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"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> 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?
>

In addition to all the posts regarding the physical difference I wanted to
add the fact that you should really do a price comparison before you buy.
In may cases and depending on what offers are available the 2 systems can be
very close in price.  I just priced to identically configured systems for a
client yesterday and the 2400 was about $1024 and the 4600 was about $1087.
That was with the 800Mhz 2.8gig processor in the 4600.

To me the choice is a no brainer; the 4600 hands down.

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Rob
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