SYSTEM COMPONENTS
Dimension E510 Qty 1
Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition Unit Price $1,600.00
Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
Dell Dimension E510 Series Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 630 w/HT Technology (3.0GHz,800FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 400MHz (4x256M)
Keyboard Dell Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse
Monitor SAVE $170!! 17 inch Ultrasharp™ 1704FPT Digital Flat Panel
Video Card 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory
Hard Drive 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Floppy Drive and Media Reader No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse Mouse included in Dell Wireless Package
Network Card Integrated Intel® PRO 10/100 Ethernet
Modem No Modem Requested
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD ROM/DVD ROM Single Drive: 16X CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) w/double layer write capability
Sound Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Audio
Speakers Dell A215 Speakers
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel and Outlook email
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-months
Digital Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music - Entry level music software
Digital Photography Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition - Organize and Edit your photos
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr Technical Support
Dial - Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner MyDVD Plus:Copy DVDs,Edit Video,Effects,Photo Slideshows (DVD+RW only)
Miscellaneous Award Winning Service and Support
Financial Software No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Optional Ports IEEE 1394 Adapter
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
Wireless Networking Solution Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter
TV Tuners and Remote Controls Single TV Tuner + Remote Control - watch and record TV on your PC

TOTAL:$1,600.00

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XPS 400 Qty 1
Pentium® 4 Processor 540 w/HT Technology (3.2GHz, 800FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition Unit Price $1,698.00
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Catalog Number: 29
Module Description Show Details
XPS 400 Pentium® 4 Processor 540 w/HT Technology (3.2GHz, 800FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Media Center 2005 Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz- 2DIMMs
Keyboard LOGITECH MX 3000 Laser Mouse/Keyboard Combo
Monitors FEATURED UPGRADE!! 17 inch Ultrasharp™ 1704FPT Digital Flat Panel
Video Cards 256MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon X600 SE HyperMemory
Hard Drives 160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™
Floppy Drive and Media Reader 3.5 in Floppy Drive
Mouse Mouse included in Wireless Package
Network Interface Integrated 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Modem 56K PCI Data Fax Modem
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drive Dual Drives: 16x DVD-ROM Drive + 16x DVD+/-RW w/dbl layer write capability
Sound Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Audio
Speakers Dell A215 Speakers
Office Software (not included in Windows XP) Microsoft Office Basic - Includes Word, Excel and Outlook email
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with VirusScan, Firewall, Spyware Removal, 15-months
Digitial Music Musicmatch by Yahoo!™ Music - Entry level music software
Digital Photography Corel Photo Album™ 6 Starter Edition - Organize and Edit your photos
Hardware Warranty 1Yr Ltd Warranty, 1Yr At-Home Service, and 1Yr XPS Warranty Support
Home PC Installation No Installation
Dial-Up Internet Access 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Enhanced Software for CD or DVD Burner MyDVD Plus:Copy DVDs,Edit Video,Effects,Photo Slideshows (DVD+RW only)
Financial Software (Preinstalled) No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Optional Ports IEEE 1394 Adapter
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
Wireless Networking Card Dell Wireless; 1450 WLAN (802.11a/b/g) USB 2.0 DT Adapter
TV Tuners and Remote Controls Single TV Tuner with Remote Control

TOTAL:$1,698.00

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WHICH ONE WOULD YOU GUYS GO FOR AND WHY


THANKS!!!!!

Assuming you intend to use them for video editting then my answer would be neither.

Both specs only quote a single HDD of 160Gb. For video editting this is...

a) not nearly enough disc space; and
b) not enough drives. you will want a seperate OS drive for Windows and application installations and then a completely seperate drive for video and video work.

Of course you could buy either of the two specs quoted and then pop in a couple of 250GB drive afterwards.

Also, what is Windows XP Media Centre edition? I'm not familiar with it.

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Thanks for the feedback, what about everthing else. I will upgrade to a 250gig and i have a seperate 10 gig already just for the OS. Im not crazy into editing just making a motorcycle video about 30 minutes long.. in the future... Im basically using it for everday computing... school, games, adn then editing. Any other suggestions? BTW i dont really know what media center is.. prolly just a marketing scheme.

its pretty useful for a home pc... but not necessary for editing, (mediacentre)

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/m.../hardware.mspx

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