I haven't either owned or used a Dell Desktop nor an Acer desktop. I'm assuming your office work will include spread sheets, word processing, using the internet, and maybe a game or two? I have a dell laptop and the support is ok. I would say it was great but I had to wait like 20 minutes and got transfered alot. But that's a laptop. They probably have a whole different department for Desktops. Processor is, arguably, the heart of the computer. It helps your computer in the way your memory does. It speeds up things, and the 2.8 might be faster at multi-tasking. At some places you can get a free monitor with the dell.
The damming evidence that makes me chose the Acer is because it uses P4 which beats the Celron on the Dell any day. I have used a Celron but they just don't have the power of a P4.
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Ibrahim jadoon
I am in the market for replacing our office computers. It is a small business (5 computers) that is running on a peer to peer network. Both of these computers are VERY comparable in price.
Here are my choices:
Acer AcerPower FV 5050--2.66 GHZ--256 RAM (upgrading to 512)--80 Gig HD--
Dell Dimension 3000--2.8 GHz--512 RAM--80 Gig HD--3.5 Floppy Drive
Basically everything is the same except the processor speed (but what is the real difference there anyway for our uses?) and the presence of a floppy drive on the Dell (but who uses floppies anymore?). Anyway, I'm leaning to the Acer because I've heard that Dell is not as quality anymore, but if anyone has opinions, I would be glad to hear them.

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