I would like to buy my sister a PC. A basic, budget, package that includes Monitor, Keyboard, hard drive, optical storage etc.
I would ideally like to avoide proprietary system builders who's systems cannot be simply upgraded in a few months with a Motherboard/CPU upgrade. Also, a good retailer that is known for quality goods and quality service would be better as I would rather not give my sister a gift that will become a mill stone round her neck as she repeatedly spends hours on premium rate customer support lines trying to get the thing fixed in the event of a problem.
Any comments and opinions regarding this are more than welcome.
Are there any companies out there that are trying to move old Athlon XP stock? A socket A motherboard and 3000+ Barton CPU based system would be more than enough power for any casual user, I cant believe that they have all been shifted from stock already.
I would ideally like to avoide proprietary system builders who's systems cannot be simply upgraded in a few months with a Motherboard/CPU upgrade. Also, a good retailer that is known for quality goods and quality service would be better as I would rather not give my sister a gift that will become a mill stone round her neck as she repeatedly spends hours on premium rate customer support lines trying to get the thing fixed in the event of a problem.
Any comments and opinions regarding this are more than welcome.
Are there any companies out there that are trying to move old Athlon XP stock? A socket A motherboard and 3000+ Barton CPU based system would be more than enough power for any casual user, I cant believe that they have all been shifted from stock already.