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From: Tom on 4 May 2008 16:08 Hi, I've got a friend who is computer naive or computer phobic who needs to get a PC Because of her job. At least for now, primary use will be Word documents, email and web browsing. At a future time may upgrade to VISTA home premium. I'd like to start w/ XP because I don't know anything about VISTA and none of my friends who have it are in love w/ it. I'd like to keep the cost below a $1,000.00 delivered. Thanks, Tom
From: Rich/rerat on 4 May 2008 17:32 Tom, You might want to look under the Small business Dell Outlet for the Dell� OptiPlex� 7xx Series w/XP Pro, with a Vista Business Licence. Several are listed in the $300 to $500 range, and then go over to the monitor section in the Outlook store, 19 in Flat monitors for approximately $200.Extra memory and HDD capacity can be added later if needed. If planning to use the Vista software, I recommend that the PC have at least 2Gb of RAM installed. I recommend the Outlet store, since they items usually come with a 2 or 3 yr warranty built into the price. You only need to add the accidental care option (I personally think worth it) for a few bucks more. When ordering just use Friend's Name Co., when filling out the order form. -- Rich/rerat (RRR News) <message rule> <<Previous Text Snipped to Save Bandwidth When Appropriate>> "Tom" <yahoo(a)earthlink.com> wrote in message news:UIoTj.3405$ch1.922(a)trndny09... Hi, I've got a friend who is computer naive or computer phobic who needs to get a PC Because of her job. At least for now, primary use will be Word documents, email and web browsing. At a future time may upgrade to VISTA home premium. I'd like to start w/ XP because I don't know anything about VISTA and none of my friends who have it are in love w/ it. I'd like to keep the cost below a $1,000.00 delivered. Thanks, Tom
From: S.Lewis on 4 May 2008 18:13 "Tom" <yahoo(a)earthlink.com> wrote in message news:UIoTj.3405$ch1.922(a)trndny09... > Hi, I've got a friend who is computer naive or computer phobic who needs > to get a PC Because of her job. > At least for now, primary use will be Word documents, email and web > browsing. At a future time may upgrade to VISTA home premium. I'd like > to start w/ XP because I don't know anything about VISTA and none of my > friends who have it are in love w/ it. > > I'd like to keep the cost below a $1,000.00 delivered. > > Thanks, > > Tom > > http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bpdeffa&s=bsd
From: Christopher Muto on 4 May 2008 18:54 i think you should start by having your friend ask her company exactly what they expect him/her to learn/know. knowing the necessary applications dictates the platform (operating system) and that in turn dictates the hardware to buy. if they want him/her to work from home it may be irrelevant what kind of computer he/she has as they may just have a remote desktop session to the office computer (which works from windows, mac os, or linux). and for a complete novice that lives near an apple store i don't think you can beat going with their products. a newbie can start by attending their training seminars for free and then sign up for their $100 one on one training program which provides you with a total of 52 one hours weekly one on one sessions with one of their tutors at their store - for just $100. i don't know how good a friend you are of this person but they may end up not being as easy to work with as you might think... great to leave it to a paid tutor. "Tom" <yahoo(a)earthlink.com> wrote in message news:UIoTj.3405$ch1.922(a)trndny09... > Hi, I've got a friend who is computer naive or computer phobic who needs > to get a PC Because of her job. > At least for now, primary use will be Word documents, email and web > browsing. At a future time may upgrade to VISTA home premium. I'd like > to start w/ XP because I don't know anything about VISTA and none of my > friends who have it are in love w/ it. > > I'd like to keep the cost below a $1,000.00 delivered. > > Thanks, > > Tom > >
From: Tom on 4 May 2008 19:57 "Rich/rerat" <rrr_news(a)isp.com> wrote in message news:_4CdncMPNvbEtoPVnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d(a)comcast.com... > Tom, > You might want to look under the Small business Dell Outlet for the Dell� > OptiPlex� 7xx Series w/XP Pro, with a Vista Business Licence. Several are > listed in the $300 to $500 range, and then go over to the monitor section > in > the Outlook store, 19 in Flat monitors for approximately $200.Extra memory > and HDD capacity can be added later if needed. If planning to use the > Vista > software, I recommend that the PC have at least 2Gb of RAM installed. > > I recommend the Outlet store, since they items usually come with a 2 or 3 > yr > warranty built into the price. You only need to add the accidental care > option (I personally think worth it) for a few bucks more. > > When ordering just use Friend's Name Co., when filling out the order form. > -- Thanks Rich but i don't want to use VISTA rught now. I'll check out the small business outlet. Tom
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