Link to home
Start Free TrialLog in
Avatar of Jegajothy vythilingam
Jegajothy vythilingamFlag for United States of America

asked on

New PC specs

I am trying to buy a new PC for a friend of mind who has no IT knowledge for his small auto repair shop.  He will be using the software called AllData to manage the garage and also monitor the repairs billing, estimating and purchases of parts.  This AllData app will from time to time access the internet to go to the affiliate vendors of parts sites, to extract the data and bring it back to his screen.  I am propsing to recommend Verizon DSL as I have good experiences with it and also the support is awesome.  Besides this, he will use Office, email and also research on the internet using IE.  The other software will be a surveillance program of the premises and the dataset will be saved on the 2nd HD.  
Can someone please advise me what should the specs be.  Perhaps u could point me to the particular Dell Model.  On the HD, I was thinking of about 350 gigs for Drive C which will only have the programs.  I propose to put the dataset on the 2nd HD and with 500 gigs capacity.  An external HD of similar capacity, connected by firewire, will act as backup for the datasets.
Hope to hear your suggestions.  Thank u.
ASKER CERTIFIED SOLUTION
Avatar of wolfcamel
wolfcamel
Flag of Australia image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
SOLUTION
Avatar of Misbah
Misbah
Flag of United States of America image

Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of prasanthsadasivan
prasanthsadasivan

A basic system would be just fine. Since you mentioned that a gift, you can t ake any core 2 duo or core i3 one. Toshiba seems to be good in terms of price and quality. anyways no need to go for a higher spec one.
SOLUTION
Link to home
membership
This solution is only available to members.
To access this solution, you must be a member of Experts Exchange.
Start Free Trial
Avatar of Jegajothy vythilingam

ASKER

thank u for your excellent suggestions.
you're welcome