PC Recommendations

[chrisd]

I didn't want to hijack the laptop thread from earlier

I am going to start looking for a new PC, which I prefer to a laptop. I don't do gaming on it but it will be a home computer for internet, quite a bit of photography and an occasional slideshow and well as letter writing.

Any suggestions please?



Chris

 

[brendy]

I'm not a dell fanboy as such but their Vostro series are very hard to beat. Buy the graphics card seperately though, dell are not cheap for accessories and add ons.

I bought a new longer life battery for my laptop this week, 65 all in from amazon, dell wanted 108 PLUS the vat and delivery.

 

[chrisd]

Thanks Brendy. What set me on this path is that my 5+ year old pc has a graphics card that is too old to work with the upgraded slideshow programme that I use

Chris

 

[DaveM]

Have you thought about an Apple. Best for photo stuff. Thats why all the graphic artists use them.

 

[chrisd]

Have you thought about an Apple. Best for photo stuff. Thats why all the graphic artists use them.

Will have a look Dave

Thanks

Chris

 

[PhilTheFragger]

I would suggest that you look for something with the following spec

Intel I3 (2nd Generation) CPU Or I5 if you want to push the boat out
4GB RAM
1 Tb Hard Drive
Graphics card with 1 GB RAM
Windows 7 64 bit
DVDRW

All this can be found in the Dell Inspiron 620 for £379 inc VAT
http://configure.euro.dell.com/dell...uk&l=en&s=dhs&cs=ukdhs1&model_id=inspiron-620

Also thrown in is 15 months McAfee Internet Security and Office 2010 starter (Word & Excel basic versions)

Its a bit of a no brainer this

Of course this doesnt include a screen, either reuse the one you have or pop over to Ebuyer , you can pick up a 22 inch for about £100 these days

Fragger

PC Hero To The Gentry

 

[RGDave]

I put together a new desktop back in February. Despite being savvy enough to do most things with a desktop, there was ONE thing I wanted to make sure of more than anything, and that was to "own" the original windows installation disk. 1) I wanted the option to be able to reformat/reinstall should I ever need to (or want to) and 2) I didn't want my desktop pre-loaded with a lot of free/crap/bloat/trial ware.
So, to cut a long story short, I bought an Asus-based desktop machine with no OS.
I ordered an OEM copy of windows 7, a simple graphics card with HDMI output, a front-fitting card reader and a couple of other bits and bobs. Oh, and it has specialist sound card.
Starting from scratch I fixed it all up in a couple of sessions. There are a few freeware apps on it (anti-virus, disk defragmenter, google chrome, belarc advisor, inSSIDer) and 3 Pro software packages.
The only thing that it doesn't have (over my dead body) is iTunes and I'm very careful when I install CDs that come with things like mobile phones, printers and digital cameras not to accidentally install everything on those disks.

It is very good, no glitches, no hissy-fits, no crashes. Hard-wired to the internet (via powerline adapter) it's comfortably the best PC I use (and I use a few!).

Recommended method......

 

[chrisd]

Cheers guys. These suggestions certainly gve me some great choices and I shall have a look at both


Chris