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* – Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)
* – AMD Turion(TM) X2 Dual-Core Mobile Processor RM-70 (2.0GHz)
* – 15.4″ diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)
* – 3GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* – ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3200 Graphics
* – 250GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
* – Webcam + Fingerprint Reader
* – HP Color Matching Keyboard
* – 802.11b/g WLAN
* – No Modem
* – SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* – No TV Tuner w/remote control
* – 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery
* – $100 OFF Microsoft(R) Office Home and Student 2007!!
* – HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope
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3-year Accidental Damage Protection Extended Service Plan for Notebook PCs
cost: 940.04
Inspiron 1525 Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5750 (2.00GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)
Operating System -Genuine Windows Vista® SP1 Home Premium Edition
System Color -Midnight Blue BLU
Memory- 3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz 3G2D
LCD Panel -Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280×800) 15XGAT
Video Card Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 INTAC
Hard Drive Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) 250GB
Network Integrated 10/100 Network Card INTNIC
Modem Integrated Modem I56NM
Adobe Software Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1 ADOBER
Combo or DVD+RW Drive CD Writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) 24COMBO
Sound Card High Definition Audio 2.0 IS
Wireless Networking Cards Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini-Card DW1395
Camera Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam DCAMERA
Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed) Special Offer:Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007
Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed) McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 30-Days MC930D
Battery Options 6 cell battery 6BAT
Warranty & Service 3Yr Ltd HW WRTY, InHome Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24×7 Phone Support SQ3OS
Accident and Theft Protection Add Accidental Damage and LoJack Theft Protection to 3Yr Warr. CCLJ3
Datasafe Included 3 GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1Yr DATSF3G
Dial-Up Internet Access No ISP requested NISP
Dell Recycling Free Recycling Kit RECYCL
Processor Branding Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor IC2DNB
Labels Windows Vista™ Premium
cost: 936.56
I will be using this computer mainly for school, chatting, email, dowloading music and burning dvd’s also surfing the web. I’m not into gaming. if you think other options would be more suitable please offer that info. thanks