New Computer

[Rick]

Hey, so i was thinking of getting myself another computer....ill list the ones that are in my price range.

Acer Laptop-$898 Aus $199 Aus cashback

Windows Vista
1.8 Ghz CPU
512Mb Ram
80Gb HDD
128MB SHARE VGA
14.1" LCD
Wireless
Dvd Burner
Card Reader

Or

Centauri System $499 Aus

Whats in the box....
Dual Core E2140 CPU
1Gb Ram
160Gb HDD
keyboard/mouse
onboard graphics
18x DVD-RW
Card Reader

LCD & OS sold Seperately
LCD is the screen right?? And OS=Operating System, is that like Vista and XP?

And

LCD SCREEN $269

A Asus VW192T 19" Wide LCD, 5ms, 800:1, VGA+DVI, Speakers.

+

Basic Home operating System $399

3600+ X2 CPU
512Mb RAM
80Gb HDD
18x DVD-RW
Card Reader


If you can tell me anything about these it would be very helpful.

[Eiii]

Avoid Vista, and get as much RAM as possible. That's about all for budget computers.

Oh, and make sure the hard drive you get isn't crappy. You certainly don't want one of those failing on you.

[Rick]

Well with all of these they have a 12 month warranty if that helps lol. But Eiii can you give me an idea of which u think is better

[Eiii]

If you don't need a laptop, don't get one. I've never seen one that lasts more than a year or two without bad things happening. I guess I would go with the middle one, to use with XP.

[Rick]

ok. With the middle one it says LCD& OS sold seperately does that mean i have to by A screen and whts an Operating System?

[lekky]

LCD is the screen right?? And OS=Operating System, is that like Vista and XP?

yup

[Rick]

ok i just wasnt sure. Thnx

Found another one. Heres a link http://www.dse.com.au/cgi-bin/dse.storefront/46d155e907d55b542740c0a87f9c06f1/Product/View/XC2661

It seems good what do you guys reckon, the only thing is it has windows vista but i think ill be able to get them to give me xp instead. This one better?

[KiLo]

Acer sucks and I have never even heard of Centauri . So get something decent like a Dell or Gateway or HP.

[jitspoe]

onboard graphics

Avoid that at all costs.  Get one that has a PCI Express slot, then you can upgrade the video card later.

[Eiii]

Avoid that at all costs, unless it's not at all a gaming computer. For just office stuff onboard is fine, but if you plan on playing games then you want a video card.

[KiLo]

I noticed this also. If you plan on running Vista you want to have at least 1 GB of RAM.

[Eiii]

More like 2GB.

[KiLo]

I think 1 GB was the specification but the more RAM the better. So if you can get 4 GB then do it.