swiego said:What's with the 10/100 NIC? Is that a typo or does a desktop of this calibre still not have gigabit?

Dell cripples their cheap stuff in an attempt to get you to upgrade to a more expensive model. Upselling gimick, which is honestly, kind of scummy.

jesternl said:tyrone3971 said:Gigabit switches are cheap < $30.

Dell should include it by now since people do use networks for things other than the internet. Streaming video anyone and file transfers anyone?

I really, really hope your office does not run on $30 switches...

and you stream at one gig?

No, but if I have a stream going to watch a video on 10/100 it kills file transfers, VOIP, and other traffic. The extra bandwidth allows more applications at once.

We have expensive Cisco switches in the closet, but there is no shame in having el-cheapo switches in offices where needed. The raw performance is the same. (BTW, If you don't need the management features wtf does it matter if you run on cheap switches)

I really hope you're not as stupid as you sound.

wetwillys said:I tried that...said I already requested one!

iamanooj said:wetwillys said:It took my email address, however, it has been over an hour...no code?!!?!?!

maybe you should try again? i got the email less than 15 seconds after i signed up for it.

Did not take my email at all. Tried yahoo and hotmail and got this message "yahoo.com (hotmail.com) is not a valid email address." Anyone has the same problem?

Did not take my email at all. Tried yahoo and hotmail and got this message "yahoo.com (hotmail.com) is not a valid email address." Anyone has the same problem?

I read somewhere that it was not accepting "free email" accounts (yahoo, etc.)

saxman said:I'm just wondering how this is possible:

3GB - Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs

2x1gig
2x512mb

josh555 said:saxman said:I'm just wondering how this is possible:

3GB - Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz - 4 DIMMs
1+1+512+512

I hate that new math stuff.

I picked this up today, used 10% EPP, also applied a 6% stackable coupon that's available to all AAA members.

kevinca said:We have expensive Cisco switches in the closet, but there is no shame in having el-cheapo switches in offices where needed. The raw performance is the same. (BTW, If you don't need the management features wtf does it matter if you run on cheap switches)

I'm sorry but your comment goes beyond crass since you are exhibiting your own stupidity. You CAN bog down even a cheapo gig switch by simply having more than one user trying to transfer/stream large amounts of data at the same time. So crawl back to your hole - IT god.

Are you serious?

There are 13 root servers that serve all the DNS for the entire internet.

http://www.root-servers.org/

We're "B", Information Sciences Institute Marina Del Rey, CA.

We have hundreds of cheap Netgear GS105 switches throughout the whole building which work just fine.

I'll get back to enjoying my view of the boats and ocean now along with multiple gigs of bandwidth.

mudley said:does anyone know if this motherboard would have a pci-e x16 slot?

i seem to remember the dells that had onboard video didn't have agp slots (back in the day)

I am sorry but didn't you read entire OP post?

OP post is not just a deal detail. OP already gave all information you need to know about this computer you are going to buy and still we ask this kind of questions over and over!? Asking this kind of questions shows we don’t respect OP work and time to find and post all information we need to know about this computer or deal.

Seriously how many post you can find here with this much detail and information!?

Example:

You asked: “Does anyone know if this motherboard would have a PCI-E x16 slot?”

Your answer is: In OP post go to notes and number 3 gives you a link to Owner's Manual for the Inspiron 530. Click on that link for PDF file and then go to page 104 and 105 and see number 25!!!