How much does it cost to buy a new average capacity computer+Windows XP+Microsoft Word+Excel in total and?

Question

separetely?

Answer 1

A decent desktop around £300 - double that for a good laptop. Get one with a decent processor Athlon for a desktop, Turion 64 for a laptop, 100 Gb hard drive and 1 gig of memory. Then you need Microsoft Office. Office 2003 you may get secondhand as Office 2007 is being launched. but office 2003 still costs a few hundred alone. Try http://www.Aria.co.uk and use their forum to ask questions. http://www.Misco.co.uk also have some good systems at reasonable prices. Try to avoid Vista! lol. Xp professional is better than XP home too. There doesn't seem much difference on a day to day basis - but I tried to download pictures from my camera today - hopeless with XP home and the camera software. XP professional on my desktop didn't need the software just downloaded the pictures off the camera.

Answer 2

About £300 with an OEM Windows License. Double it if the Windows license is bought non OEM as a full license to use Microsoft's Windows XP is £235 by itself:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/65801

An alternative operating system, such as the virus-free Linux, can be obtained for £0.00 here:

http://www.ubuntu.com/

Avoid buying Microsoft Word and Excel as you can get Open Office for free (£0.00)

http://www.openoffice.org/

If you really do want to watse your money, then add another £165 for Word:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/124776

And £160 for Excel:

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/124754

Answer 3

something like £300-375