Hi all -
I have been asked by a friend to help buy/build a computer for her daughter
starting college this fall.  The college has provided some basic specs as
follows:

Pentium 200 or better
64 MB RAM
Win 95/98/NT
500 MB free hard drive space
Virus protection software
10BaseT network card (either Intel Ether Express or 3 Com Ethernet card)

If anyone would like to respond with comments/suggestions on a balanced
solution that falls between low cost and longevity that would be great.  I
don't think anything she gets today will likely meet the minimum standard 4
years from now so I am leaning toward to lower cost approach, especially
given the other costs that are coming up right now for them.

Thanks in advance for your replies,
Mike Curtis

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