Peter T Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Any recommendations? For office use, but additional to a pc. When there are two of us wanting to use the pc, life gets difficult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted August 14, 2008 Report Share Posted August 14, 2008 Min 2gig(duel core if possible) and 2gig ram, min120MB Hard disc and a WL card. Most fairly upto date Lappys are upto a good standard anyway.. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 min120MB Hard disc I had more than that 15 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve the Original Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 As if you would of had to of been a multi millionair to afford that!!anyway for a lappy for normal household use its enough peter doesnt play games ask Jane ... Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted August 17, 2008 Report Share Posted August 17, 2008 Steve,read again,125mb was normal 15 years ago,125gig is normal now.You're confusing megs for gigs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted August 18, 2008 Report Share Posted August 18, 2008 Correct! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 actrualy 1993 150mb was a bit high as this was the days of the 286 and if you had a hard drive at all it was probably between 10 and 20 mb /nerd mode off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 as this was the days of the 286 Get out of it!The pentium pc was available in 1993,i had a 486 in 1993,see this site for PC model timelines- http://www.computerhistory.org/timeline/?gclid=CK_t3b2Xn5UCFRSO1QodfWQykQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legion Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Released in 1993 in US at a price of around ?500 for processor alone at best over here we had state of the art 486s most people/businesses still running on 286s in 1993 a 20MB HDD would have cost you about ?80 a 150MB around ?900 since PCs at the time usualy cost around ?1,200 most gamer vamped PCs would come with 60mb HDDs costing in the region of ?200 at the time(for HDD alone). 386s didnt take off here between 286 and 486 as only the 286 were being produced by the big boys (ibm) and only with the introduction of clone PCs did the competition breed wildfire processing power rivalry. by the time we were buying 386s 486s were available to those that wanted power 386s were for the poor men. so most business had 286s with 20mb HDDs as I stated. some enthusiasts had a little better but at great expense. we get things almost immeadiately now, but back then we were way behind. the 60mhz pentium of which you speak, didnt realy arive here until well 1995 and was pushed with Windows 95 on release. although still 486s were more popular for the average budget (?1200). so if you had a 486 in 1993...it must of cost a lot! during 1986-1995 I was heavily involved in the computer retail industry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
byrdy Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 so if you had a 486 in 1993...it must of cost a lot! Well over ?2,000,but it did have 4meg of ram. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Kennedy Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Just bought another Dell Vostro 1000 for an organisation I do work for, just under ?300 inc VAT & delivery. Just set it up this evening. Excellent value for money. http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/features.aspx/4x_vostro_1000?c=uk&cs=ukbsdt1&l=en&s=bsd&ST=dell+vostro+1000&dgc=ST&cid=5186&lid=121454 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Paul that looks like a very good deal! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 10, 2008 Report Share Posted November 10, 2008 Which carries the most memory for games? Presumably a PC? They seem to be as nearly as small as a lappy nowadays? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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