I've been looking for laptops for the kids (ages 7 & 11).
I found Acer's for $479 and a couple others for about the same price.
I just found some Dell's for $499, delivered.
I'll try to post details below but the formatting gets messed up.
Anyway, is it a decent computer? Any thoughts/pros/cons?
My plan is to get MS Office from newegg, AVG, Firefox... afterwards.
Primary usage will be general kids stuff. Some school work, internet browsing, maybe some gaming (although most of their games are for older PC's so I doubt they'll work). They can use their Wii or Nintendo systems for gaming...
Details
Inspiron 1525
Intel® Celeron® 550 (2.0GHz, 533Mhz, 1M L2 Cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition SP1
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 (2 Dimms)
LCD Panel Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Hard Drive Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Modem Integrated Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD / DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
Battery Options 6 cell battery
Warranty & Service 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after
Remote Diagnosis
Datasafe Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Dial-Up Internet Access
Entertainment and Editing Software WildTangent Games
Processor Branding Intel#174; CELERON#174
Labels Windows Vista™ Basic
I found Acer's for $479 and a couple others for about the same price.
I just found some Dell's for $499, delivered.
I'll try to post details below but the formatting gets messed up.
Anyway, is it a decent computer? Any thoughts/pros/cons?
My plan is to get MS Office from newegg, AVG, Firefox... afterwards.
Primary usage will be general kids stuff. Some school work, internet browsing, maybe some gaming (although most of their games are for older PC's so I doubt they'll work). They can use their Wii or Nintendo systems for gaming...
Details
Inspiron 1525
Intel® Celeron® 550 (2.0GHz, 533Mhz, 1M L2 Cache), Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition SP1
Memory 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 (2 Dimms)
LCD Panel Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100
Hard Drive Size: 120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card
Modem Integrated Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD / DVD Writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card
Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Microsoft Works
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days
Battery Options 6 cell battery
Warranty & Service 1Yr Ltd Hardware Warranty, InHome Service after
Remote Diagnosis
Datasafe Dell Online Backup 2GB for 1 year
Dial-Up Internet Access
Entertainment and Editing Software WildTangent Games
Processor Branding Intel#174; CELERON#174
Labels Windows Vista™ Basic