Buying a new PC on a low budget can be a nightmare! You want to buy at a low price but you do not want to lose out on the vital additions like an extra 1GB of memory or Vista Business or XP Pro instead of Vista Home Premium. How can you reduce the cost and still have a fully functioning PC?
Have you considered using Linux instead of Windows as it is free? I can hear many of you cringing as you read that but if you decided to use Linux you would only have to pay for the components and not any licence fees for the Windows operating system or Microsoft Office. Based on my PC usage (and that of my friends and family) either would be more than suitable. A home PC generally only has a handful of tasks to perform:
- Check email
- Browse the web
- Chat with instant messenger
- Write & print letters
- Listen to music
- Play solitaire
There will be one or two others for your particular circumstances but this probably makes up 95% of what your computer does so why do you need Windows for that?
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