Is this dell 1521 laptop worth $1,150 + tax? I just bought it. Was it a good deal?

1 AMD Turion鈩?64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-60 (1MB/2.0GHz)

1 Flamingo Pink

1 FREE! 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

1 Anti-glare, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)

1 ATI RADEON庐 Xpress1270 HyperMemory鈩?

1 FREE! 160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

1 Genuine Windows Vista鈩?Home Premium Edition

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1 Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem

412-0917

1 Adobe庐 Acrobat庐 Reader 7.08

1 CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)

1 Integrated Sound Blaster庐 Audigy鈩D Software Edition

1 Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini-Card

1 Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam

1 Microsoft庐 Office Home and Student 2007 - Word, Excel + PowerPoint

1 McAfee SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 36-months

1 85Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)

Is this dell 1521 laptop worth $1,150 + tax? I just bought it. Was it a good deal?norton antivirus 2007

Hmmm. The Dell site offers your Inspiron 1521 laptop setup, only with a glossy 1440x900 instead of a 1280x800 anti-glare display screen for $1297 plus tax, shipping, etc.

So, you bought it for less than the manufacturer's (Dell) suggested retail price. If this laptop does everything you want or need it to do today, then it was a good deal.

Just remember these things become obsolete the instant the cash leaves your hand. Personal computers have almost the worst "off the lot" depreciation around, except maybe for buying a new car. Somehow we learn to live with it.