Advice needed

[tricktrick.]

Hello, im thinking about buying my friends pc it is a H.P Pavillion 703, 2.2 GHz, 256MB 40GB hard drive, intergraded intel extreme graphics, intel celeron & XP she is asking about �300. Please can u reply and let me know if its worth my money thanks

[tricktrick.]

the price also includes a colour printer & scanner

[Ethel]

I think that is far too much. Look at this for �320

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/5 75714

It has twice the memory, twice the hard drive capacity, a faster processor.
It is brand new and comes with a warranty.

You can buy a 3 in 1 printer/copier/scanner fairly cheaply too.

I am NOT recommending that particular pc, by the way, just using it to illustrate why I think your friend's pc is a bad buy.

[fo3nix]

I agree with Ethel. With prices of computers these days, for that money you can get something a lot better.

Don't get less hard drive space than about �80.

Don't buy a computer with less than 512MB RAM if you're running Windows XP.

If you ever think you'll be playing games or doing any sort of video work, then also get a dedicated graphics card, nothing integrated.

[vehelpfulguy]

Just for further confirmation, I agree with tricktrick and Ethel.

This PC is barely fast enough to run Windows XP. 256Mb of memory is about the minimum.

A Celeron is a fairly slow CPU, and 40Gb is a small hard drive by todays standards.

The integrated graphics mean that it is probably using some of the 256Mb of RAM (so you have even less than 256Mb available).

This PC is probably fine for browsing the internet, and maybe a bit of e-mail and word-processing but not much more.

It will be slow PC with no upgrade capability.

I would either offer her far less (�100 or less) or if you have �300 buy an up to date PC.

You friend may say they spent �500 or more on it when they bought it, but I am afraid in the world of PCs prices plunge for old technology.

I had an old PC a couple of years ago and could not even GIVE it away for free, I eventually donated it to a school.

[Space]

don't buy anything that has less than 512MB or RAM,
like fo3nix said.

[tricktrick.]

thanks to all that posted

[fo3nix]

I've just realised I wrote above saying about a hard drive of �80 capacity. Of course, I meant to type 80GB!

[tricktrick.]

does anyone know other sites like dell and pc world?

[tricktrick.]

Im trying to buy this pc http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/5 75714
and i want it home delivery but i can't find the basket for this. only the basket for Collect @ Store item and that will not let me remove the Norton Security which i don't want. Can anyone show me how to select home delivery thanks

[fo3nix]

I think that item is a collect in store only item.