The £400 PC Desktop Package Hunt

custardy

robredz wrote: »

If the OP's friends are novices, they should find Linux mint as easy as Windows to learn, with less worries about security.

the op says not computer savvy,not novice
if they have used windows before then thats what to stick with

robredz

custardy wrote: »

the op says not computer savvy,not novice
if they have used windows before then thats what to stick with

Whatever suits them, Mint could be an option, I was used to DOS 3.3, so should I have stuck with it, EDLIN and all. A mate had problems with a lappy that ended with him losing the windows rescue partition, he was skint, and has adapted to Xubuntu, with no problems and he is not IT savvy. All I an saying is to consider all options with an open mind.

bingo_bango

I got an Acer X3200 in local tesco last week for £179.99. No monitor with it, but it is eligible for the free (apart from the £12.58 charge for the DVDs and postage :rolleyes:) upgrade to Win7. Was in a discontinued line and is very cheap for what's in the box but there are some minor drawbacks. It is a mini desktop, so you are limited to what can be added, but there is a PCI-E modem which can be removed and replaced with a half sized card.
Has an AMD Phenom X3 triple core processor (2.1Ghz), 640Gb HDD, 3Gb DDR2 RAM, NVIDIA GeForce 8200 graphics (on board), 7.1 sound (also has an optical output) and HDMI output. No Blu-ray, but for that price I can't complain.

Not the fastest pc in the world right now, but it's a big step up from my last one. Might be worth actually looking in store?

asininity

custardy wrote: »

the op says not computer savvy,not novice
if they have used windows before then thats what to stick with

Thats not a very good argument.:rolleyes: We really would be stuck in the stone age with that.