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<blockquote data-quote="fubarjohnnyr" data-source="post: 2165796" data-attributes="member: 25570"><p>At a $500 price point, you're in the realm of a low end budget PC. Going the custom route with a computer at that level is an up-hill-battle primarily due to the cost of the Operating system. $100 for a copy of Windows 7 is 20% of your budget, buying an OEM manufactured computer with the OS already installed (they probably only paid $5 to Microsoft for licensing) is a huge advantage. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265286" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265286</a></p><p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009436" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009436</a></p><p></p><p>$480 with free shipping</p><p></p><p>While it's Windows 8, make sure to install Classic Shell to restore your start button and menu.</p><p><a href="http://www.classicshell.net/" target="_blank">http://www.classicshell.net/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fubarjohnnyr, post: 2165796, member: 25570"] At a $500 price point, you're in the realm of a low end budget PC. Going the custom route with a computer at that level is an up-hill-battle primarily due to the cost of the Operating system. $100 for a copy of Windows 7 is 20% of your budget, buying an OEM manufactured computer with the OS already installed (they probably only paid $5 to Microsoft for licensing) is a huge advantage. [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265286"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16883265286[/URL] [URL="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009436"]http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824009436[/URL] $480 with free shipping While it's Windows 8, make sure to install Classic Shell to restore your start button and menu. [URL="http://www.classicshell.net/"]http://www.classicshell.net/[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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