Okay, I have been asked to manage the purchase of 10 new computers for an office, and I wanted people’s opinions on specifications. There’s no budget as such, but I don’t want to go overboard wasting money! The computers are for office use, there will be no games installed. They should be used mostly for work in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Powerpoint), some Autocad and possibly other engineering software, and the internet. The computers will be split into 2 sets of 5, each set with its only internet connection and wireless network (which will need to be encrypted, but thats besides the point). I’ll probably be buying from Dell, unless anyone suggests another big name manufacturer who would be more suitable? This is for an office in Jordan so availability is fairly limited I believe. With Dell, I’m wondering what model to get, is it a good idea to go for the Optiplex range? I know a fair bit about computers, but I also know that there are many of you here better than me… so… I’m thinking something along the lines of:
Processor: 3Ghz?
RAM: 1GB (or would 512 be adequate?)
Hard Drive: 80GB should cover it
Graphics Card: Is there any reason that this would need to be more than average for the applications that will be running?
I’m fairly decided about the rest of the things, but feel free to suggest anything else that might be really important for the specs. I’m looking forward to seeing what discount I get if I buy 10 
Cheers
Insomniac
