Hi guys I need your help, or should I say my friend does
He wants to buy a new computer for Xmas and only as a budget of £500
I have picked the two best deals I could from comet, as he looking to buy one from them
I told him the best one to go for is the GATEWAY GM5046B But his brother in-law as told him to buy the
ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM. So please post what you think about both computers. Thanks
SPECS
Brand ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM
Price £449.99
Processor Intel Pentium D
Processor model number 820
Processor speed 2.8 GHz
Processor bus 800 MHz
Processor cache 2 MB
Memory (RAM) 1024 MB
Storage (hard drive) 250 GB
Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs
Operating system Windows XP Media Centre
Application software tbc
Dedicated graphics 512MB GF7300
USB 2.0 slots 6
Firewire Yes
Media card slots 9-in-1
Remote control Yes
Watch & record live TV Yes
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes
Sound card 5.1
10/100 wired networking built-in
B Power rating
C Entertainment rating
Brand GATEWAY GM5046B
Price = £499.99
Processor AMD Athlon 64 x2
Processor model number 4200+
Processor speed 2.2 GHz
Processor bus 2000 MHz
Processor cache 1 MB
Memory (RAM) 1024 MB
Storage (hard drive) 250 GB
Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs
Operating system Windows XP Media Centre (Vista ready)
Application software Microsoft Works
Dedicated graphics 256MB GF7300
USB 2.0 slots 7
Firewire Yes
Media card slots 9-in-1
Remote control Yes
Watch & record live TV Yes
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes
Sound card 5.1
10/100 wired networking built-in
Built-in 56k modem
AMD Live
B Power rating
An Entertainment rating
Vista Premium Ready
Brand ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM
May have a better Processor speed (2.8 GHz) and cache (2 MB)
But the GATEWAY GM5046B CPU is a 64 x2 4200+
And comes with a Processor bus speed of 2000 MHz
ps great forum.
He wants to buy a new computer for Xmas and only as a budget of £500
I have picked the two best deals I could from comet, as he looking to buy one from them
I told him the best one to go for is the GATEWAY GM5046B But his brother in-law as told him to buy the
ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM. So please post what you think about both computers. Thanks
SPECS
Brand ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM
Price £449.99
Processor Intel Pentium D
Processor model number 820
Processor speed 2.8 GHz
Processor bus 800 MHz
Processor cache 2 MB
Memory (RAM) 1024 MB
Storage (hard drive) 250 GB
Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs
Operating system Windows XP Media Centre
Application software tbc
Dedicated graphics 512MB GF7300
USB 2.0 slots 6
Firewire Yes
Media card slots 9-in-1
Remote control Yes
Watch & record live TV Yes
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes
Sound card 5.1
10/100 wired networking built-in
B Power rating
C Entertainment rating
Brand GATEWAY GM5046B
Price = £499.99
Processor AMD Athlon 64 x2
Processor model number 4200+
Processor speed 2.2 GHz
Processor bus 2000 MHz
Processor cache 1 MB
Memory (RAM) 1024 MB
Storage (hard drive) 250 GB
Optical drive Plays & records CDs and DVDs
Operating system Windows XP Media Centre (Vista ready)
Application software Microsoft Works
Dedicated graphics 256MB GF7300
USB 2.0 slots 7
Firewire Yes
Media card slots 9-in-1
Remote control Yes
Watch & record live TV Yes
Keyboard Yes
Mouse Yes
Sound card 5.1
10/100 wired networking built-in
Built-in 56k modem
AMD Live
B Power rating
An Entertainment rating
Vista Premium Ready
Brand ACER ASPIRE T650.UHM
May have a better Processor speed (2.8 GHz) and cache (2 MB)
But the GATEWAY GM5046B CPU is a 64 x2 4200+
And comes with a Processor bus speed of 2000 MHz
ps great forum.