Did I do the right thing?

[monkeystomp]

Hello all,

I'm new to the computer world, and so would appreciate the evaluations of those more seasoned than I regarding a purchase I recently made (before I knew of this forum!). I would like to hear if I made a good choice, or if there is something that I should have changed - particularly regarding the CPU speed. I am mostly using it for word processing, but I also run a complex Biblical language search program for sermon prep, as well as AV downloads and streaming.

The specs are as follows:

Dell Inspiron 1525, 15.4"
Running Vista Home Premium
Intel Core 2 Duo T5550 (1.83GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz
160GB SATA Free Fall Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card
six cell battery
Bluetooth keyboard and mouse (saves my back)
built in webcam

I paid 834.00 on a sale from Dell, so I thought it was a good buy.

Is there anything that I should have changed? Too much or too little of anything.

Your insights will be much appreciated.

 

[`PaWz]

You should cancel that order and use this coupon from Dell:

25% off Inspiron Laptops over $999

http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell/

I ordered an Inspiron laptop that was worth $1,000 and got it for $790.

 

[El DJ]

I think you snagged a great deal, but you should wait and see what others say.

 

[monkeystomp]

You should cancel that order and use this coupon from Dell:

25% off Inspiron Laptops over $999

http://www.cheapstingybargains.com/cheapster/dell/

I ordered an Inspiron laptop that was worth $1,000 and got it for $790.

Thanks. I got the 834.00 deal down from 1208.00 though, so I think I'll stick with this. It was slightly better than 25%

 

[monkeystomp]

My main concern was whether I should have spent the extra 100.00 to upgrade the CPU from 1.83 to 2.0 Ghz. I wasn't sure if that would have made too great a difference?

Also, was 3Gb RAM overkill?

 

[PHATSPEED7x]

My main concern was whether I should have spent the extra 100.00 to upgrade the CPU from 1.83 to 2.0 Ghz. I wasn't sure if that would have made too great a difference?

Also, was 3Gb RAM overkill?

Use the $100 for something else. Also you can never have too much RAM!!! Wish I could expand more than 1GB on my old sony Vaio.

 

[claytonr1973]

I think you made a good choice. I would have bought one but some of my OLD software isn't vista compatible.

 

[monkeystomp]

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[Ramodkk]

I think you made a good choice too, don't worry about the RAM, 3GB is plenty

 

[Sir Travis D]

don't worry. 3gb is not too much