[rpoz-29]

Our old Gateway is almost 6 years old. It's been updated a couple of times, but has gotten pretty slow, and "locks up" frequently. I'd like to spend as little as I have to. It isn't used by my son's for school any more, and therefore isn't used to download music, or other memory eating stuff. We use our computer for selling or buying on ebay, poking around on the internet, basic communications, etc. Should I buy a "package deal", or keep my monitor, keyboard and replace only the modem?

[lt1aggie]

Dell's are good for the money and if you just want something basic without the hassle of putting one together, I would definitely look into it. One thing I would look in to if you are going to go this route is their refurbished computers. They are even cheaper and work just as well. I bought a refurbished in July of 2003 and I am still running it as we speak. At the end of next summer however, I plan on upgrading by building my own. The main advantage of building your own is that you can upgrade misc. components much easier. You can't do this with most of the Dell computers.

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