Wanted Cheap Desktop & flat screen with XP

tinateaspoon

Can anyone please recommend a good deal on a desktop computer and flat screen? I have v. little knowledge about computers, and going through various sites, it all seems a minefield. Would like XP (not Vista or 7) as am very happy with it on my laptop. Will use for web surfing, e mails, photos, and some music, but not games, so don't think we'll need too much space.

macman

All modern PC systems are flat screen (LCD). XP is now effectively obsolete and in extended support mode, so you should not consider a new system with it, even if you can find one. Make the move up to Windows 7 (any 'new' system with Vista is not new).

CHR15

Any idea what your budget is??

We could ramble on about £1,000+ PC's wasting your time or similarly ramble on about £200 PC's.

BenS1

http://www.bigpockets.co.uk/product.php?product=SOLV063&title=HP+DC7100+Desktop+%2B+HP+15Inch+TFT+%28P4+2.8Ghz+HT%2C+1Gb%2C+40Gb%2C+DVDRW%2C+XP+Pro%29

1 month warrrenty. Not bad considering the price including the TFT

tinateaspoon

Thanks everyone,

I was a bit worried that Windows 7 wasn't fully tried and tested yet - I seem to remember bad press about Vista, so that's why I wanted XP, but I'll take your advice.

Bottom end of the budget scale preferably - as long as it does the basic stuff, I really don't think we need anything very high tech.

BigPockets have some good prices, but think I would be a bit concerned with only 1 mth warranty.

Freebyman

To be honest I wouldnt like to touch the bigpockets pc, it reminded me of my old work pc and to be honest it was so slow and uureliable! If you have around £400 maybe try and get the tower from aldi that is being advertised and a cheap tft monitor? Im now on windows 7, was xp and to be honest it is a lot more stable and easier to use.

Iconic

Have a look at Ebuyer for cheapish machines with free delivery.

You can get a basic XP desktop for £184...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161640

and a Dell Monitor for £87....

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179132

spakkker

The bigpockets deal is not bad with tft and del. P4 2.8 is 30% higher score than the ebuyer atom 230 - http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu_list.php - why put a netbook cpu in a tower ??

I use XP still -microsoft needs to sell product, like vesta, now w7, I don't need to buy it. My pc is stable even tho' overclocked by 45% and I have access to vesta ultimate and various w7's but I don't see the point.

tinateaspoon

Freebyman wrote: »

To be honest I wouldnt like to touch the bigpockets pc, it reminded me of my old work pc and to be honest it was so slow and uureliable! If you have around £400 maybe try and get the tower from aldi that is being advertised and a cheap tft monitor? Im now on windows 7, was xp and to be honest it is a lot more stable and easier to use.

Thanks for the thoughts on bigpockets, prices are tempting though! Can't seem to find this Aldi tower, tried their website, but no luck - any more clues please?

tinateaspoon

Iconic wrote: »

Have a look at Ebuyer for cheapish machines with free delivery.

You can get a basic XP desktop for £184...

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161640

and a Dell Monitor for £87....

http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179132

Thanks, but think I've now been converted to try Windows 7

tpowell

Try dells factory outlet:
http:// outlet.euro.dell.com/topics/global.aspx/arb/online/en/InventorySearch?c=uk&cs=ukdfh1&l=en&s=dfh