I said it's a place to start - not the final solution -
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on your gateway model, remove the CD RW and get a standard CD - take the savings there and apply them to higher RAM or a better graphics card. He already has a cd and dvd drive that he can install himself (along with his old hard-drive so he can still access all his old data).
Speakers are speakers - he already has some - remove and take those savings and again - apply this amount to where you wish.
40G hard drive is fine - since he can put his old hard drive in one of the other expansion slots and just assign it a new drive number.
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But - since you asked - Here's ONE Dell that's custom configured that far exceeds that one you posted at a lesser price:
Dimension 1100 Qty 1
Intel® Celeron® D Processor 325 (2.53 GHz, 533 FSB), Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Unit Price $410.00
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Catalog Number: 4
Module Description Show Details
Processor Intel® Celeron® D Processor 325 (2.53 GHz, 533 FSB)
Operating System Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Memory 1GB Dual Channel DDR SDRAM at 400MHz
Keyboard No Keyboard
Monitors No Monitor
Video Cards Integrated Intel® GMA 900
Internal Hard Drives 80GB Ultra ATA/100 7200RPM Hard Drive
Floppy Drive No Floppy Drive Included
Mouse No Mouse
Network Interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
Modem No Modem Requested
Document Management Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 6.0
CD or DVD Drives -- Read, Write and Store Data Single Drive: 48x CD-ROM Drive
Sound Card Integrated 2.0 Channel Audio
Speakers No speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
Productivity Software Pre-Installed No Productivity Suite - Corel WordPerfect® word processor only
Security Software Pre Installed No Security Subscription
Digitial Music Musicmatch® Jukebox Basic
Digital Photography Photo Album™ SE Basic
Dell Service & Support Plans 90 day On-Site parts and labor, 90 day phone technical support
PC Installation No Onsite System Setup
Internet Access Service 6 Months of America Online Membership Included
Mail-In Rebate None
Miscellaneous Dimension 1100
Financial Software Pre-Installed No QuickBooks package selected- Includes limited use trial
Operating System Backup & Recovery PC Restore recovery system by Symantec
Purchase Intent Purchase is not intended for resale.
TOTAL:$389.00
Like I said, it's a place to start at a very low price.
Compare this to ONLY buying 1gig of Ram, 1motherboard, an empty case, 80G hard-drive, ethernet, sound-card WITH WARRANTIES and the price here is FAR less than "just buying parts" and this INCLUDES a motherboard/processor that is expandable.
EASILY install his existing dvd-drive, extra hard-drive, etc and you pretty well have a GOOD machine.
(although I WOULD suggest spending the extra 75.00 online for a VERY GOOD graphics card).