[quote name='Ivanhoe']dont get an emachines.
those things are horrible.
Get a dell
heres 2 real cheap ones. LAST DAY to save 50bucks.
Yeah these are refurbished. But by dell. so its good for 350bucks.
So 700bucks +tax
just go buy 2 floppy drives for 10-20bucks for 2 of them.
And go buy 2 cheapass 15 inch monitors
http://outlet.us.dell.com/Dispatche...play=ALL&tgtSeg=I&srcType=xml&srcDetail=offer
System Price $399.00
Promotion Discount ($50.00)
Discounted Price $349.00
Dell recommends Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows XP Home
Memory: 128 MB DDR SDRAM at 333MHz
Floppy Drive: No Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 40 GB EIDE Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax Modem
CD Read-Write Drive: 48X CD-RW Drive
Software: WordPerfect Productivity Suite 12.0
PAINT SHOP PRO 4.0 STANDARD
90-Day Trial Norton Internet Security 2004
Microsoft Encyclopedia 2004
Dell Support 2.0
Dell Support 2.0 Software
Software
AOL 9.0 ISP Software
Software
Earthlink ISP Software
Software
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Microsoft Money
Resource CD
Resource CD
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Software
AOL 9.0 ISP Software
Dell Media Experience
Music Match 8.2 Basic
DPS Paint Shop Pro Try and Buy Software
Misc: Shipping Material
Record Now! Deluxe Software
Logitec 2-button Scroll Mouse
QuietKey Keyboard
USB Printer Cable[/quote]
Tell me why emachines are horrible?? Have u even owned 1? The old ones yes they are horrible but the new ones are good. Direct quote from PC Mag. (which i now get free via the magazine forum on this site :lol
"eMachine's low cost PCs are the least likely windows systems to need repairs" So on what basis are eMachines bad? yea they are not the master gaming computers but i don't think u need that in the class room. Don't get me wrong Dells are nice but overpriced and I would avoid refurbished computers. Building your own computer is another good idea but not would take alot of time etc..