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desktop buying advice

Dec 29, 2011 3:27AM PST

Looking to purchase a desktop for my mother for basic stuff like email, web, photos, music, and skyping with logitech webcam hd webcam 310. Would an I3 processor and integrated intel hd2000 graphics card suffice for this stuff? Trying to pick something from costco. You can configure and HP but have to buy whatever Dell they offer. The Dells offered only have integrated graphics. Any help is much appreciated. Trying not to over buy. Thanks, Mike

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If you're just wanting basic stuff
Dec 29, 2011 9:11PM PST

Basically any HP will do. So long as it has above a 2.0GHz processor, 2GBs+ of RAM, and even integrated graphics cards will work.

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thanks for info
Dec 29, 2011 9:55PM PST

Just wasn't sure if onboard graphics card would cause issues with webcam.