Colin Law wrote: > On 13 March 2010 01:57, Liam Proven <[email protected]> wrote: > >> - Avoid anything with a Celeron or "Pentium Dual-Core". They're >> cut-down chips & crippled. Get a Core 2 Duo as a minimum. (Or an AMD.) >> > > I think anything current (or even a couple of years old) will provide > perfectly adequate performance for basic internet and home use. If > cost is a factor then using a cheap processor is a good option. If it > takes ten seconds extra to boot or a bit longer loading firefox does > this matter? > > Colin > Exactly, if it was me I'd be looking at least at a Core 2 Duo or a Core i3 but I think the limit of what they would be running is the BBC iPlayer.
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