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10-08-2005, 11:19 PM
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Advice on a Dell
Will this cheap computer do good for internet surfing and is it upgradable in the future?
http://www.hcditrading.com/Shop/Cont...id/0/SFV/29664
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10-08-2005, 11:28 PM
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Yeah that would be fine for internet surfing, but the upgradability issue is a different story. Since it's a pretty old model, you won't be able to upgrade to anything good in today's standards. I'm guessing you might be able to fit a gig of ram in there, but not much of a better processor.
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10-10-2005, 12:12 AM
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it will be fine, and as AMD64 said, you can upgrade the ram to 512mb or possibly 1gb. You will probably need a bigger hard drive, since 10GB is hardly anything, and XP takes up about 5gb. they are pretty cheap and it will work in your computer, as long as its IDE.
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10-13-2005, 08:42 PM
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The machine is sufficient for your tasks... but overpriced.
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10-14-2005, 07:11 PM
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Plus, I've always made it a policy of mine to stay away from Dell. However that becomes difficult now since at my job that's all they use!
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10-14-2005, 07:48 PM
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For internet surfing sure, but for gaming, hell no.
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