Good deal from Dell or BUST?

College Life
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<p>Would I be an idiot not to purchase this? I dont really need such a great computer though since I am not going to be gaming and I only need it for basic college work. But its seems like such a great deal. What would you guys do? </p>

<p>Dimension 9100</p>

<p>Processor/Display<br>
Pentium® 4 Processor 630 with HT Technology (3GHz, 800FSB) </p>

<p>Video Cards<br>
128MB PCI Express™ x16 (DVI/VGA/TV-out) ATI Radeon™ X300 SE </p>

<p>Memory<br>
512MB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz - 2DIMMs </p>

<p>Hard Drives<br>
160GB3 Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ </p>

<p>Monitors<br>
FREE UPGRADE! 17 inch E173FP Analog Flat Panel </p>

<p>Free Dell 720 Color Printer
Free Ground shipping</p>

<p>Total: $799.00
Final after taxes and handling: $886.52
Deal ends 7/7/05</p>

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<p>even if you don’t need the power now with the way software and such is changing - you’ll need every bit of it before you know it just to run ‘basic’ things. (ie - the next windows release…)</p>