My wife currently uses a 10 year old PC with a 40 GB hard drive. It has a newer 19" monitor.
We also have wifi set up in the house and several newer laptops but she seems to mainly use the old PC which is getting very slow and locking up frequently. She mainly uses it to check email and surf the internet. She does a bit of music editing on it as well.
I am looking for something that could also become our main wireless storage of photos and videos which our two kids are accumulating rapidly.
Options I am considering:
1) Dell 620 MT $500
Intel i3 2100, 6GB Ram, 1TB harddrive, Intel HD graphics, DVD RW
2) Dell 8300 $750
Intel i5 2310, 6 GB ram, 1 TB harddrive, Radeon 6670, DVD RW
(raid 0 or 1 is also a $25 upgrade available on this PC)
A 24" Monitor can be included for about $250 to option 1 or 2.
3) Dell 2305 All-in-one $999
AMD Athlon™ II X4 610e processor, 8 GB ram, 1 TB Harddrive, Radeon HD 5470, This one includes Blueray, wireless keyboard and mouse, touchscreen and a TV tuner.
All three options come with 64 bit Windows 7.
I have also looked at the Apple all-in-ones, which are very nice; but I don't think I want to convert to the Apple operating system. All of our laptops are XP or windows 7.
Which way would you go? Budget is a factor but I can afford up to $1000.
We also have wifi set up in the house and several newer laptops but she seems to mainly use the old PC which is getting very slow and locking up frequently. She mainly uses it to check email and surf the internet. She does a bit of music editing on it as well.
I am looking for something that could also become our main wireless storage of photos and videos which our two kids are accumulating rapidly.
Options I am considering:
1) Dell 620 MT $500
Intel i3 2100, 6GB Ram, 1TB harddrive, Intel HD graphics, DVD RW
2) Dell 8300 $750
Intel i5 2310, 6 GB ram, 1 TB harddrive, Radeon 6670, DVD RW
(raid 0 or 1 is also a $25 upgrade available on this PC)
A 24" Monitor can be included for about $250 to option 1 or 2.
3) Dell 2305 All-in-one $999
AMD Athlon™ II X4 610e processor, 8 GB ram, 1 TB Harddrive, Radeon HD 5470, This one includes Blueray, wireless keyboard and mouse, touchscreen and a TV tuner.
All three options come with 64 bit Windows 7.
I have also looked at the Apple all-in-ones, which are very nice; but I don't think I want to convert to the Apple operating system. All of our laptops are XP or windows 7.
Which way would you go? Budget is a factor but I can afford up to $1000.