Well, I had to break down and buy a Windows machine. A friend advised me about prices, etc, so I just bought the following computer for $380. Is this a reasonable price?
THIS ITEM IS BRAND NEW IN BOX DIRECT FROM RETAILER. FOR EBAY PERSONS: THIS AUCTION COMES WITH WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION AND THE SOFTWARE DISC AND ALL OTHER USER AGREEMENTS, LICENSES, AND PAPERWORK FOR THE SOFTWARE THAT IS INSTALLED ON THIS SYSTEM.
THIS SYSTEM ALSO COMES WITH EMACHINE SPEAKERS, KEYBOARD, AND MOUSE THAT ARE NOT LISTED. ALL ITEMS ARE BRAND NEW NOT REFURBISHED.
This Intel® Celeron® 2.6GHz processor is a multimedia sweetheart with its DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive.
Intel® Celeron® processor 2.6GHz with 400MHz frontside bus
256MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM for multitasking power, expandable to 1.0GB
DVD-ROM/CD-RW combo drive
Product Features
128KB L2 cache memory for efficient system processing
80.0GB hard drive
Intel® Extreme Graphics 3D with 64MB shared video memory
Integrated 10/100 Ethernet card; V.92 high-speed fax/modem
6 high-speed USB 2.0 ports (2 front, 4 back); 1 each parallel and serial port; 2 PS/2 ports
Windows premium multimedia keyboard and 2-button wheel mouse
Windows XP Home Edition operating system preinstalled
