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18 out of 18 people found this review helpful
5.0 stars
"Great upgrade & price!"
Pros: New case design/layout...better performance
Cons: None at the moment
Summary: I just received my Dimension 9100 a few weeks ago, upgrading from a Dimension 8300 (Pentium 4HT 2.6g, 1GBram, 200GB HD). The hardest thing for me to decide when customizing my 9100 was deciding on a processor. Stick with the Pentium 4HT or jump on the bandwagon with the Pentium D. I was extremely curious about the new Pentium D so I jumped for the 3.2 speed and I do not regret it. Powerful performance even when heavily multitasking! Also picked up a gig of ram with it as well as a 250GB hard drive. 30% off also enticed me to purchase higher end settings as well saving close to $800! With the 9100 I notice it runs much cooler than my 8300 in part now due to the new case design which I am impressed with. I was at first concerned with how easy the new case would be to open, since the older style was a hinge type deal, but surprisingly it's no major project unlike past side open cases. This is my 5th Dell computer over the last 5 years and I have never had any problems with any of them. Though tech support is in India most of the time, I rarely have to call so it is no major inconvenience. If you need powerful multitasking performance, the Dimension 9100 is for you!
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I agree with the review above, but not the score. I would give this system something closer to 8/10.
Things which should really come standard (card reader and firewire ports for starters) come at an extra cost. The cost of upgrading things on the sales website, such as RAM and HD, is about a 30-40% markup from shop price of the upgrades (I would certainly expect it to be cheaper), which resulted in me buying an extra gig of ram for about 60% of the cost of the same upgrade before purchase, even though there was a double-ram promotion on at the time!
There is no parallel port, which means printers not USB-compatible will not work with the computer without further upgrade. The keyboard and mouse are both USB (in fact, the computer has a ridiculous 7 USB ports, 9 if you get the multimedia keyboard), which could be seen as a good thing, but does mean that in the event of either failing, there is no PS2 port to plug an older one in. -
5 Dell computers in 5 years does not sound like a very good or convincing track record.
