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"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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Hiya Phred,

400 or 533mhz FSB versus 800mhz CPUs (both can support HT CPUs )

845 versus 865 chipset

Single channel versus dual channel DDR (and higher total RAM capacity)

200 watt versus 250 watt power supply

onboard AGP versus onboard OR 8x AGP slot

IDE (PATA) versus IDE or SATA

1 HDD cage and ribbon connect versus 2 cages and connects