Originally Posted by Rosebud
well that's my point I'm looking on dell and gateway I see all these computers but I can't tell whihc one is better by looking at the hard drive Gb and the ram. I mean for just using it to get on the internet (all the time) and burning cd's and stuff I don't imagine it would be all that expensive but I don't want to have a bare minimum one either ya know? Do you know what a good range is in regards to hard drive space, ram, and the processor itself??
i got a dell , i can guarantee you can mess this machine up so badly , it will just reset everything and youll be back to brand new , i got 2 awful viruses in the 1st week , i had to erase everything , i though we would have to sent it back , the pc has an automated reset that sets it back to how you originally bought it , no matter in how deep shit your in , or almost .
its fast and it was the basic model from about 6 months ago , altho not enough memory ...
its not a gaming computer , its very fast for internet surfing and burning cd's ... it cost about 900 $ canadian total , 6 months ago . for that price you can get something way better now ... altho i warn you , the dvd writer is pure garbage , it works 1 out of 10 times , thus ruining 9 of your dvd's . and when something is broken or if you want to change/ upgrade something , u have to sent it back to dell and it takes about a month for it to go there , repair and come back ...
also , if you buy memory or wtv , you cant put it yourself or it voids the guarantee , so your forced to buy stuff from them when you want to upgrade ...
dell is cheap and very dependable , good quality (compared to what i had before , compaq , IBM ...) but if you want to play games or upgrade often , then dont buy it ... its good for both rookies and more advanced users also ... as rookies can screw up and it will be easely reparable , even by the rookie itself ...
get MINIMUM 60 GB Hard drive
at least 512 of ram
from 2.4 ghz up to how much you want .
get a good firewall or router (router acts as a firewall most times)
since you dont want it for games , then dont waste your money on the best graphic card , just something decent to watch dvd's or wtv.