Reply To: Computer advice

The school work is for my kids. They do this math program online. So for a comparison take these two systems, which would you recommend?

1)Operating system: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 32-bits

Processor: 3GHz Intel Core 2 Duo

Memory: 4GB DDR2

Hard drive: 750GB

Optical drive: DVD+/-RW

Graphics: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000

Audio: Integrated Sound Audio

Networking: Ethernet

Ports: 9 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA, 2 x audio line-in, 2 x audio line-out, 1 x Ethernet (RJ-45), 1 x parallel port, 1 x serial port

2)Operating system: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP3

Processor: 3.0 GHz Dual-Core Intel Pentium D

Memory: 2GB DDR2

Hard drive: 500GB

Optical drive: DVD+/-RW

Graphics: Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000

Audio: Integrated

Networking: Ethernet

Ports: 9 x USB 2.0, stereo in, stereo out (back), stereo out (front), headphone, 1 x VGA, 1 x parallel, 1 x serial

Model: OptiPlex 745

Now, I kvetched the other day about how YWN moving and blinking ads slow my computer down, which of these would not let that happen, and also let me use skype without the stuttering and choppy video? 1 is $310. 2 is $225. Any advice.

PS: could I just buy some more memory for 2 and have it be like 1?