PC Desktop for the house ???

[23Ballistic randyvanaken]

Anybody have any good advice in buying one? Do not need it to be expensive one, just need for basics... Have laptop but need something for the casa .. :unsure:

 

[Chris Joyce]

Dell and HP are good choices....Just get a good video card, at least 1GB of RAM (VISTA Hogs alot) and a reasonable size hard drive. Best but, Circuit City usually have decent bundle deals including flat panel monitor and printer....

 

[DanG 01]

PCs are cheap today. it all depends on what you want or looking to do with them. if you just surfing the net, then just head to a best buy for a simple machine. if you want graphics and photos added to your system in order to create CDs then I suggest getting HP or Dell. Look for their bundle package to get better deals. also you can try their sites for refurbished systems to save money. just get a warranty on them. this way you have a great system with a warranty for the same price as a new system.

 

[Rodger Tellefson]

Whatever you get put a minimum of 500k ram in it. I put a gig of ram in ours.

 

[Gerald Pierce]

Whatever you get put a minimum of 500k ram in it. I put a gig of ram in ours

500mb is more like it

 

[Adam Cat]

iMac

 

[Richard Kolb]

Why do you need both? Unless you need to use both at the same time don't bother.

 

[Kevin Palmer]

I agree with Dell or HP as they are affordable. I bought from Dell a "Last years model" for $286.00 delivered to my door for my daughter. I has everything you need in it including able to burn DVD's.



Hard to beat that kind of deal.

 

[Alan Peters]

Dell machines are ok. The quality has suffered. Both my dell machines hard drives and video cards failed 10 days out of warrenty, both in the same week. Machines are 4 years old. I highly recommend backing up your data. I did and it saved my bee hind!



Anyways, the most memory the better your machine will handle tasks. I run usually 2GB to 4 GB, but thats me. I recommend atleast 1 GB of memory. But don't spend money on the warrenties. Its not worth it.



I recommend iMac machines.

 

[23Ballistic randyvanaken]

Thanks guys, I ended up going with Gateway GT5428 ... Seems like it has all I need. I need to add a few things "powerpoint" & "photoshop" ..But other than that it should work.. finges crossed that It was a good choice...worked in a nice 19" flat screen monitor and a Cannon printer ..