In your opinion, what are the specs of a DECENT computer?

[Steve]

anonymous x:
I agree. By decent, I mean something good enough for the average user. Something for like internet, music, word processor, maybe watching a movie.

Not hardcore gaming or insane video editing

My opinion of a decent PC would be something like:
P4 @ 1.8GHz
Somewhere around 512megs of RAM
And some fairly decent integrated graphics

 

[magoot]

One that knows when I am sad and won't bother me asking if I want a cup of coffee.

 

[GodoftheTrumpet]

Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Proc E2180 (2.00GHz,1MB L2Cache,800FSB)

Windows XP Home or Vista Basic

Microsoft® Works Plus 2008 - Works + Word 2003

2GB Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz - 2DIMMs

Single Drive: 48x CD-RW / DVD-ROM Combo Drive

160GB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cacheâ„¢

128MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 8300GS

If you are not looking for a graphics card that can play as many games, then get:
Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100

 

[Gamer11705]

Well, basically here's a cheap Computer Syststem you can set up, depending on your needs.

Basic E-Mail, Internet Browsing, Word Processor
($350-550)
-Antec Basiq 300w PSU

-Windows Vista Basic

-Asus Socket 775 Motherboard

-Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 1.8Ghz

-1Gb DDR2 RAM

-320Gb Western Digital HDD

-Lite On 20x DVD±RW DL Optical Drive

-Nvidia 8400GS

 

[anonymous x]

something that gets the job done

it really depends.

If you want to go on internet, view photos, you only need a single core cpu and 256-512 mb ram.

but If you like games or video editing, you'll need a much more powerful system.