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My Mum's PC has gone kapput!

It's one that I built in ~2001 I think so it's had a pretty good innings.

She needs to replace it, looking to spend around £200 and it needs to cope with such resource-hogging tasks such as logging on to ebay and checking hotmail.

At first I was looking at refurbed laptops but then I found the Eee Box for £249

EeeeeeeeeeeeBox

Has anyone used one, what are your thoughts?

She has KB/M and a monitor so only need the gubbins.

Any better alternatives?
 
If she doesn't require a CD rom drive, what about a netbook?

These are basically laptops that have no CD rom drive, smaller capacity hard drive, less powerful processors and less memory - so are very small.

have a look on dabs.com. They have a lot of good deals on refurbished netbooks at the moment.
 
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A friend of mine has an eeebox and says its great, supposedly you can even hang it on the back of a monitor (if its not crt).

It has usb ports so if she did need a cd drive she could always get an external.

If she is still using the pc from 2001 then that will be a nice step up.
 
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I let her have a go on my laptop and the screen was only just big enough for her, it's 14" so wouldn't be able to go for a netbook really, plus I only just bought her a 19" monitor so want to make use of that really.
 
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They got shown on the gadget show a few episodes back, they like them (i think) might be worth going through the channel 5 web site to see what they said.
 
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Something to add, my friend got an eeebox for the portability.

Have you not considered buying a barebones computer, adding in some parts then you have the chance to upgrade it in the future?
 
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lex said:
Something to add, my friend got an eeebox for the portability.

Have you not considered buying a barebones computer, adding in some parts then you have the chance to upgrade it in the future?
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If I was looking for something decent then I would look in to specs/future upgrades etc but for £200 I don't think it is worth it if this will last another 5 or so years.

I don't want to mess around adding bits either or else I'm the one who has to go and fix them when they break.:D
 
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http://forum.eeeuser.com/viewforum.php?id=51

that forum will have some details on the boxes.

To be honest we will see computing go this way, the people who need big systems tend to be developers, compilers, artists and gamers. Most people just want to surf and mail, maybe write a letter and it generally doesn't take up much processing power to do that.
 
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I've used them and they're pretty good for the basic stuff, such as word processing or web browsing. You can play video on them too, but don't expect to be able to play super high quality games and the like :)

You can get a better spec desktop base unit for around £250 as well, but the EEE is really small and light, uncluttered and doesn't get in the way, compared to a larger, bulky desktop.

You can also mount it to the back of the 19" monitor you've bought, if it has the standard VESA holes (which most typically do). This might prove advantageous if you need it to be portable i.e. easily movable from one room to another.
 
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Well, we ordered it last night and it should arrive at some point tomorrow so I'll see how it goes.

Cheers for the replies everyone.
 
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I would suggest a webbook.

You can connect external monitor, keyboard and mouse if you want, but also have the option of using it as a fully functioning mini-laptop

I have one of these which I use when away from the office and find it great.

http://www.advent4211.denew.co.uk/
 
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Wll, it got delivered as promised. What an excellent bit of kit.

Bolts on to the back of the TFT so doesn't take up space.

Pretty much silent when running

Faster than the old machine

Has a quick-book option which runs at startup so if you just want to surf the web you can do it without booting into windows.

I'm really impressed, even thinking about getting another as a media centre now.
 
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