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Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.

Do your worst.

squirrel
I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion - Margaret Mead

Squirrel wrote:
> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>
> Do your worst.

A $200 PC from trademe with either one of the Linux distros or Win98,
Openoffice and an AV solution if running Windows.



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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:09:15 +1300, EMB wrote:

> Squirrel wrote:
>> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
>> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
>> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>>
>> Do your worst.
>
> A $200 PC from trademe with either one of the Linux distros or Win98,
> Openoffice and an AV solution if running Windows.

Naaaaah.. she wants AMD 64 with at _least_ a gig of ddr ...
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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 16:54:28 +1300, Squirrel wrote:

> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>
> Do your worst.

How about the idea that you provide one which meets the specs above and
then your friend gets with it and suddenly more power is needed and *now*
please. It happens.

Shane wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:09:15 +1300, EMB wrote:
>
>
>>Squirrel wrote:
>>
>>>Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
>>>building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
>>>minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>>>
>>>Do your worst.
>>
>>A $200 PC from trademe with either one of the Linux distros or Win98,
>>Openoffice and an AV solution if running Windows.
>
>
> Naaaaah.. she wants AMD 64 with at _least_ a gig of ddr ...

You're probably right.

All the older people I know who have got into computing don't have time
to waste. They are often very busy and trying to fit a lot into their days.

So why shouldn't they get a PC at least as fast as anyone else, if not
faster?

"Squirrel" <> wrote in message
news...
> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>
> Do your worst.
>
> squirrel

No need for anything flash or even brand new.
Cash Convertors had a Celeron running XP Professional for just under $400 -
17" monitor etc.
At least they offer a month warranty as well.

If going brand new any budget PC will do that. She just won't be able to
play the latest 3D games on it.

E. Scrooge

E. Scrooge wrote:
> Cash Convertors had a Celeron running XP Professional for just under $400 -
> 17" monitor etc.

Yes, but watch out as Windows XP really needs 256mb of memory as a
usuable minimum, and 512mb is nice.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock

Squirrel <> wrote in
news:

> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>
> Do your worst.
>
> squirrel
> I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion - Margaret Mead

people throw away computers that can do this, sad but true.
all you need is a p200 and about 64 megs of ram and puppy linux

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On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:51:46 +1300, "E. Scrooge" <scrooge@*shot.co.nz
(*sling)> wrote:

>
>"Squirrel" <> wrote in message
>news.. .
>> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
>> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
>> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>>
>> Do your worst.
>>
>> squirrel
>
>No need for anything flash or even brand new.
>Cash Convertors had a Celeron running XP Professional for just under $400 -
>17" monitor etc.
>At least they offer a month warranty as well.
>
>If going brand new any budget PC will do that. She just won't be able to
>play the latest 3D games on it.
>
>E. Scrooge
>
i would not buy from them if my life depended on it

squirrel


I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion - Margaret Mead

Squirrel <> wrote in
news:

> Okay all you pc buliders, what should i look for, and expect to pay if
> building a pxc for my elderly friend. just wants dial up email and
> minimal surfing, possibly run Office or more basic wp.
>
> Do your worst.
>
> squirrel
> I think extreme heterosexuality is a perversion - Margaret Mead

If your friend doesn't want the risk of a possibly unreliable 2nd hand PC
then I would suggest a nice new one.

If you are looking to run WinXP then 512MB should be a good amount of RAM
at a reasonable price.

A Sempron or Celeron processor should be fine.

A 40GB or 80GB HDD is unlikely to fall short.

The screen should easily fit, maybe an LCD if there is not a lot of room
wherever your friend wants to set it up. Go with a 17", not too dear.

Anything basic is likely to handle the job quite well, my main advice is
that 256MB RAM for WinXP is not a good idea. Your friend probably wouldn't
want to risk dieing of old age while waiting for the PC to do something.



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