Laz.e.rus October 31, 2008 Share Laz.e.rus Member October 31, 2008 Shes looking for like a core2duo desktop. Minimum 2 gigs ram, prefer 3. Vista. Monitor included. Cheap, but not garbage. Any ideas guys? Ive just been browsing online at walmart, Bestbuy, newegg, etc. You all know of one or some that seem decent? She's not a gamer, BUT she upgrades about 1/decade so it needs to be decent to last her. The one I am replacing is a PIII I think, maybe an OLD P4. 256MB ram, 20 gig HDD ... you get the idea. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magruter October 31, 2008 Share Magruter Member October 31, 2008 Budget? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo October 31, 2008 Share anonymo Member October 31, 2008 I just quickly browsed Newegg and couldn't really find anything that matched your specific requirements. I think what you'll have to do is get the machine, upgrade the ram and buy a monitor. Seems most desktop systems don't come with a monitor and only one I saw had more than 1GB of ram. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher October 31, 2008 Share Preacher Member October 31, 2008 http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...&CatId=2619 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824252016 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16824254035 then add http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16814121255 and http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820144259 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16820220227 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 31, 2008 Share Playaa Member October 31, 2008 Any reason she wants Vista over XP? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher October 31, 2008 Share Preacher Member October 31, 2008 (edited) Because she isn't a sissy like you better deal on RAM https://shop4.frys.com/product/5711782 Edited October 31, 2008 by Preacher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa October 31, 2008 Share Playaa Member October 31, 2008 Vista is crap. Even Microsoft thinks so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOFX October 31, 2008 Share NOFX Member October 31, 2008 funny, I was about to say preacher knows all about "girlie" systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL October 31, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member October 31, 2008 Vista is crap. Even Microsoft thinks so. No it's not. Take your bias elsewhere. Vista is a better OS then XP and support for XP will end before Vista support. I'll agree that Vista is a resource hog but just turn off all the eye candy and you have yourself a faster, more stable, longer supported OS than XP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwack October 31, 2008 Share bushwack Member October 31, 2008 Vista is crap. Even Microsoft thinks so. No it's not. Take your bias elsewhere. Vista is a better OS then XP and support for XP will end before Vista support. I'll agree that Vista is a resource hog but just turn off all the eye candy and you have yourself a faster, more stable, longer supported OS than XP. I've never run a copy of Vista on my comps so I can't play in this debate. I do know that the XP I run is stable, fast and supported right now. But if I had to buy a O/S today I would grab Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preacher October 31, 2008 Share Preacher Member October 31, 2008 I hated it at first, but I just don't like change. Whether you like it or not is pointless because XP is now "the old one". No DX10, no Crysis, and no future. Vista is here to stay so for the next 3-5 years get used to it. Comply or go mac/linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragonfly October 31, 2008 Share dragonfly Member October 31, 2008 I hated it at first, but I just don't like change. Whether you like it or not is pointless because XP is now "the old one". No DX10, no Crysis, and no future. Vista is here to stay so for the next 3-5 years get used to it. Comply or go mac/linux. What? I just beat crysis last month on XP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa November 3, 2008 Share Playaa Member November 3, 2008 Vista is crap. Even Microsoft thinks so. No it's not. Take your bias elsewhere. Vista is a better OS then XP and support for XP will end before Vista support. I'll agree that Vista is a resource hog but just turn off all the eye candy and you have yourself a faster, more stable, longer supported OS than XP. Vista is so stable that the company I work for (Watlow Electric which is multi-national) has officially abandoned Vista to go back to XP. There are currently 2 laptops in the entire company that are using Vista. Mine and one of my managers. Mine is being switched to XP tomorrow. I know how to use computers. I have all the eye candy and stupid alerts turned off. The programs that run the worst (for me) on Vista are Microsoft Office, Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. 4 of those are flagship applications for Microsoft and they run like complete junk on the flagship operating system. In 2-3 years time, after 2 or 3 Service Packs have come out, I am sure that Vista will be an awesome OS. Just like XP was crap until Microsoft fixed it over the next few years and now it is at least stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eXile November 3, 2008 Share eXile Member November 3, 2008 nerd flame warzzzz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa November 3, 2008 Share Playaa Member November 3, 2008 It would be more of a flame war if I didn't openly admit that I may or may not have an Apple tattoo hidden somewhere on my body. i.e. I'm a fanboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL November 3, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member November 3, 2008 No offense Playaa, but let's just keep that tattoo hidden, m'kay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playaa November 3, 2008 Share Playaa Member November 3, 2008 Too late! Already got a ticket for showing it off this weekend! "How do you like THEM apples?!?!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwEEziL November 3, 2008 Share dwEEziL Member November 3, 2008 I don't like them...I don't like them at all!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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