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VIA 1.2ghz good enough for office t
Name: syd200365 Date: July 4, 2005 at 17:59:31 Pacific OS: win xp CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
fry's electronics is selling laptops for $399.
here are the specs: Via 1.2GHz Processor, 256MB Memory, 30GB hard drive, CDRW/DVD-Rom Combo Drive, 14.1"XGA Screen, 10/100 LAN, and Microsoft Windows XP Home
is this system good enough for microsoft office, internet surfing, and listening to music? im not a gamer and all i do is office stuff. thanks
Name: StuartS Date: July 4, 2005 at 18:21:43 Pacific
Reply:
It'll do fine for normal office work, word processing, spreadsheets and the like. Music isn't very demanding and it will take the Internet in its stride.
I know someone who is running a financial business on a couple of computers with similar specs with no problems at all.
If you wanted to improve matters a little, another 256 Mbs of memory wouldn't go amiss.
Stuart
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Response Number 2
Name: Dragon306 Date: July 5, 2005 at 06:43:37 Pacific
Reply:
agreed ^^^. that system is plenty for office work, though 512mb total ram would not hurt...
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