Hiya,
This may sound like a bit of overkill, but I'd recommend 1GB of RAM and 60GB of hard disk space, if you can afford this. It's much cheaper to buy now that you're buying a new system, rather than upgrading later.
Processor does make a difference - many people reckon that Celeron is too outdated to be any good, but honestly any other current Intel or Equivalent processor should be fine.
HTH
Steve
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Do you mean 1GB of RAM as even on some of say Dell's good machines you can't get 1GB of RAM or do you mean 1000+ MB
He's also coming out to set it up for us and look at networking our other PC's (my laptop and our old PC which my daughters can use). Which leads me onto the questions of wired or wireless networking :unsure: He advises wired as he says there are security issues regarding wireless ones. Any thoughts anyone?
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I'd be interested to know what security issues there are with the wireless one as i have that for my sons laptop and was going to do the same when my daughter gets one in a couple of months!!
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I'd definitely recommend wireless. It can be quite safe if you follow a couple of simple rules.
1) Make sure that the router you get has a firewall built in - don't rely on the software routers that you get with Windows.
2) Make sure you set up encryption on the wireless system. This means that you need to enter a "key" on the set-up for the wireless router, and then the same key on each of the PCs that you want to access the network. Otherwise if you run "unencrypted" anyone within range can share your Broadband connection and potentially access the PCs on your network.
Having said that, there is something nice about having a piece of wire connecting you to your network! But think about having wires all around the house......
Hiya,
This may sound like a bit of overkill, but I'd recommend 1GB of RAM and 60GB of hard disk space, if you can afford this. It's much cheaper to buy now that you're buying a new system, rather than upgrading later.
Processor does make a difference - many people reckon that Celeron is too outdated to be any good, but honestly any other current Intel or Equivalent processor should be fine.
HTH
Steve
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Do you mean 1GB of RAM as even on some of say Dell's good machines you can't get 1GB of RAM or do you mean 1000+ MB
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Hi there,
Yes I mean 1024MB. You can definitely get by with less - 256MB would be the minimum these days, but if you want to be future proof, I'd go for the 1024MB right at the start. Probably won't add more than £100 or so to the price of the PC.