Cheap PC

[G8_Summit]

Just come across a brand new PC base unit for £166 delivered.

It is on the Dell site - http://configure.euro.dell.com/dells...D11111&x=7&y=9

I know it comes up as £229, but if you change the warranty option to 90 days it brings the price right down.

The spec is as follows - not great I know, but for £166 !!!! Maybe Xmas present for the kids ???

Celeron 2.53GHz D 533FSB processor
512mb DDR2 RAM
80GB Hard Drive
48x CDROM
Windows XP

[PRC1964]

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Maybe they spotted a pricing error on that item.

[n5gooner]

although Dell do have some very good offers, but the delivery is SOOooooooooooo expensive as well.....

[NoddY]

You can indeed pick up PC bargains these days. E-Buyer had a similar thing a week or two ago (with preinstalled Linux I believe).

[The Lone Gunman]

I seem to recall a news item this morning of the 100$ PC being presented.

[PerlOfWisdom]

What's the difference between XP Home and XP Professional?

[MrsGoof]

uncle google says


Windows XP Home Edition

Contains basic support for security among multiple users.
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.
The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.


Windows XP Professional Edition

Includes extended support for security between multiple users on the same machine.
Better support for peer-to-peer networking, plus support for joining a "Windows NT domain."
The backup utlity is installed by default.
The Professional edition includes the following components not found in the Home edition:
Administrative Tools (in the Start Menu and Control Panel)
Automated System Recovery (ASR)
Boot Configuration Manager
DriverQuery
Group Policy Refresh Utility
Multi-lingual User Interface (MUI) add-on
NTFS Encryption Utilitiy
Offline Files and Folders
OpenFiles
Performance Log Manager
Remote Desktop
Scheduled Tasks Console
Security Template Utility
Taskkill
Tasklist
Telnet Administrator
Provides support for multi-processor systems (2 or 4 CPUs), Dynamic Disks, Fax.

[DaveB]

Google is your friend.

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase...p_home_pro.asp

[PerlOfWisdom]

Thanks.

As soon as you click "Customise and Buy", the price changes from £299 to £393.

[Francko]

uncle google says


Windows XP Home Edition

Contains basic support for security among multiple users.
Built-in support for peer-to-peer networking, but only for up to five computers.
The backup utlity is not installed by default, but is included on the CD.
[CUT]

Although they share the same Kernel, the security system on XP home is very reduced (only accounts are guest and administrators). This has an impact on all applications where you have to configure user rights. I am not aware of a possible workaround.