I got a friend wanting to sell me a pentium 4 with 256mb of ram for 200$ for the tower...
I'm wanting to run vista,
should I buy this & upgrade the ram to 1gb?
or look for another deal?
2007-02-11 09:23:30 · 8 answers · asked by crazycivic66 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
no
if you want this computer just for fun yes
with window vista no
2007-02-11 09:27:14 · answer #1 · answered by livingforjesus231 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO, not a good idea.
As it is, this system would not run vista (well, in any usable manner). To upgrade the RAM would improve things a bit, but would cost you about $100 more. You would also probably need a new video card, which would run another $100 (at minimum).
2007-02-11 10:46:39 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Forget Vista on that one without some upgrades. It may (repeat may) be a good deal depending on what else is in it plus what software it has. If it comes wiped, walk away. If it has XP, up the memory to 512 and have a computer that will be good for a couple of years.
2007-02-11 09:31:28 · answer #3 · answered by smgray99 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the time you buy the RAM and buy vista you could have easily bought a new dell or gateway with vista installed and plenty of memory. I would just buy new.
2007-02-11 09:27:47 · answer #4 · answered by d_k_wallace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nice computer, very cheap price. 1 GB RAM, Pentium 4 3.0 GHz
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=2768890&CatId=6
2007-02-11 09:27:42 · answer #5 · answered by HaeZzZ 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it isnt worth it. About 150 more plus shipping will buy you a new cheap dell with a monitor that will run vista.
2007-02-11 09:25:48 · answer #6 · answered by D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-27 01:47:52 · answer #7 · answered by hamman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like a good deal to me
2007-02-11 09:26:40 · answer #8 · answered by Herm 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋