Cheap Work Computer

[reckedracing]

anyone have an opinion on acer computers?
i'm not looking to build anything, my boss just wants a new machine for the secretary capable of running quickbooks, spreadsheets, word, and other misc...

if you know of a good deal, perhaps on newegg please link it

officedepot has this tower for 500 with a 150 rebate
Acer® Aspire T135 Desktop Computer With AMD Sempron™ Processor 3300+ at Office Depot.

The Acer Aspire T135 (AST135-U-S3300) offers:
AMD Sempron processor 3300+ operating at 2.0GHz with Enhanced Virus Protection†
256KB L2 cache
1600MHz frontside bus
256MB of PC2700 DDR SDRAM, upgradable to 2.0GB
160GB hard drive
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive (plays DVDs; burns and plays CDs)
9-in-1 memory card reader
10/100Base-T Ethernet interface
56K V.92 modem
4 USB 2.0 ports
2 PS/2 ports
1 parallel port
1 serial port
Integrated UniChrome Pro graphics with up to 64MB shared video memory
Realtek AC '97 audio
Keyboard
Mouse

 

[TurboMirage]

that will do just fine.

 

[CRX-YEM]

even cheaper, and should handle the task
Surpluscomputers Intel Celeron 2.0Ghz & DVD
buy another 256mb of ram and a monitor 15"flat screens are like $150 about a total cost of $500 and you're good to go

 

[posol]

sempron > celeron

i would never buy a celeron machine, ever.

 

[reckedracing]

nice

so we bought this for 540 shipped, less 150 mail in rebate
and an acer 17" lcd for 160 shipped

the acer lcd did not want to work in 800x600
so i had to update geforce drivers and the same for the monitor to get it down to 800x600
the office lady is older and the 1280x1024 hurt her eyes or something...

my 15" lcd won't go about 1024x768 and i have no idea what the problem is, when i push it past that it shows a blue box and says out of range

fucking junk

 

[endlesszeal]

DAMN! Too bad i wasnt on earlier. CompUSA just put out a Compaq (HP, Good quality) for $350 with an AMD 3500+ and 512mb RAM with a 17" CRT that would smoke that Celeron.

 

[reckedracing]

thanks but i hate compaq and it had to be a lcd