If you are a handy kinda guy. If you want it to "just work" buy it as a complete system. But not a DELL. I can't stand them.
I would buy from NCIX personally. I had a DELL laptop that I bought about three years ago. They were fine when the first battery stopped holding a charge after 8 months... In Warranty, no problem! Then the second Bbttery stopped holding a charge, just outside of Warranty. They tried to tell me it was my fault because I "used the battery wrong."
When I challenged them for "correct battery usage guidelines, they told be best practices for charging and what kind of usage will deplete a battery the quickest... which it turned out I had, indeed, been doing. So I asked if the laptop packaging had a guide on Battery Usage included? Had I missed it? No. There wasn't one. Did they tell me about Battery best practices when I had the battery replaced the first time? No. "It isn't their policy to tell customers how to use their batteries." I told them, now that I know, replace the battery for free and I will use it according to best practices but they refused and asked if I wanted to order a new battery for $120.
I went up the chain as high as they would let me but no dice. So the Manager asked if I wanted to buy a new battery and I told the Manager a new battery costs 50% as much as a new Laptop. "Dell just lost a customer. I'll go buy a new Laptop... not a Dell". He didn't care.
Now I have an Asus.
NAG75
