80gb hard drive is already small today. 160gb is recommended today. 80gb was big back like 2 years ago. 256mb ram is also very little. My oldest computer has this much ram and its 3.5 years old. This is the min. requirement for XP. 512mb is recommended.
Just get a pretty basic pc now. I would sugggest getting the emachines t6212 which cost around $600 since u can upgrade the ram to 1gb, upgrade to a pci express graphics card, and LCD later on. or u can build ur own Pc by ordering parts from newegg.
Windows Xp has another update like next year or the year after to Win Xp SP3. Right now its SP2.
I would not suggest waiting 2-3 years for a new computer as your comuter will not last that long if its slow now. Also when longhorn comes out, probably will be many software issues like with Win. xp.
My computer has recently just stoped working. I don't want to go through the troubles of reparing it. I just want a new one. THe one i have is old anyway. Now the only problem is that I read (think it was here on CNET) that people should wait till 2006 because things that are standard now (80gb harddrive, 256mb ram) will be increased like to 160gb harddrive. Is this true? Also when longhorn comes out i want to get it. Please no telling me to stay with XP. Its just that that is what i want. So should i buy a PC now or wait till later? If i should do it now which do you recommand? I am on a budget with the max being $1,500. So can anyone help?

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