Spec me a granny PC...

Gilbretto · 19 Nov 2008 at 15:43

Hello!

My dear old Granny needs a new computer to check her emails on.

Thats all she does btw, turn it on, go to Hotmail, turn it off.

So, what would you reccommend i buy her?

She need a full system, mouse, keyboard, monitor ect...

Cheap as possible.

Cheers!

Solaris · 19 Nov 2008 at 15:45

Build your own, cheapest components going...

Or get a asus eee box?

Crashgate3 · 19 Nov 2008 at 15:58

The screen on an EE would be a bit small for a granny.

metamorphpwner · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:01

Crashgate3 said:
The screen on an EE would be a bit small for a granny.

Lol, hook it up to a 42" tv then?

Gilbretto · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:03

He's talking about the Eee box, not the Eee PC netbook.

Gilbretto · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:04

Anyone know of a cheap, reliable PSU for this Granny PC?

Gilbretto · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:14

How about this? Cheapest i could go i think.

Comes to £355

Plus a copy of XP = £421

Or,

Asus Eee Box + Asus 19" monitor = £352

Or,

"Primo Basic" + Asus 19" monitor + Keyboard and mouse = £425

What do u think?

ro55o · 19 Nov 2008 at 16:24

I'd go with the Asus Eee Box

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...B202-BLK Atom N270 1.6GHz - Black Full System

Small, sleak, wireless for t'internet. Ticks all the boxes for granny. Comes with a copy of XP aswell.

Couple it with that monitor = £340

All she wants to do is surf the world wide web, maybe check out what her friends are up to on bebo

so I wouldnt bother with those specs above, the Eee box would be a good buy.

Col_M · 19 Nov 2008 at 17:35

I'd go with the eee too, it's what it's designed for.

Breeny · 19 Nov 2008 at 19:25

I would be on that well known auction site tbh. Even a P3 would perform adaquately in this case.

Arge · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:19

Gilbretto said:
How about this? Cheapest i could go i think.

Comes to £355

Plus a copy of XP = £421

Or,

Asus Eee Box + Asus 19" monitor = £352

Or,

"Primo Basic" + Asus 19" monitor + Keyboard and mouse = £425

What do u think?

sorry to hijack the thread but how do you put up the picture of the basket like that to show the spec ?

Slashiem · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:25

Or a cheap laptop.

ukbrainstew · 19 Nov 2008 at 21:57

I think you'd struggle to beat something from Dell tbh given those needs.

fester · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:17

Slashiem said:
Or a cheap laptop.

+1
I'd recommend a mac book or a Imac or cheap laptop with a simple linux disto like Gos .The reason I say this is the constant firewall anti virus and windows update stuff can be very daunting and confussing for an older first time user.I'll give you an example my uncle 65 had the lend of a 1.8 Pentium m 1gb laptop but much prefers the Imac G3 500mhz 384mb with Tiger I give him because of the simplicity. Too many cables to come lose and simple thing to go wrong with the desktop not to mention the 24/7 365day a year technical hard and software support that come with building her a desktop.

fester · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:23

double post pls delete

Hyper · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:28

I agree with going for an Eee PC,

Nice and small and you can fit it to the back of your monitor so it takes up even less space.

Happy · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:34

Breeny said:
I would be on that well known auction site tbh. Even a P3 would perform adaquately in this case.

MikeHunt79 · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:39

^ Don't go 2nd hand, if it breaks it's useless

Go for the EEE with Warranty

Ascendancy · 20 Nov 2008 at 00:42

Arge said:
sorry to hijack the thread but how do you put up the picture of the basket like that to show the spec ?

Prt Scrn button?

KizZ · 20 Nov 2008 at 19:44

Hyper said:
I agree with going for an Eee PC,

Nice and small and you can fit it to the back of your monitor so it takes up even less space.