cheap internet ready pc?
 

hello all,

Can you please advise as to where i can get a really cheap desktop pc for my brother.

He has never used a pc in his life but would like to start now he's 57!

Looking for something to just access the net,download music and play the same.

I have seen a pc with pc world for £329.00 which fits the bill 2.6 processor 256 ram

any ideas greatly appreciated

thank

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

That's not a bad price, and if it blows up, catches fire, ceases to work etc you can always take it back in person.

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

I just had a quick look & presume it's the reconditioned E-Machines 2.6 Celeron?

If it was me I would go for the next one up at £399.99 - it looks like it has an actual graphics card rather than the cheaper one's onboard graphics (which may not be upgradeable, some E-machines with onboard graphics, don't have an separate AGP slot) - also bigger memory & hard disk plus MS Works & Money (the cheaper one only comes with the operating system.).

But for someone just starting out, the cheaper one is fine - it's up to you :)

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

have you thought about having a look at a local computer fair , assuming you have some knowledge of pc's then you should be able to pick something up for a bit less £'s :)

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

Have a look at Dell. You can get a 2.6 Celeron for 299 inc VAT and delivery, but with no monitor. You can get a monitor for 100 quid.

type in this e-value code (305 - D0725x) then subtract the 3 year warranty.

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

Ebuyer have a couple of cheap systems. These are without monitors but they do monitors quite cheap. http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...duct_uid=63329

Re: cheap internet ready pc?
 

cheers everyone..some food for thought there!