17-07-2004, 13:46
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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
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17-07-2004, 14:05
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Location: Eglinton, Co. Derry
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Re: cheap internet ready pc?
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Originally Posted by gavnad
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
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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.
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17-07-2004, 14:33
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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 
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17-07-2004, 14:57
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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
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17-07-2004, 15:50
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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.
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17-07-2004, 15:57
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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
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17-07-2004, 19:39
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Re: cheap internet ready pc?
cheers everyone..some food for thought there!
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