Looking at upgrading the secretary's computer at a local non-profit that I volunteer at.
The one that she has now is a Dell Dimension 4300s (I hate that "s" chassis), that is 9 years old. It has a grand total of two slow (v1.0) USB ports, a 20GB hard drive, and will only hold a maximum 512MB of memory (which I maxed out a long time ago). It's simply not worth spending any more money on it at this point.
She already has a newer wireless keyboard and mouse, and a newer flat screen monitor... so those can be reused.
I'm looking at replacing it with a Dell Optiplex GX620 mini-tower. P4/3.0GHz, 1GB memory (4 slots total), 320GB HD, DVD burner, eight v2.0 USB ports, and is running XP Pro. I'm guessing it is around 5 years old, and was formerly used in an office environment.
I can get this for $125 delivered, with a 30 day warranty.
I think it would be $125 that is well spent, and it should have another 4-5 years of use in it. Agree/disagree?
The one that she has now is a Dell Dimension 4300s (I hate that "s" chassis), that is 9 years old. It has a grand total of two slow (v1.0) USB ports, a 20GB hard drive, and will only hold a maximum 512MB of memory (which I maxed out a long time ago). It's simply not worth spending any more money on it at this point.
She already has a newer wireless keyboard and mouse, and a newer flat screen monitor... so those can be reused.
I'm looking at replacing it with a Dell Optiplex GX620 mini-tower. P4/3.0GHz, 1GB memory (4 slots total), 320GB HD, DVD burner, eight v2.0 USB ports, and is running XP Pro. I'm guessing it is around 5 years old, and was formerly used in an office environment.
I can get this for $125 delivered, with a 30 day warranty.
I think it would be $125 that is well spent, and it should have another 4-5 years of use in it. Agree/disagree?