About to buy first Windows based laptop in the next 30 minutes

[CharlieDontSurf]

So I've decided based on the advice here to go with the Dell Laptop. This will be my first dell/windows computer in like 5 years so have some questions before I click confirm and spend the $1000+.

1. Is the Dellcare thing a joke? Should i just go with the 1 year warranty? With Apple I used to get the applecare cuz it was like for 3 or 4 years and wasnt to expensive...but am i wasting money with this dellcare crap?


How does this look?
I went with 2.0 over 2.2 cuz I figure that .2 doesn't make a huge difference with what I'll be using it for...the extra $100/$150 was used to upgrade the screen to 1900x1200

SYSTEM COLOR Jet Black edit
PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T7300 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/4MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium Edition edit
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 17.0 inch display (1920 x 1200) edit
VIDEO CARD 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce® Go 8600M GT edit
MEMORY FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM) edit
OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORKING Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-Card edit
BLUETOOTH OPTIONS Built-in Bluetooth capability (2.0 EDR) edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM No Webcam Option edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS Integrated Sound Blaster® Audigy™HD Software Edition edit
My Software & Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE No Security Subscription (30-day trial)
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD
WARRANTY AND SERVICE 1Yr Ltd Warranty and Mail-In Service
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP Free 3 GB Online Backup for 1
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested

Look Good?

Its going to be $1309 with the coupon for $300 off.

Thanks
CDS