Please rate this system I put together - good deal?

[kidpokeher]

I saw a 1-day deal on Techbargains advertising $399 Dell Vostro systems for small business so I put a computer together for my aunt's business. Vostro sounded appealing because they claim they don't install trialware crap. She needs XP Pro for some app that won't work on XP Home (weird). Plus I don't want her calling me up every day with Vista problems. She also needs Word & Excel. Finally she needs a 3.5" floppy. Those 12-1 media cards don't include floppy, right? Unfortunately Dell only allows one or the other for this mini tower.

Outside of this I doubt she'll need anything special (right now she uses an ancient laptop that runs Windows 3.1).


PROCESSOR Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor E4300 (1.80GHz, 2MB L2 Cache, 800FSB) (-$70 for E2140, +70 for E6320, +$190 for E6600)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® XP Professional
MONITOR Dell 20 inch 2007FP UltraSharp™ Digital Flat Panel Display (-$100 for 19")
MEMORY 1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMs (+$130 for 2GB)
HARD DRIVE 80GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™ (+$40 for 160GB but she prob won't use 80GB)
OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X DVD+/-RW Drive edit
VIDEO CARD 128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS (-$50 for Intel std 3100)
FLOPPY OR MEDIA READER 3.5 Floppy Drive edit
MODEM No Modem Option edit
SOUND Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio edit
My Accessories
BUILD A BUNDLE Logitech MX 3200 Laser Cordless Desktop Bundle (+$59 - she likes idea of wireless)
BUILD A BUNDLE APC Back-UPS ES 725 VA w/ Phone & COAX Protection (+$85)
SPEAKERS Dell WL6000 5.1 Wireless Rear Speakers (-$130 for 2.0 or -$110 for 2.1 spkrs)
KEYBOARD Dell USB Keyboard edit
MOUSE Dell Scroll Mouse edit
My Software
PRODUCTIVITY Microsoft® Office Basic 2007 Edition (Word, Excel, Outlook) (add +$150)
SECURITY No Pre-installed Anti-Virus/Security Software (Norton & McAfee are crap IMO)
ADOBE SOFTWARE Adobe Acrobat Reader edit
My Services & Warranties
WARRANTY & SERVICE 1 Year Limited Hardware-Next Business Day On-Site Service (+$39 for "North American based tech support", hahaha!)
DELL DATASAFE™ ONLINE BACKUP 10GB for 1yr Online Backup by Dell Datasafe (free 1yr)


By the time I got done, the $399 computer turned into $1312. I did add some goodies like a UPS and her eyes lit up at the speakers. I'm not sure how the video cards compare. Can she get by with just the Intel if she doesn't play games but may watch a DVD or streaming video? Other than this I don't see much that's overkill. Notably missing was any mention of a NIC. I hope that's standard.

$1312 doesn't seem like much of a deal. I was expecting ~$1K. Your thoughts?