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FOAK: Buying a Dell PC for the kids
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I'm trying to spec up a new PC for the kids. It'll go in the "den"
we're making for them.
It's going to be used for Surfing the net, homework and games and the
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The only thing that might need something other than a very low spec[1]
PC would be the games, so unless they really need high-end graphics, go
for the lowest-spec C521:
1?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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budget is around =A3500.00 +/- =A350
I fancy something like this..
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r?c=3Duk&cs=3Dukdhs1&l=3Den&s=3Ddhs
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Hmm, so it's for you, not the kids, isn't it?
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=3Duk&cs=3Dukdhs1&l=3Den&s=3Ddhs
.=2Ebut I find the Dell site a bit cluttered. I can't help but feel that
I could get a better deal from Dell if I knew what special offers to
take advantage of.
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The one for £505 looks rather nice.
Intel® Core® 2 Duo® E6320 1.86GHz
VistaT Business
20" Wide TFT E207WFP
2048MB
320GB
16X DVD +/- RW
256MB nVidia® GeForce® 7300
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When I was last shopping, I headed straight to the Outlet site (kit for
orders that have been cancelled for some reason) and picked up an
absolute bargain - a year and a half on and it's still running without a
hitch.
You can only pick from the specs the original buyer put together, but so
long as it's got at least a gig of RAM and a 256MB video card, you're
laughing. A quick glance shows a bunch of machines that fit the bill,
starting at 240 quid (!) with Vista Home Premium.
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Any help would be appreciated.
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That's not true of the new dual core chips is it? I thought Intel had taken
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For high-end stuff, yes, but AMD are still giving slightly more pop per
pound in the mid-range processors.
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Very in-depth comparison here, if you're interested:
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the game back?
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TBH, though I hate to admit it, you should toddle down to your local PC
world and buy something there. The price isn't much different and when it
goes wrong you plonk it down on the counter and get it fixed again.
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But if a kid's pc gets taken into PC World, won't they report the kids=20
for having pictures of naked, fat, balding old men on the hard drive?
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broken even more badly by their "trained" technicians
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By the way, I haven't actually looked at your link, so don't know what
you've got your eye on, but then this is ukrm.
[1] by today's standards, at least.
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