If I was very budget limited, I would look at the 500 buck unit at office depot (nice with LCD!)
Next down the list are refurbs at compgeeks.com I have some weather station data collection and video surveilance P3 1GHz that was all of 170 bucks with Windows 2000. All I needed was a monitor and some old keyboard.
Bob
I dont have too much money, but need to find a good PC for college. Just wondering what everyone thinks is good.

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