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Need a pc for the projector - what specs?

Zascar · 2015-05-06 18:18:37

So I have a projector in my bedroom and its hooked up to an old laptop. It does the job but its kinda rubbish so I want to replace it. All I use it for is a small bit of web surfing and streaming .avi movies etc from my pc in the other room over the network. Sometimes though it's show and the graphics stall. I want a small…

06-05-2015 07:18PM

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Zascar

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So I have a projector in my bedroom and its hooked up to an old laptop. It does the job but its kinda rubbish so I want to replace it. All I use it for is a small bit of web surfing and streaming .avi movies etc from my pc in the other room over the network. Sometimes though it's show and the graphics stall. I want a small pc that will do this easily. What sort of specs would I need? I want to spend as little as possible - would something like these do?
http://www.adverts.ie/desktops/dell-optiplex-780-3ghz-4gb-ram-micro-tower/7864904

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