Computer for the wife
 

At home, my wife & I run a 2 computer set up. I have the relatively pimp machine, and my wife has the older (4 years old or so?) computer. Cable internet w/wireless router. Last night my wife finally got fed up with the speed of the old machine, and it's time to buy her a new one. I don't need anything high end here; my wife's computer activities consist of word processing, instant messaging, low end gaming, web browsing & messing around with digital photography. The features I would like in a new machine include:

CD Burner
Floppy drive
Decent HD size (160+ GB)
512+ MB RAM

We are perfectly content to cannibalize components from the old machine. However, this will likely only include perephials, the RAM in the old machine is all 128 sticks & I don't think anything else is worth taking. I will need to get new speakers, but obviously I can just pick these up wherever. I need MS Office as well, but I think I can scrounge up a shady copy.

Am I best off just buying a low end machine from Dell, or am I missing another good option here?

jvs

Re: Computer for the wife
 

if you feel like building a computer, that is an ok option. you won't save much money compared to buying a cheap Dell, however. I would just spend a couple hundred on a dell, and sell the old one on craigslist (depending where you live).

check out the small business outrageous deals on Dell.

Re: Computer for the wife
 

Wait around for a week or two and watch this site, you'll get a good enough coupon to make buying a dell worth it to you. Hell you might get a deal on a really good one and want to keep that one for yourself and give your wife the "pimped" one.

Techbargains

Re: Computer for the wife
 

http://www.silicium.org/images/catal...k_monitor2.jpg

I would save my money and not get the disk drives.

Re: Computer for the wife
 

Just get a new dell with a celeron processor for like $300. That 2400 model is going for cheap. If you already got a monitor then you'll save more. Check for the coupon codes.

Re: Computer for the wife
 

Here's a good machine for her:

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a40...er70/stove.gif

Re: Computer for the wife
 

LOL best post so far in Computer Technical Help!

Re: Computer for the wife
 

lol, hilarious