You go argos!!

Lyra Fangs

http://www.argos.ie/static/Product/partNumber/5083974.htm

Maybe I know very little about computer but this seems like a pretty good deal to me.

MSI AE2020 All-In-One 20 Inch Touch Screen Desktop PC -White

€479.99 was €729.99

CPU and Memory:

• Intel Pentium T4500.
• Processor speed 2.3GHz.
• 3GB DDR2 RAM.
• 640GB SATA hard drive.

DVD optical drives:

• Dual layer.

Graphics:

• nVIDIA GeForce ION graphics card with 256MB memory.

Interfaces and connectivity:

• Multi-card media card reader.
• 5 USB ports.
• E-SATA.
• Wireless/WiFi enabled.
• 1.3MP webcam.
• Wired keyboard and mouse.

Operating system & software:

• Microsoft Windows 7 Premium.

Monitor:

• 20in display.
• Resolution 1600 x 900 pixels.

General features:

• Weight 8.2kg.

Hogzy

Fairly poor spec. But i dunno the average price of a touch screen PC because iv never seen one before.

Alanstrainor

I wouldn't get one. Touch screens on desktops are a complete gimmick imo. I honestly can't see any real use for it all. You're still paying a premium for the touch element. I just wouldn't be sold on it.

Zonda999

Yeah, and you've to remember as well that you are getting laptop internals in something like this,. The processor and graphics card(Tbh,you'd easier find this graphics card in a netbook!) all came from a laptop

Kristopherus

Plenty bang for buck for the vast majority of punters.

CoalBucket

Like the OP I know little enough about computers but I guess if you were willing to pay over 700 last week you'd be well pleased to get it for a little under 500 this week, nice bargain.

Lyra Fangs

I only use my computer for the internet and word so when I saw this I thought 'dam I spent more on my desktop AND it has a smaller hdd and isn't a touch screen'.

That's an in-depth as I think about computers.










(really need to do a course or something I'm probably losing money in the long run)

Hogzy

Lyra Fangs wrote: »

I only use my computer for the internet and word so when I saw this I thought 'dam I spent more on my desktop AND it has a smaller hdd and isn't a touch screen'.

That's an in-depth as I think about computers.





(really need to do a course or something I'm probably losing money in the long run)

You could just buy a new hard drive rather than spend that on a touch screen laptop

upandcumming

You go Glen Coco!

brianwalshcork

if you need touch screen (for whatever reason, and you don't care about the processing side of things) then this isn't a bad deal.... but if you're looking for an iPad, then buy an iPad!

brianwalshcork

brianwalshcork wrote: »

if you need touch screen (for whatever reason, and you don't care about the processing side of things) then this isn't a bad deal.... but if you're looking for an iPad, then buy an iPad!

Same here, if I had a choice I'd go for the iPad.

d31b0y

Damn you apple fans. With your "iPad". Buy a REAL man's device. If you choose from a number of new Android devices that are going to be running Android 3.0, you'd be buying your freedom


Do yourself a favour, if you want an iPad, buy an Android device

NOTE: I am yanking your collective crank, don't be too upset :pac:

Lyra Fangs

Hogzy wrote: »

You could just buy a new hard drive rather than spend that on a touch screen laptop

Good point .

banchang

d31b0y wrote: »

Damn you apple fans. With your "iPad". Buy a REAL man's device. If you choose from a number of new Android devices that are going to be running Android 3.0, you'd be buying your freedom


Do yourself a favour, if you want an iPad, buy an Android device

NOTE: I am yanking your collective crank, don't be too upset :pac:

There seem to be a million & one androids out there at the moment - what's the best under the price of an iPad ?

T0mmyM

People seem to be very attracted to these all in one touchscreen PC's. If you've ever used one, you find yourself using a mouse about 5 minutes later. Not to mention no upgradability and underpowered components.

TotallyEpic

banchang wrote: »

There seem to be a million & one androids out there at the moment - what's the best under the price of an iPad ?

Advent Vega in PC World for €299.

Twice the processing cores, RAM and graphical power of the iPad, plus it has neat features like MicroSD card slot and HDMI.

banchang

TotallyEpic wrote: »

Advent Vega in PC World for €299.

Twice the processing cores, RAM and graphical power of the iPad, plus it has neat features like MicroSD card slot and HDMI.

Thanks

Tough crowd revewing it here though...
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/pc-mac/laptops-portable-pcs/laptops-and-netbooks/advent-vega-912380/review

Hogzy

TotallyEpic wrote: »

Advent Vega in PC World for €299.

Twice the processing cores, RAM and graphical power of the iPad, plus it has neat features like MicroSD card slot and HDMI.

It runs android 2.2 which apparently is awful on a tablet.

The ipad is the only reasonably priced tablet on the market. The current android 3.0 equivalents are wayyyy too expensive