Can someone tell me if this DELL LAPTOP is ok to buy? What options I should change or remove dont need?

My Components
PROCESSOR Intel庐 Pentium庐 Dual Core T2330 (1.6GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache) edit
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows庐 XP Home edit
SYSTEM COLOR Midnight Blue edit
DISPLAY High Resolution, glossy widescreen 15.4 inch display (1440x900) edit
VIDEO CARD Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100 edit
MEMORY 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz edit
HARD DRIVE Speed: 160GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) Free Fall Sensor edit
OPTICAL DRIVE CD writer / DVD player (Combo Drive) edit
WIRELESS NETWORK CARDS Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card edit
INTEGRATED WEBCAM Integrated 2.0M Pixel Webcam edit
BATTERY OPTIONS 56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell) edit
SOUND OPTIONS High Definition Audio 2.0 edit
My Software & Accessories
ANTIVIRUS SOFTWARE I chose Security with Value, Plus,or Premium Warranty Bundle edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft Works 8. DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD edit
ENTERTAINMENT & EDITING SOFTWARE Roxio Creator 9.0 Premier - Ultimate Burn/Authoring edit
COLOR COORDINATED MICE Logitech V220 Wireless Mouse - Midnight Blue edit
POWER OPTIONS 90 Watt Spare AC Adaptor with 3FT Power Cord edit
My Service
WARRANTY AND SERVICE DellCare Premium edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP DataSafe included with DellCare Service bundle edit
DIAL-UP INTERNET ACCESS No ISP requested edit
ALSO INCLUDED WITH YOUR SYSTEM
Network Card and Modem Integrated 10/100 Network Card and Modem
Adobe Software Adobe庐 Acrobat庐 Reader 8.1
Doms Camera Module Midnight Blue color w/ 2.0M pixel Camera
Labels Windows XP鈩?
Processor Branding Intel庐 Pentium庐 Dual-Core Label
INSTALLATION SERVICES 1 Year Complimentary LoJack Theft Recovery Service

knowing that you are probably paying around $1K for this laptop make sure your Dell Care includes accidental damage... I can not tell you how many times I hear the story of spilling a soda or coffee on a laptop making it useless and destroyed.
The other thing I would suggest is go with a DVD+RW instead of the CDRWDVD player
And if for any reason you may need bluetooth - see what it costs to add that in there as well.

Oh and if you would use word or excel make sure you either have MicroSoft office that you can add to it or get them to install it for you.

looks good to me it sounds like a nice one

sounds good, just so you know Dell is having a special right now. You can only find it under "personal business", but here's the link:

http://www.dell.com/content/products/pro...

My brother purchased this last week and it arrived in 2 days (free shipping) - the laptop would have cost $949 but they have it on special for $549.

The Vostro is a pretty nice model - stick with either Vostro 1400, 1500, or 1700. (not the 1000 model)

If screen size doesn't matter, then stick with the 1400. My brother doesn't care about the screen size and it was the best deal for the money.

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Most people probably overestimate their needs and end up either paying too much or paying for the wrong features. Before you start narrowing things down, settle on your budget. A college student probably doesn't need to spend a small fortune on top of their other expenses-->You should also be sure you truly need a laptop and, if so, whether it will be your only machine. If most of your work will be done on a desk top machine and you only need a laptop when traveling, you should be able to keep your costs down. But, if it's going to be the machine you do everything on, you will likely have to spend more.