Hey absolutly nothing wrong with pc that is under 400mhz.
Most of us(and many businesses) do not ever have a need for a PC that is better that P1 200Mhz(non MMX). The only apps we run at home that take advantage of more than 20% of our cpu capacity are games. Game are what is driving most of the inovations on hardware. As in all aspects of our economy Entertainment is what gets most of our Dollars.
Well any way, I think that getting an "old" PC as the first PC is the best option. Especially if the PC is a PII anything. I believe having anything better than a PII 300 is mostly convienience for us.
yes I have a Sony PIII 500MHZ. So I am all for convienience. remember all work and no play...Remember when a 486dx 100meg hd with 4megs was the TOP OF THE LINE..