New computer suggestions? JOHN R??

[JohnS]

Personally, I use Dell. I know some people blast them but, I have MANY of their machines and they work and work and work. If you do nothing more then email and surf, you really don't need much of a machine but, if you plan to use it for other things in the future, then get more now. A Celeron processor will work just fine for you if you do nothing more than surf and web related stuff. If you want to do some games of design stuff, then the Pentium would be the way to go. You should plan on NO LESS then 256 RAM. 128 is nowhere near enough for today's operating systems. 512 would be great if you run multiple tasks at the same time.

Everyone has their own personal opinion on brands so do what you think is right. I have 37 Dell machines I take care of and they do not keep me busy all the time. Used to have IBM's that kept me busy all the time..