of XP for around £35.00 when bought with a SFF system(small form factor).

Hope this helped

http://www.hothardwa...p...d=630&cid=8

[falmayahi]

thanks a bunch mitch, ill be sure to look back at this for help with my next PC

faisal

[Tuxedo Jack]

If you're going to buy a prebuilt computer system, seriously consider buying a business-grade machine.

The computer companies' chain of thought is as follows: "Ah, piss off one home user, so what? We lose a grand five years from now. Piss off a corporate client? YOU IDIOTS, THAT'S A HUGE DEAL!"

As such, they tend to put better hardware and better support into corporate machines.

For Dell, that's the Latitude, Optiplex, and Precision lines. HP and Compaq have the NX series of machines, and anything else is a joke except Sager.