Is This a Great Deal?

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#1 Light_Destroyer
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Can you help me please?  I'm looking for a laptop for college and this is a build that I have so far.  Can you tell me if it is a good deal or not?

Inspiron 1501   AMD TurionTM 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (2.0GHz/1MB)   

OPERATING SYSTEM(s)   Genuine Windows VistaTM Home Premium   LCD panel   15.4 inch Wide Screen XGA Display with TrueLifeTM(glossy)   

MEMORY   1GB DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz, 2 Dimm

  VIDEO CARD   ATI RADEON® Xpress1150 256MB HyperMemoryTM (Integrated)   HARD DRIVES   Size: 60GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)   

Network Card and Modem   Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem   Adobe Software   Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.08  

Combo/DVD+RW Drives   8X CD/DVD Burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer DVD+R write capability   

Sound Card   Integrated Audio   

Wireless Networking Cards   Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini Card (54Mbps)   

Office Software (not included in Windows XP)   Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD   

Anti-Virus/Security Suite (Pre-installed)   No Security Subscription (Norton 30-day)   

Primary Battery   85 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery   

Warranty and Service   1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor - Next Business Day   

Internet Access Service   6 Months EarthLink Internet Access Included   Environmental Options   Free Recycling Kit   

Dell Digital Entertainment   Starter pack - Yahoo! Music, Corel Photo and Dell Games

  Labels   Windows VistaTM Premium

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No, it isn't!
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Price please.

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#4 Light_Destroyer
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the price without tax is $573.
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maybe you would get more answers in pc hardware discussion.
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I think it might be kinda slow with Vista because of the 1GB ram, but because its DDR2 it should be ok.. If i had that deal i would go for it, but i dont realy want to step into Vista yet because of some compatibility issues.

Its probley BS above, dont kill me :cry: