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I ended up getting an ATI Radeon 9100 pci video card with 64 megs of memory 
and an aftermarket second hard drive bracket for my Dimension 2300 (the 
predecessor for the 2400) and my system is quite satisfactory as a result.

Paul Riemerman

"Pen" <pen34us_nospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message 
news:g-6dnUrug47E-U3dRVn-tw@adelphia.com...
> The major differences are 2400 on motherboard video(no AGP slot
> and shared memory) and sound, no mount for a second hard drive,
> although they are available through spare parts,
> and slower processor options.
>
> The 4100 can have cards for video and sound comes with
> 2nd hard drive bracket and in general is a more upgradeable package.
> Particularly on the small business site faster processors are offered.
>
>
> "Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:2jb0haFvcde9U1@uni-berlin.de...
>> As the owner of a 3-year-old 4100 I'm seriously thinking of upgrading
>> and Dell Asia Pacific is currently offering some "deals" (free upgrade
>> to double memory by 25 June and free double capacity HDD is ordered
>> online by 18 June).  A number of systems are currently listed in the
>> magazines under these terms, as well as in direct mailed brochures.
>>
>> While it is possible to scan the details and tick off differences in
>> the configurations, I'm left wondering what, if any, are the
>> *fundamental* differences between the 2400 series and the 4600?
>> I mean, why have two series when it's difficult of compare model to
>> model anyway because of the assorted options in the configs?
>>
>> I'm obviously missing something here, so thanks in anticipation of
>> informed enlightenment from the group.
>>
>> FWIW, I don't do much (in fact, nothing at all :) in the way of
>> gaming, and I don't even have audio output on the present system; but
>> I would like to get into digitising a large photo collection (maybe
>> around 30,000 images) and will probably consider a dedicated
>> slide/negative scanner for the purpose as the only practical way to
>> go.  (I'm also thinking of vinyl to CDR if there's any time left in a
>> day somewhere down the track before pushing up the daisies. :-)
>>
>> Perhaps these activities would have some bearing on the decision of
>> 2400 versus 4600?
>>
>>
>> Cheers, Phred.
>>
>> -- 
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