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\"john\"<\/p>\n

By John Dodge<\/p>\n

Dell Studio XPS 8100<\/p>\n

It’s been almost eight years since I acquired my last desktop computer. It’s time to go shopping for a new one and wade through dozens of models with long unmemorable names and figure out a configuration amid infinite variations.<\/p>\n

I’ve narrowed my search down to Dell’s Studio XPS 8100 or HP’s Pavilion Elite models. I just have to configure them and shop the end result. Sheesh, a 27-inch iMac would be much simpler, but, alas, waaaay too expensive.<\/p>\n

Lord, PC desktops are sold everywhere but Dunkin’ Donuts. Crutchfield, Amazon, Newegg, Amazon, vendor sites and retailers like Ultimate Electronics.<\/p>\n

Let’s take the 8100, for instance. My rationale is buy something high performance and loaded given my current desktop lasted for almost eight years! I suspect this new desktop will have to last just as long. No regrets.<\/p>\n

So far, I have come up with this rough and incomplete configuration: a CPU (Intel Core i7<\/a> or AMD Phenom II<\/a>), graphics card (ATI Radeon 4890<\/a> or higher), 1080p monitor, 8 GB of RAM, Blu-ray player, easily-accessed USB and memory card slots on the front of the unit, built-in Wifi and a 1 terabyte (TB) hard disk.<\/p>\n

Dell.com will let me endlessly customize whereas Amazon’s and Walmart’s 8100s come pre-configured. While Amazon and online discounters can save me a few bucks, I like the time savings and hassle sparing getting everything installed at the factory (lazy, I know, but I want to spend time with other things).<\/p>\n

That said, I am bargain hunter at heart and am evaluating several buying sources…except Best Buy, the store I love to hate.<\/p>\n

Last week’s big news in the retail world was that Walmart will offer free shipping on 60,000 online items with no minimum spending requirement. Take that, Amazon and Target. So I wondered if I could get a deal on a new desktop at Walmart. As it turns out, Amazon whose customer service is second to none matched Walmart’s pricing on every PC I checked out. If it comes down to Walmart or Amazon, I’ll choose the latter.<\/p>\n

For instance, a highly-rated Dell 8100 model with an Intel i7-870 Core CPU was $1098 at Walmart<\/a>. At Amazon, the same model<\/a> was $1099.99. The HP Pavilion Elite HPE-400F was $782 at Walmart<\/a> and Amazon<\/a> which offers free shipping, too. It was the same at both places for the slightly more powerful Elite HPE 410F<\/a> – $899.54.<\/p>\n

Much to my surprise, the 410F was $40 cheaper at HP’s Online Store<\/a>. The 400f was $749.99 at HP.com and $782.54 at Walmart<\/a>. Hmmm, I am not hearing those falling prices at Walmart. I used the past tense, knowing how fast desktop prices can change.<\/p>\n

I asked former Ziff Davis publishing colleague, Michael Miller, who until 2005 was editor-in-chief at PC Magazine, the bible for PC buyers, if he favored either machine. :<\/p>\n

Here’s what he said<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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