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Well after having a job that involves stareing at a pooter screen all day for the past 10 years I'm finally getting a PC for the home 
Thing is I can find my way around most of the software I need to use but how these things work is a mystery to me and RAM ROM BITS & BOBS are all a complete guess
We'll only be using it for the usual 'home computer' uses, word, excel, bit of photo editing (once I go digital on the camera front) maybe running AutoCad and general internet useage so I don't think I need to fill the room with big boxes with blinking lights on the front
Is it just a case of buying whatever the best deal someone like Dell has on at the time as all these things are very similar these days or is there anyone to avoid/head for
Then the next question has to be internet supply, how much am I looking at and whos the best for off peak/weekend useage?
Thing is I can find my way around most of the software I need to use but how these things work is a mystery to me and RAM ROM BITS & BOBS are all a complete guess
We'll only be using it for the usual 'home computer' uses, word, excel, bit of photo editing (once I go digital on the camera front) maybe running AutoCad and general internet useage so I don't think I need to fill the room with big boxes with blinking lights on the front
Is it just a case of buying whatever the best deal someone like Dell has on at the time as all these things are very similar these days or is there anyone to avoid/head for
Then the next question has to be internet supply, how much am I looking at and whos the best for off peak/weekend useage?
Dell will be the best choice really, their overall package including cost price and support is hard to match for the first time buyers in the PC market.
Get a DSL connection, pay similar money to Sky for it, about £30 a month and you can have a good fat pipe that will easily be able to download movies and music through in addition to surfing. The 2mb connection in my gaff I reckon pays for itself 100 times over a month.
Job done.
Get a DSL connection, pay similar money to Sky for it, about £30 a month and you can have a good fat pipe that will easily be able to download movies and music through in addition to surfing. The 2mb connection in my gaff I reckon pays for itself 100 times over a month.
Job done.
If you aren't planning on straining your PC too much - why not consider a laptop.
Much less clutter and if you do get ADSL you would have the option of setting up wireless networking so you can browse from anywhere in your house.
As for internet, firstly are you in a cabled area or not? If you are in a cabled area you have more choice (well either cable or ADSL) but the costs are similar. Lowest cost for 'Broadband' is about 14.99 a month IIRC.
>> Edited by r32 on Thursday 15th April 12:06
Much less clutter and if you do get ADSL you would have the option of setting up wireless networking so you can browse from anywhere in your house.
As for internet, firstly are you in a cabled area or not? If you are in a cabled area you have more choice (well either cable or ADSL) but the costs are similar. Lowest cost for 'Broadband' is about 14.99 a month IIRC.
>> Edited by r32 on Thursday 15th April 12:06
Well to relaunch an old thread now after nearly a year we've finally got a desk in the spare room and are ready to go and buy a pooter
The requirements are still the same as the start of this thread, so who knows of the best 'deals' to be had at the moment
Could do with at least a 17" screen, preferably flat, and racegirl would like it to be white but an Apple is out, and don't really want to be spending more than £800ish on the whole pooter/printer/etc setup
The requirements are still the same as the start of this thread, so who knows of the best 'deals' to be had at the moment
Could do with at least a 17" screen, preferably flat, and racegirl would like it to be white
but an Apple is out, and don't really want to be spending more than £800ish on the whole pooter/printer/etc setup Try www.novatech.co.uk they are very competitive and if they don't have the exact spec you need you can choose your own components and they will build it for you.
.Mark said:
Try www.novatech.co.uk
Seems fine, never heard of them before though, what are they like on service issues when I break it somehow
It's all the extras that confuse a complete pooter numpty like me, I'm guessing without speakers I'm not going to get any sound, and without an operating system it's not going to do diddley squat, but does that include stuff like word, excel, etc or is that in the 'office' extra
raceboy said:
Seems fine, never heard of them before though, what are they like on service issues when I break it somehow
Novatech are pretty good all round, really.
raceboy said:
It's all the extras that confuse a complete pooter numpty like me, I'm guessing without speakers I'm not going to get any sound, and without an operating system it's not going to do diddley squat, but does that include stuff like word, excel, etc or is that in the 'office' extra
Microsoft Office is a set of programs that includes: Word, Excel, etc. - basically you get more programs depending on which version of Office you go for.
raceboy said:
Try <a href="http://www.novatech.co.uk">www.novatech.co.uk</a>
Seems fine, never heard of them before though, what are they like on service issues when I break it somehow
To be honest I never use anyone else, they are close to me so can pick up from them. Only once did I have trouble, that was years ago with a system board, they tested it half to death and couldn't find anything wrong with it but still replaced it for me. It was only then tha tI realised a screw in the case was touching the back of the board and stopping it working!
.Mark said:
they are close to me so can pick up from them.
I would like to have a desk to thump on should it all go wrong thats within a sensible distance, being a product I know diddlysquat about though walking into PC World with a 'I know nothing' sign around my neck just makes me think of the Not The Nine O'clock News 'Hi-Fi sketch'
I use these people www.autdirect.co.uk , the deals look similar to Nova but for me they're just round the corner. They're pretty helpful people too.
raceboy said:
I would like to have a desk to thump on should it all go wrong thats within a sensible distance.
Steve,
If you want to come and thump on my desk you are more than welcome, drop me a line with details of what you require / budget and we will see what we can russel up for you
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