Guys I did it...

I purchased it through Dell Canada and it is a desktop. I thought about a laptop but just could not find a reason to purchase one as I do all my computing at home, if I needed something to take to other areas then yes a laptop would have been a good choice.

Yes I am almost postive it is a modem problem we ran the test and came up fine so I am not sure what else to do. Thanks for help.

Just thought of something...did you happen to check your modem dial up settings to make sure that it isn't set to time out...I had a system once that did that, it nearly drove me crazy, when I checked the connection settings my computer was set to disconnect every 15 minutes, this is a setting used for people that don't have unlimited access, so that someone doesn't leave the computer connected to the internet, and run the bill up.

Does your desktop have a built in modem or external, I would try to see if you can borrow an externel modem and try that, if it stays connected then you know that it is a modem failure.

I spend more a week on coffee than what the payment is on this computer, so I might have to lay off the coffee for a while but that wouldn't be a bad thing. Thanks for your response.

Thank you, yes I am getting very unpleased with the old system, as it is just to slow about everything.

Good points...did you happen to see the price of the Blue Ray Reader/Burners....Un freaking believable, I seen one on Staples today and the price was $699.99, I almost fell over...I truly hope that they drop a little in price.

The system has 3 gigs of processor power over a duo core, 250 gigs of hard drive 256mb radeon graphics card, and 1gig of ram and a 20 inch flat screen monitor. 3 years warranty, and software that I chose, they tried to sell me a lot of software that I felt I didn't need and I turned it down, None of the companies you listed have that type of warranty...or service, if I bought one at walmart, and I have trouble with it, who do I call for help.. Where do I have it serviced?

I checked around the sites you listed and what I found that was close to the system I ordered is the following. TigerDirect.ca computer with similiar specs but had more hard drive storage, but did no include a monitor, Price $1777.99 Overstock.com had a system similiar bu not as powerful, there price was $799.99, but it is american, when you figure in the taxes, duty and money exchange, there is no savings, also not even sure they ship to canada. Walmart: I wouldn't waste my time with. Computer Shopper: Closest price they listed was for a Dell e520 less power than what I purchased, price 799.99 american, I am going to check staples and futureshop.

The interest on this system is not that high, my first system was 28.99% interest, very high, but it was like that because I was a credit risk (Had bad credit). I plan to try and pay this off within the 4 years probably do it in 2 or less. As for borrowing the money from the bank no bank in my area will loan you anything less than $5000.00 and only then if they approve you for it, and usually you have to have collateral for the loan, and no way would I put my vehicle or house down for that, just to get a computer, I could have went to a finance company, but the interest there is 31.99%, way higher. As for income tax, I 99% of the time do not get a return, I always owe the Government, I must earn to much and they don't take enough taxes of my income, I haven't got a return in 6 years, last year I owed them 500.00 this year I suspect I will owe them another 1000.00 Great suggestions and I had thought of them all. Thank you for posting.

Their lease system is a lease to own program, at the end of 48 months I own the computer. In april 2007 I will end the lease on my first system, and own it, if I go the full term on the second system, at the end of another 48 months I will own it as well. You can at any time buy out the lease, but they will charge you the remainder of the computer price and so much for the interst owing, that is how they get there money, mostly through the interest. It's the same as borrowing money from a financial company you can pay back what you borrowed at any time but you will have to pay the interest owing.

I explored the upgrade option but didn't see where that would have benefitted me, also tried other places for better prices but they were all about the same, I have a dell now it has served me very well so I figured I would stay with them as customer loyalty.

I hear ya, however I never had a problem with the wait time, it was the english barrier, most of there computer techs are I think are from India, and sometimes it can be a little hard to understand each other, however the gentleman I was talking to last night was Indian as well but he did really good, I gave him a great review for his service, very nice fellow, he gave me his extension number so I will be contacting him at anytime I need... On the other hand I have talked to Dell a couple times in the past for problems I was having, and the techs they put me through really were not that good, I ended up fixing my problem myself, I can handle just about any computer problem, but I had to call them to be sure that it was OK for me to do my own repairs, I was new to the lease program so I was not sure what I was allowed to do myself.

That is true the computers are updating so fast that we can't keep up, but it is usually the software that is the problem, it keeps upgrading so the systems have to follow suit. The system I have ordered I hope won't have to be upgraded for a very long time, this is why I went bigger.

No I am keeping the old one as well, my two daughters are getting it. Thanks for the response.

Thank you for your response...Yes the high speed will be a definate help, I have further plans for this system, and if it is as good as I hope it is, it will be a great asset.

That is true, I did the same thing with my first Computer, had the same doubts, but I didn't pay as much for that one as I did this computer, I just have a hard time convincing myself when the amount of the purchase is more than a thousand dollars. But like you said I will be fine when I get the new system and realize how much better it is.

Nothing more frustrating than have something that just doesn't perform well as it used to, and if you have six years with your present computer then yes it probably is a time to upgrade. Thank you for your response.

Thanks Asylum, I have also tried upgrading my system, I installed more ram to the tune of 60.00 a pop, priced a new motherboard and processor, that would have cost me about 500.00 and new graphics card and hard drive another 300.00 so all in all to upgrade this system to a decent speed it would have cost me about 1000.00, and then I wasn't sure if it would all work out..

I believe that as well, also I think that when you make computer purchase you not only have to look at what your needs are, but what they may be down the road...buying a system that has to be upgraded 6 months time isn't really much fun, that is why I went big this time, hopefully I can stay ahead and not have to worry for a while about a draggy computer

Dell Dimension 2350 1.8 ghz processor P4 Intel, 30 gig hard drive, 512MB ram, CD R/RW DVD R/RW, 17" monitor, 64 MB onboard intel graphics card, onboard sound. The new system has AMD athelon Duo Core 3 gig processor, 250 gig hard drive, 1 gig ram, DVD R/RW, 20" Flat screen monitor, 256 Radeon graphics card, and 7.1 onboard surround sound.

You should last as a member really long here with responses like that...a lot of thought went in to it, I can tell....but we will see who the idiot is when I follow your every post...I give you may another month if you are lucky, post carefully my friend..

These are my old system specs: Dell Dimension 2350 1.8 ghz processor P4 Intel, 30 gig hard drive, 512MB ram, CD R/RW DVD R/RW, 17" monitor, 64 MB onboard intel graphics card, onboard sound. Right now I am in the process of running Mylot and trying to back up some programs using Nero, I can hardly get these topics posted as the system is so choppy, this is one of the reasons for the new system.