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| Thread ID: 97320 | 2009-02-12 01:25:00 | Good deal ? | sarel (2490) | PC World Chat |
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| 747040 | 2009-02-12 01:25:00 | Where I work we run a Staff Hostel as part of the organisation. Years ago we bought a cheapo PC and got into KOL dialup so that tenants can check email. We want to repeat the action now, but the same deal is not around any more. This morning we could get the following : CeleronDual Core E1200, 1GDDR2 Ram, Intel GMA 3100 graphics, 56k modem and Ethernet, 19" widescreen LCD, Vista Home Basic and 5 in 1 card reader. Cost : around $800. I thought that there must be cheaper deals around for a basic unit like the above and I thought to ask the guys who would know. Any suggestions? We will most probably also go for Wireless BB, with the modem hidden away, but we have to check signal strength first - the floors are a bit thickish (concrete). What do you guys think or suggest? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 747041 | 2009-02-12 01:38:00 | Taking into account the power supply and case, I'd say it's about $70 more expensive than what can be built by pricespy. If you really only need to use it for emails and the like then a $400 used machine would do. | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 747042 | 2009-02-12 02:06:00 | I'd get 512MB of RAM and downgrade to XP home. | jwil1 (65) | ||
| 747043 | 2009-02-12 02:14:00 | So where do you get a $400 machine these days? sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 747044 | 2009-02-12 02:21:00 | What about one of the Asus EEE Box PCs? Get the one with Linux on it for about $500. 80GB HDD, 1GB RAM, No optical drive, USB Keyboard & Mouse, Wireless and Gigabit LAN, Card Reader, 1.6GHz Intel Atom CPU. The linux install has OpenOffice, Games, Firefox etc. XP Home version is about $550. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 747045 | 2009-02-12 02:27:00 | This morning we could get the following : CeleronDual Core E1200, 1GDDR2 Ram, Intel GMA 3100 graphics, 56k modem and Ethernet, 19" widescreen LCD, Vista Home Basic and 5 in 1 card reader. Cost : around $800. Meaningless. What brand motherboard? What brand HDD? What brand and wattage PSU? What brand monitor? All of which is important if you want it to last. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 747046 | 2009-02-12 02:59:00 | I agree with CYaBro - if it's only going to be a web desktop, get an Eee Box. Also, I'd put XP Home stripped down on it and run Firefox in kiosk mode (plugin), and protect it as well (e.g. BIOS password, HDD as first boot device). | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 747047 | 2009-02-12 09:45:00 | Maybe it needs to be able to download from camera cards (the card reader) and back up to cd, tho where do you stop, depends on budget | Ofthesea (14129) | ||
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