Storage help for a novice

[Mr Pointy]

BertyFish said:

They have these also -
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex-7010-i7-4...
and
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Optiplex-7010-Inte...
No idea if they are different, one say Windows 10 Pro?

Looking at those two they are i7 processors (as opposed to i5 in the one I linked to) but they are a couple of generations older that he i5: frankly I think the i5 is perfectly adequate. They do have a bigger SSD which may explain why they are £70 more expensive but I still lean towards the 7020 & either get them to change the SSD or add a HDD as discussed earlier. I'm not sure why the i5 £70 cheaper as it does seem a rather keen price.

Windows 10 Pro has some advantages if you are working in a big organisation but I don't think Home version would be a showstopper for you. It's not completely clear which version they are supplied with & as ex-business machines I'd be a bit surprised if they didn't all come with the Pro version. Again I'd ask.

BertyFish said:

Ok so if i get 365 they have Outlook that is not browser based so similar to a program outlook i open now. I have an external 1TB HDD that has everything on at the moment (scaring me!) so i can back things up on this but thinking using cloud storage along side is best as you suggest.

Outlook 365 is rather different to your current Outlook client but it's better than the web-based version. You could change your email to Gmail & get the same sort of resilience but I'd be loath to suggest that unless your'e already a Gmail user. There's enough to change as it is.

Do you curently use a hotmail.com type email address or do you have another email provider? I has some bearing on what I said about using 365 as you might not have your own domain.

[TonyRPH]

mattley said:

Goto c:\windows\temp and delete everything there

Most temporary files are stored in C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp

Or an easier way to access it - Start | Run | %temp% hit enter.

Or just use Ccleaner.

[BertyFish]

So as you suggest, im thinking, i5 16gb ram and see if he can add a 480gb ssd for £220 - 240ish would do me.

The email side will be a struggle as if i cant transfer all of my current emails to 365 outlook i'll have to boot up the old machine to find an old email then drag it over.

I have hosting for my website and email through TSO so im guessing this will all need porting, www.threefish.co.uk made by me so dont find faults

This is my current email -



And 365 is like this? -

https://www.google.com/search?q=office+365+outlook...

[Mr Pointy]

BertyFish said:

So as you suggest, im thinking, i5 16gb ram and see if he can add a 480gb ssd for £220 - 240ish would do me.

The email side will be a struggle as if i cant transfer all of my current emails to 365 outlook i'll have to boot up the old machine to find an old email then drag it over.

I have hosting for my website and email through TSO so im guessing this will all need porting, www.threefish.co.uk made by me so dont find faults

This is my current email (snipped)

OK, I was wrong: you are using the 'full' version of Outlook not the Outlook.com version which is good. It's also good that you have a domain & email hosting via TSO as you have another option; you could upgrade to their Exchange server package:
https://www.tsohost.com/microsoft-exchange

However, this doesn't offer the OneDrive cloud storage feature so you'd need to sign up for something like Dropbox to match the MS O365 package. The TSO route would mean that you would almost certainly be able to get support from them to migrate, but you would be stuck with them as a provider. Do you know if your Outlook connects to the TSO server via POP or IMAP? I'm guessing it's POP.

As you are using the full Outlook client there are ways of transferring your emails to the new setup by creating Outlook Data Files which can be copied across & brought into the new version of Outlook.

[BertyFish]

Ive just ordered one, he said he would put a 480gb SSD in for £215

So its - Dell Optiplex 7020, Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, 16GB RAM, 480GB SSD, Windows 10 PC

£215 but there was a voucher on ebay at checkout and total came to £204 which is a bonus.

Thanks for all of your help Mr Pointy Im sure i might fire you a few more questions if google doesnt come up
with an answer.

Wish me luck with win10.....

[Mr Pointy]

BertyFish said:

Ive just ordered one, he said he would put a 480gb SSD in for £215

So its - Dell Optiplex 7020, Intel Core i5-4590 CPU, 16GB RAM, 480GB SSD, Windows 10 PC

£215 but there was a voucher on ebay at checkout and total came to £204 which is a bonus.

Thanks for all of your help Mr Pointy Im sure i might fire you a few more questions if google doesnt come up
with an answer.

Wish me luck with win10.....

Top buying there!

I must admit I was reluctant to move over to Windows 10 & there are some niggles but in the main it's pretty good. It's just that things are often in a different place & stuff like Control Panel takes a bit of finding. On thing I didn't do was use my Microsoft account to create a login - it will try & get you to but you don't have to.