Spec a basic "Internet" computer please.

[Pants]

Hi,

My mate from work has just got a house and needs a computer for internet browsing / office. No games will ever need to be played etc.

They only guidelines are wireless keyboard/mouse, flat screen. I personally think they need a 17" screen minimum.

The computer they were looking at for £350 had 256 MB memory, a low end celeron and a 15" flat screen. I advised them it was so slow you would get bored even simply browsing the net (with Win XP). They would rather spend more on something that will do the job properly.

Budget is a very tight £400. Will spend more if it's worth it!

Cheers!

 

[Pants]

Here's the best I can do on this site, but it is wireless keyboard / mouse / 17" and 1GB of memory for speed when in windows, also has a reasonable HDD for music storage. And it's all black.

CP-138-AM AMD Sempron 64 2800+ 1.6GHz (Socket 754) CPU - Retail £44.95
MB-043-GI Gigabyte K8U ULI1689 (Socket 754) Motherboard £29.95
MY-004-OK OcUK Value 1GB (2x512MB) PC3200 184pin DDR Memory Dual Channel Kit £39.95
GX-026-HT HIS Excalibur ATI Radeon 9250SE 128MB DDR TV-Out/DVI (AGP) - Retail£20.95
HD-055-WD Western Digital Caviar Special Edition 120GB 1200JS SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £40.95
MO-042-VS Viewsonic VE710b 17" LCD Monitor - Black £144.95
KB-072-LG Logitech Cordless Desktop EX-110£19.95
CA-004-AS Asus TA-210 Series Midi Tower (Black) - 360W PSU£34.95

Subtotal £376.60
Shipping (City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)) £12.95
VAT £68.18

Total £457.73

 

[Pants]

Hearing you loud and clear. Thank you very much guys.

 

[Pants]

We have found what we are looking for for just under £300 inc VAT and delivery!

17" screen and wireless keyboard / mouse as request too. Fantastic.

Just needs some cheap ocuk value memory slapping in to make it speedy enough, maybe when the warranty runs out.

Cheers guys.