please I Need Advice before I Make This Purchase

hello  nairalanders.
please for the computer gurus in the house I need your advice

I have  a client who wants to sell a brand new desk top computer  to me  and enclosed herewith below are the complete features of the computer,price and mode of payment.

FEATURES.
Pentium 4(P4) with intel processor
80GB hard disk
512 MB DDR memories
52x/56x CD rom
1.44 floppy drive with 15'' LCD monitor
multimedia keyboard and scroll mouse with speakers
CD/DVDwriter
UPS 600va
HP coloured deskjet printer  and tiger TG 950 generating set
The total cost is 145k and payment is spread over 6months with 20% initial payment before goods are released
please advise me if the desktop is a good buy using the features mentioned above
thanks

@skintom77
The System specs are NOT up-to-date, and it isn't really a good deal for 145k.
Pentium 4s are old news, get a Core 2 Duo processor, Dual core is the thing these days. Also 80GB is shockingly anaemic these days. You should have at least 120 - 160GB. Personally if i was getting a desktop system i will not settle for anything less than 200GB. don't know how much they are in Naija, but i've seen 200GB HDDs for 89 euros in the Netherlands.
512 MB RAM is worthless. Don't you plan to run Vista on it someday? Or at least run demanding apps and games?

Don't be deceived by the printer, UPS and Gen.
Generator = 10k
600VA UPS = 6500
Printer = 6500

total cost of the 'deal sweeteners' is 23k, meaning you buy this POS system for 122k.

Assemble a vastly more impressive system by yourself!

I believe you can get the same config for about $600 if you really wanted to get it. I mean sure the pay over 6 months is good too,  but I would not pay that much if I were in your shoes.

The configuration below is far better than the one you are looking at buying and this cost about  $650


  Intel®Pentium® dual-core processor E2140 (1MB L2,1.60GHz,800 FSB) 

Genuine Windows Vista® Home BasicMemory 
1GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz- 2DIMMs  1GB62 
Keyboard and Mouse Bundles  Dell USB Keyboard and Dell Optical USB Mouse  EKOM 

Monitor  17 inch ViewSonic VA1703wb LCD Monitor  VS17WI 

Video Cards  Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3100  IV

Hard Drives  160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™  160S 

Floppy Drive and Media Reader  No Floppy Drive Included  NFD
Mouse  Mouse included with Keyboard purchase 

Network Interface  Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
 IN 
Modem and Wireless  56K PCI Data Fax Modem  DFAX

Adobe Software  Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 8.1  AAREAD

Optical Drive  48X CDRW/DVD Combo Drive  48COMBO
 
Sound Cards  Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio  IS

Office Productivity Software (Pre-Installed)  Microsoft Works 8.
DOES NOT INCLUDE MS WORD  DWRK 
Security Software  No Security Subscription (30-day trial)  VNSNOR 
Limited Warranty, Services and Support Options  1Yr In-Home Service, Parts + Labor, 24x7 Phone Support
Internet Access Service  6 Months of America Online Membership Included  AOLDHS
Digital Media Editing Software  Yahoo! Music Jukebox - Music Player  SEP
Miscellaneous  Award Winning Service and Support  530K01 
Dell Digital Entertainment  No Entertainment software pre-installed  NODE
Labels  Windows Vista™ Basic
DataSafe Online Backup  Free 3GB DataSafe Online Backup for 1 Year 



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