Timbo
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I don't mind refurbished/cheapo PCs for a back up ( I have two old laptops for this) - but my work relies on a good PC and my time is too valuable to valuable to spend messing around with IT stuff, so I reckon you need to spend £800 to have something worthy of the importance of the task.
I like the Dell all in ones - many of the advantages of a laptop and none of the disadvantages. You cannot update them easily but who updates computers nowadays? They don't take up much space. Portable hard drives are cheap for back ups (though I recommend a cloud backup too) and you can plug in any other peripheral you need.
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Completely hate all-in-ones - they are always based on laptop hardware and compromised in performance due to space inside / heat management and what a power brick can supply, as well as always having crap quality screens. If one component fails within you throw the whole thing away.
I also disagree that £800 needs to be spent on a performance desktop PC. £500 would buy you a decent base unit and 2 x24" monitors which can be recycled to the next base unit when needed