Decent PC Deal: Core2Quad, 500gb, 3gb, 24" LCD, DVD, Win7 $569

[Mike Labbe]

I found this turkey week special tonight, and bought one for our shop. Great end-of-tax season PC, comes with a bunch of goodies.

Intel Quad Core Q8300 @ 2.5GHz, 3GB RAM. 500GB 7200 speed HDD, DVD burner, gigabit ethernet, Windows 7 Home Premium, Samsung 24" LCD Monitor, mini tower case, 1yr NBD warranty $569 (regular $1045)

Link: http://configure.us.dell.com/dellst...acd=10730751-227502-A12A0C186791C0A01186791A0

NOTE: The Samsung 2494SW 24" LCD is thrown in free, which is worth about $269. Add the PC to your shopping cart with NO MONITOR, and the LCD gets added automatically; after the PC is in your cart.

NOTE2: If you need the XP downgrade, for example for use with Visualization and a Canon PowerShot camera, this is a $70 option. It's always best to check with your POS/VIZ/CMC software vendor before buying a new PC, to make sure it meets the requirements.

NOTE3: Upgrading 1 year next business day on-site warrantee to 3 years is a $75 option, if desired.

Deal expires at 11:59pm on Black Friday, or when stock is out.

Best regards
Mike

 

[Paul N]

Great deal Mike, but...........can the integrated video card able to connect 2 monitors?? I really doubt it.

If one needs to do that (say for eventual FrameVue Windows 7 version) one must go with a video card with dual monitor support (the available upgrade to Radeon 4350 for $85 has 1 VGA and 1 HDMI by the way).

Incredible free monitor by the way, for free!! I paid over $900 for a similar one 34 years ago!

 

[Jim3535]

It's possible for integrated video to have dual monitor support if they use a DMS-95 connector. However, I can't recall seeing this (though I haven't looked in a while). In any case, Dell tells you need a video card if you select 2 monitors on the system builder.

 

[Mike Labbe]

You're going to love FrameVue 3.x We're beta testing it now in our shop, w/Windows 7 and XP. Judy is live, too. It's a total re-write that has a simplified and intuitive interface. The inexpensive PowerShot cameras only work in XP, though. It's probably still best to keep an XP machine for that purpose, so you don't need to buy a more expensive camera.

As far as this black Friday PC special, they had a second video card option when configuring the system. While the default card does not, the optional second card (512 ATI Radeon HD 4350) has dual outputs.

Great deal Mike, but...........can the integrated video card able to connect 2 monitors?? I really doubt it.

If one needs to do that (say for eventual FrameVue Windows 7 version) one must go with a video card with dual monitor support (the available upgrade to Radeon 4350 for $85 has 1 VGA and 1 HDMI by the way).

Incredible free monitor by the way, for free!! I paid over $900 for a similar one 34 years ago!

Happy Thanksgiving!
Mike