Need Help deciding on a computer. Please Help! ?

Question

Ok After asking a question about general information i think i have come up with a decent build on dells website. what do you guys think. upsides, downsides, and everything in the middle. the more info the better (i.e. more info gets you best answer) I will be using it mainly for internet, music and multitasking, but not for games. here are the specs. thanks

Dell Inspiron 530 Intel Core 2 Quad Processor Q6600 (8MB L2 cache,2.4GHz,1066FSB)

Operating System Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic Service Pack 1

Memory 3GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 800MHz - 4 DIMMs

Monitor 19 inch SE198WFP Widescreen Digital Flat Panel

Video Cards Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100 IV \

Hard Drives 250GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

Optical Drive 16X DVD+/-RW Drive 16DVDRW

Sound Cards Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio IS

Speakers Dell A525 30 Watt 2.1 Stereo Speakers with Subwoofer

Answer 1

You do not want Vista Home Basic.  If possible go Vista Business or at least Home Premium.  There may come a time when you want the networking capability of Vista Business or Vista Ultimate.

Even if you aren't using it for games, you might want to rethink the integrated video.  Integrated Video typically underperforms and it uses standard RAM for the video memory, taking some away from the OS and applications.

Answer 2

It looks pretty good except except it's a Dell, and I'm not sure about the speakers.