Way nice. Dual core, 17", tv tuner, media os, 2gig ram. You are good to go with that one. No more desktops for me, next machine is going to be like that one.
Good point about the video card. Treat it with care (remember you spent 3G's) and you shouldn't need the accident insurance. It's a nice machine and I'd say go for it!!! Let me know how it works out. I do like to give good references when I can and this could be another one. For both the equipment, and the seller.
I used to hear about those $2/month cell phone insurance (Protection) got abused, people called and file loss/theft report to get new phone replacement. They don't offer that anymore. It's interesting. Suppose they offer accidental protection for your laptop for three years. You can use the laptop for three years, then in the third year you would then "accidentally" damage your laptop and you get a new replacement, is that how these things (accidental protection policy) work ? I even heard people by these things at Costco and return them after 6 months, cause the policy allows it. They use the money to buy new models. I wonder how many times can they do this. America is wonderful ain't it ?
Hahahah... I got it covered. The company I work for has an account or some kind of contract with Dell. Either way I am getting the 1710 with the following specs: 2.16 Ghz Processor (duo core) 2 GB RAM 100Gb 7200 Hard drive 512MB Nvidia 7900 blah blah blah all the good stuff 3 Year Warranty All for $2400
You must be one of them guys who can stumble face first into a pile of manure and come up smellin' like roses.