People have been suggesting buying the $300 dell rather than building a computer from parts. What $300 dell are they talking about? Any help would be appriciated.

BoBo

9/8/2005 11:08:40 PM

If you want a computer with any power (i.e. you want to play games), build it yourself. Otherwise, you can't beat a cheap machine.

9/8/2005 11:10:16 PM

the base dimension 2400 is $300

9/8/2005 11:17:32 PM

dell.com

desktops, just look for the 300 dollar one

9/9/2005 2:52:25 AM

it used to be the poweredge 400sc.

p4c 2.8ghz
512mb of ram
80gb hdd
agp slot
sata
onboard sound and network

all for like 300-350.

but they retired it a while back. I haven't seen anything close to that in terms of a platform to start building a system off of. Hell, the newer models that replaced the 400sc dont even come with floppy drives.

9/9/2005 8:54:16 AM

because they shouldn't come with floppy drives, that should be an addition. they aren't needed anymore like they used to be, hence why dvd-rom's come standard.

9/9/2005 12:14:35 PM

http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/cto_dimen2400?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=mn

9/9/2005 12:35:31 PM

Thanks for the info ... I thought it was a hot one ... (it must have been the 400sc) ...

9/9/2005 12:42:12 PM