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desktop pc-good price?

damoderby
damoderby Posts: 228 Forumite
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Hi,
I'm after a basic desktop for my daughter to be used mainly for messenger,surfing and downloading music.What are the views on the following spec from Misco.

Acer Aspire M1610
Intel® Celeron® D 430 1.8GHz Processor
1GB DDR2 RAM / 160GB Hard Disc Drive
DVD±RW Optical Drive
Flash Memory Card Reader
SIS® Mirage™ 3 Graphics Processing Unit
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium
Also includes 19"tft screen.
All for 280 quid plus 4% quidco

Cheers.

Comments

  • Igol
    Igol Posts: 434 Forumite
    Not too bad for the money but its going to be struggling with only 1gig ram and Vista as its O/S.
  • nomoneytoday
    nomoneytoday Posts: 4,871 Forumite
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    Not bad, but add £30 or so an get 2gb ram instead :)
  • skronk
    skronk Posts: 129 Forumite
    nomoneytoday wrote: »
    Not bad, but add £30 or so an get 2gb ram instead :)
    Agreed. Without a doubt. I upgraded my 1gb desktop to 2gb. It's like a new machine. 1gb is insufficient for Vista.
  • Livingthedream
    Livingthedream Posts: 2,643 Forumite
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    Not bad for what you want it for, but I agreed with the all above, you do need 2gb to get the most out of Vista. However, do you have any computer hardware experience if you do then upgrade the memory yourself as a 1gb memory stick can be got for under a tenner on e-bay
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  • Traveller1981
    Traveller1981 Posts: 408 Forumite
    I think ebuyer are doing 4Gb for £39.99 at the moment. Will be matched pairs as well, and for the money, is great value for the performance increase you will see. I run 4gb with XP and it works like a dream.
  • Bf109
    Bf109 Posts: 634 Forumite
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    I'd also go for 4gb RAM min for vista.

    I'm running 2gb on XP and I'd spend money to get more if I wasnt so cheap and prolly going to defenestrate the PC anyway in the next 12-18 months.
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