Question of Vostro 230 s

Hello everyone, I have an Inspiron 531 s which is about 5 years old.and it's XP. I simply don't have the money to switch to Win 7 so I'm looking for a good used Dell with 7 is already installed, and I'll just transfer my stuff on to the new computer. I ran acrross a beautiful years of Vostro 230 with 7 installed for less than $100. I know that this computer is designed for small businesses, but I wonder if it would work for home use. All we really do is surf the net and pay bills online. Any ideas on that? Thank you.

The Vostro will go well for your use.

Before buying, you must know a few things.

If any master password, the name of the current owners, address and which type information to save with Dell.

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