[ale] stupid pricing games

[Jim Kinney]

Looking for a new laptop for my wife. Dell has FreeDos option on
Latitude systems. Inspiron is home user and the all come with some
perversion of vista.

The pricing is just stupid. 3 machines, 2 with FreeDos that differ by
the screen size. Third is Inspiron system with different screen AND
vista blah blah blah. Guess which one costs less...

Latitude E550N $679
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)	edit
OPERATING SYSTEM	FreeDOS Operating System Kit	edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE	1 Year Limited Warranty and 1 Year Mail-in Service	edit
LCD PANEL	15.4 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ Anti-glare LCD Panel	edit
VIDEO CARD	Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD	edit
MEMORY	1.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS	edit
TOUCHPAD AND FINGERPRINT READER	Dell Touchpad	edit
INTERNAL KEYBOARD	Internal English Single Pointing Keyboard	edit
PRIMARY STORAGE	160GB Hard Drive, 5400RPM	edit
OPTICAL DRIVE	8X DVD+/-RW	edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD	Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card	edit
MODEM	No Modem	edit
BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION	No System Documentation	edit
My Accessories
BATTERY	6 Cell Battery	edit

Latitude E5400N $659
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz, 3M L2 Cache, 1066MHz FSB)	edit
OPERATING SYSTEM	FreeDOS Operating System Kit	edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE	1 Year Limited Warranty and 1 Year Mail-in Service	edit
LCD PANEL	14.1 inch Wide Screen WXGA+ Anti-glare LCD Panel	edit
VIDEO CARD	Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD	edit
MEMORY	1.0GB, DDR2-800 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS	edit
TOUCHPAD AND FINGERPRINT READER	Dell Touchpad	edit
INTERNAL KEYBOARD	Internal English Single Pointing Keyboard	edit
PRIMARY STORAGE	160GB Hard Drive, 5400RPM	edit
OPTICAL DRIVE	8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink PowerDVD™	edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD	Dell Wireless™ 1397 802.11b/g Mini Card	edit
MODEM	No Modem	edit
BACKUP OS DRIVERS AND SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION	No System Documentation	edit
My Accessories
BATTERY	6 Cell Battery	edit

Inspiron 15 $604
PROCESSOR	Intel® Core™ 2 Duo P8600 (2.40GHz/1066Mhz FSB/3MB cache)	edit
OPERATING SYSTEM	Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Edition SP1	edit
WARRANTY & SERVICE	1 Yr Ltd Warranty, 1 Yr Mail-in Service, and 1 Yr
Tech Support	edit
PRODUCTIVITY	No Microsoft Office	edit
SECURITY	Norton Internet Security 2008 (only 30 Day Protection)	edit
SYSTEM COLOR	Jet Black	edit
LCD PANEL AND WEBCAM	Bright, glossy widescreen 15.6 WLED display (1366x768)	edit
MEMORY	2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 800MHz	edit
HARD DRIVE	160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)	edit
OPTICAL DRIVE	8X CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)	edit
VIDEO CARD	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X4500HD	edit
WI-FI WIRELESS CARD	Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card	edit
SOUND OPTION	High Definition Audio 2.0	edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM	No Webcam Option	edit
ADOBE SOFTWARE	Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 9.0	edit
My Accessories
BATTERIES	6-cell battery	edit


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James P. Kinney III
Actively in pursuit of Life, Liberty and Happiness