New computer specs

Listed below is a quote I received from a computer company on a new system:


WB-ACER-AST180... ACER Aspire model AST180-381A including: AMD Athlon 64 3800+ X2
2.0GHz, 1GB (512/512) DDR2 SDRAM
200GB SATA HARD DRIVE, DVD-DUAL(DVD+/-RW,INTEGRATED
NVIDIA graphics, Audio and GB Ethernet support, V.92 MODEM, PS2
KEYBORAD and Mouse, 9-in-1 card reader
Windows VISTA Home Premium.
One-year limited return to depot manufacture warranty.
Software issues / problems are NOT covered on warranty.
ACER support # (800) 816-2237
1 EACH 799.99 799.99T
DVD-LG-16X-BLA... LG Electronics 16X DVD Drive Internal Black 1 Each 29.99 29.99T
VNVD-AS-EN7300... ASUS PCIExpress Nvidia EN7300GT 256MB DDR VideoRAM silent
video card with VGA - DVI and TV out.
1 EACH 119.99 119.99T
Subtotal 949.97

Audio options:
SND-SB-AUD-SE Audio option:Creative SB Audigy SE 7.1 24 bit PCI 1 Each 42.99 42.99T
SPK-CL-P7800-7.1 Creative Labs P7800 Inspiron Series 7.1 Surround Sound Speaker System 1 Each 129.99 129.99T
Monitor options:
LCD-ACER-AL191... Acer AL1916Ab Black 19" 8ms LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1 0.294mm
Pixel Pitch 3 year warranty. Dead pixel warranty is thru manufacture
only.
1 Each 259.99 259.99T
LCD-ACER-AL191... Acer AL1916W Widescreen 19IN LCD Black 1440X900 500:1 0.294MM
8MS Analog Monitor
1 Each 239.99 239.99T
Office 2007 options:
SWOFF-MS-2007H... Microsoft Office 2007 Home and Student OEM license. (no media
provided). Includes: Word 2007, Excell 2007, PowerPoint 2007 and
OneNote 2007.
1 EACH 159.99 159.99T
SWOFF-MS-2007S... Microsoft Office 2007 Small Business OEM license (no media provided
as per Microsoft agreement). Includes 2007 versions of: Word, Excell,
Outlook with Business Contact Manager, PowerPoint, Accounting
Express and PublisheR
1 EACH 299.99 299.99T




Any thoughts or suggestions appreciated.

Thanks

 

What are you going to use the computer for? You could probably build a better one yourself for a little less cash. If I were building a new computer now, I would lean towards the Intel Core Duo CPU's.

This part I did not like:

Windows VISTA Home Premium.
One-year limited return to depot manufacture warranty.
Software issues / problems are NOT covered on warranty.

Isn't an operating system software... and it is not covered.

Just my thoughts.

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You can do better than that. A LOT better.

 

The computer would be for home use only. Email, Internet, Web Editing, etc. Nothing to extravagent.

Thanks for the comments.

 

I can price Dell hardware for over 200 bucks cheaper than that, with 2gb of ram.