don't need anything fancy will be used for homework and the internet mostly.... but some pics etc

found what I think is a good deal on a compaq.....

Compaq

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4450e Processor

• 3072 MB RAM

• 250 GB hard drive

• Burns CDs and DVDs

• 20" LCD monitor

plus a printer of some sort which I do not need.

$499.97 plus I get a $130 gift card .... this is a place where I will use it anyway

not sure if this is a great deal or not. seems to be

3 GB of Ram? The thing will scream (unless it comes with Vista).

closer look

$589.97

– $70.00Mail-InRebate

– $20.00 Instant Savings

499.97

- 130 gift card

in the end looks like a $370 machine with printer and monitor... neither of which is needed

the only computer I now have is my laptop but it is crapping out too.... battery is shot and its having memory issues.

work will be providing me a lap top so they need something

IBM is really the only brand I stay away from. I've had a PC and a laptop from them, and both had hardware issues.

I've used boxes with AMD. Worked fine for me. I usually go with Intel, however, because I know the brand better than AMD, and can compare processor features.

Their stuff was absolute sh*t.

Presario SR5710y?

Reading the specs on that computer now, it's going to go like a scalded ape. Even has HD video...

Regardless, even if it's not the SR5710y system, it sounds like it sould be more that sufficient for anything that your kids would use it for, short of maybe some really system resource demanding video games (and even then it might be still be fine).

Printer might be a cheap POS though.

cyrix?

tw,

No. The Intel vs. AMD cpu debate is something that really only gamers get into these days, for most other software, it's irrelavant what CPU you are using.

There are some specialized video editing and rendering packages that optimized for one CPU or the other, but that's not something that your kids would need to worry about (we're talking very expensive professional software here)

all I know is on page 8 of this. I'm gonna take a look at it but I bet its ok.

on second look either the computer is a compaq and the printer HP or vice vesa...

as I said... I really don't need the printer or monitor but oh well.