Hello Mike,

Thursday, July 22, 1999, 4:57:50 AM, you wrote:

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

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

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

Intel Celeron 400 - 433 (possibly overclocked)
Any BX motherboard with good name, maybe onboard audio (to save $)
8M AGP cheap video (ATI is fine)
64-96 MB memory (the more, the better)
8.6 G IDE HD (Western Digital, Quantum, Seagate)
any 15" screen with 80Hz or higher non-interlaced refresh @ 800x600
any mouse
any keyboard
24-40x CD-ROM
3.5" drive
a NIC or modem depending on campus

that's about all... did I miss something?

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