which new pc for small business?

BP77

Hi,

People on this forum have been very helpful with my limited knowledge in the past with comp questions so I thought you guys would be the best to ask:

I need a new PC for our small business to run the office, i.e accounts, internet,emails, storing loads of photos and files. I dont really know what to ask for when buying one or where the best and cheapest place is to buy one from. I have microsoft office 2007 so will be using that on it, apart from that its only the digital camera software, and then the (recommended on this site) virus software downloads! I also want somthing that is going to be reliable, and will not be really out of date and behind in a couple years!

Any ideas or help would be much appreciated.

Nikolai

Dell may be a good place to start looking, they do various deals...

Conor_3

It's an office PC so basically the lowest spec one you can find. The only thing you need to be aware of is that if it is to run Vista, you want 1GB of RAM as a minimum. With XP, 512MB as a minimum. 120GB Hard drive should suffice.

Spend the money on a decent keyboard, mouse and a 19" monitor.

Ebuyer were doing some good ones and they had a built in memory card reader as well which would be handy for the digital camera.

albertross_2

https://www.dmxdimension.com

Don't forget to backup!

[Deleted User]

I'd agree, buy yourself a cheapo external HD and keep your important documents backed up daily. Once in a while, maybe once a month, burn a copy onto DVD

Dell do some of their PCs with built in card readers. I find that really handy.

They actually have a new range of budget small business PCs : http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/4x_vostro_200st?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd

Doonhamer

Look a the Dell deals on www.wizmarkcomputers.co.uk

There's a Vostro 200ST with

19" TFT Monitor
Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2.0GHz,800MHz
2048MB RAM
250GB HDD
16xDVD+/-RW (DVD Writer)
256MB Radeon X1300
Windows Vista Business

£388 inc VAT

Something along these lines would do fine. Have a look and see what best fits your budget.

You will need the ability to do easy backups if it's for business, especially if you have accounts and photos, that you don't want ever to lose. You can do this on to DVD,s or perhaps an external hard drive. Whatever you use, keep the backups in a seperate location from the PC.