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Originally Posted by gottabekd
My two questions:
1. Is on-board video acceptable? Obviously won't do for games, that's fine. But for just the basic Windows programs, any noticeable sluggish video performance? (Assuming ample RAM and a decent CPU).
2. Are the cheaper CPU models fine? Myself I'd never buy a Celeron or Sempron, but must admit that they would probably work fine for this use case.
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Yes and yes but I would get a dual core Celeron or Sempron. Basically computer technology has advanced far enough that software (and the internet) hasn't really come up with anything that poses a challenge for quite awhile. Decent onboard video these days should cover everything (even Vista Aero features) aside from games. Even the Atom processors in all the ultra cheap netbooks and nettops are quite decent.