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Help me pick my new PC:)
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:08 pm
by Rainband
Basically..I surf the net and send email. I don't play online games or download music. I want a good pc but not the best. I just bought a monitor from my boss it's a DELL M782. I just need a tower. Any suggestions. I think for my needs a AMD athlon is the way to go with 256MB upgradable to 512. 2.6 ghz proccessor. Thanks
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:04 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Johnathan, I have a Gateway EV700.
I'm not that deeply computer saavy so others here may be better able to guide you in a decision.
Good luck, Wxbuddy!
Eric
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:15 pm
by Guest
By all means, avoid COMPAQ!
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:17 pm
by Colin
NEWeatherguy wrote:By all means, avoid COMPAQ!
I have Compaq and it works just fine.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:23 pm
by Lindaloo
Skywatch_NC wrote:Johnathan, I have a Gateway EV700.
I'm not that deeply computer saavy so others here may be better able to guide you in a decision.
Good luck, Wxbuddy!
Eric
UGH!! That is what I had and I must say I had nothing but problem after problem.
Check out the Dell website RB. You may be surprised at what you find there.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:36 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Lindaloo wrote:Skywatch_NC wrote:Johnathan, I have a Gateway EV700.
I'm not that deeply computer saavy so others here may be better able to guide you in a decision.
Good luck, Wxbuddy!
Eric
UGH!! That is what I had and I must say I had nothing but problem after problem.
Check out the Dell website RB. You may be surprised at what you find there.
What kinds of problems, Linda? I guess no computer is full-proof when it comes down to it...each model has it's own 'personality'.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:41 pm
by Lindaloo
Well after a year my monitor went out only to find out that it was out of warranty a week before it went out. Then I kept having problems with the hard drive. My floppy drive died and so did my re-writable drive.
The CPU was out of date when they sent it and I paid too much for it. Live and learn.
I will never buy Gateway again. lol.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:55 pm
by streetsoldier
The Dell XPS, "ultimate PC" seems to be what you are looking for...HUGE hard-drive capacity, with all the extras (multimedia tasks, video editing, you name it) plus Dell's award-winning 24-7-365 service.
Dude, ya gotta get a DELL!
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:56 pm
by Firefighter16
What the DELL Johnathan.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:57 pm
by Skywatch_NC
Lindaloo wrote:Well after a year my monitor went out only to find out that it was out of warranty a week before it went out. Then I kept having problems with the hard drive. My floppy drive died and so did my re-writable drive.
The CPU was out of date when they sent it and I paid too much for it. Live and learn.
I will never buy Gateway again. lol.
Sorry you had a bad time with your's.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 8:12 pm
by timNms
NEVER buy and Emachine! We had ours just a little over a year. Had to rebuild the hard drive 2 or 3 times during that year (using the restore CD that the company had to send to me since they forgot to pack one in the box with the computer.) Then, after the warranty went out, the puter crashed and died. The hard drive went bad and the motherboard was messed up too. $500 looked like a bargain at the time. WRONG!
On the other hand, we bought my daughter an Acer computer in dec. '97. The only problem we had with it was the monitor went out after a couple of yrs, but it had the extended warranty on it and the company fixed it. Believe it or not, the computer still works, but has gotten to be a pain to use since it growls and groans and takes forever to boot up and load things.
Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2004 11:39 pm
by Guest
Colin wrote:NEWeatherguy wrote:By all means, avoid COMPAQ!
I have Compaq and it works just fine.
Is it a store-bought Presario? THose are trouble if you attempt to do anything cool with it! Perhaps the build-your-own, straight-from-the-factory machines are better.
Right now I have a Dell Demension, and it has not given me any problems! Dell printers, on the other hand, well, we will save that for another day!
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:13 am
by ColdFront77
I had a Gateway from June 30th, 2000 to December 17th, 2004, (a total of 1,346 days). As some of you know, the monitor was getting too dark, nothing I did seemed to lighten it up. Knowing that Windows 98 on it and without new updates, I figured it was time to get a new one. I also had a feeling that it was about to "just die" while online.
I have had my Dell Dimension 2400 with flat panel model since December 18th, well the evening of December 17th and had a problem that ended up being Windows XP freezing up. After about 30 annoying hours things got back to normal with the occasional IP address disappearing, the most recent being, after several weeks, a few late night's ago, everything has been great. This was an issue when I was trying to get my firewall and anti-virus program installed and working.
It was great to hear my cable company inform me about "ipconfig /release" and "ipconfig /renew" in Start > Run > type 'cmd' or 'command'
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:59 am
by timNms
I dislike windows XP.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:06 am
by azskyman
Don't think we're really much help. All depends on our experience with the machines we have. I have a Mac G3 at work that does the job for me there, and my Gateway 500 series has given me no problems in the two years I've had it.
My only suggestion is that you get enough RAM to be able to successfully maneuver through the web.
I might try a DELL if and when this machine gets to be a big problem for me.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 8:21 am
by mf_dolphin
Johnathan I recommend Dell. We have around 30 of them at work and my latest one is a Dell as well. You may want to take a look at their refurbished stock. For the most part these are PC's that have been returned withing the first 30 days after purchase. They have the full warranty and you can even extend it to 3 years. If you need any help just give me a shout on AIM
Dimension 4600
P4-2660
Operating System: Microsoft® Plus! for Windows® XP
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Memory: 512MB DDR 333MHz NON-ECC SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 120 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax/Voice Modem
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! Digital Sound Card
CD ROM Drive: 48X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive
CD Read-Write Drive: 48X CD-RW Drive/DVD Combo
Software: Resource CD
Dell Support 2.0 Software
Record Now V6.5 Software
Microsoft® Office 2003 Basic Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Software Guide
Turbo Tax 2003 Software
McAfee 4.5 Security Software - 90-Day Trial
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Software
Dell Support 2.0 Software
Dell Media Experience Software
Decoding Software, DVD, Cyberlin
Misc: Cable
Shipping Material
Shipping
Altec Lansing ADA215 Speakers
Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Desktop Solution
Resource CD and Documentation
$819.00
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:54 pm
by Rainband
mf_dolphin wrote:Johnathan I recommend Dell. We have around 30 of them at work and my latest one is a Dell as well. You may want to take a look at their refurbished stock. For the most part these are PC's that have been returned withing the first 30 days after purchase. They have the full warranty and you can even extend it to 3 years. If you need any help just give me a shout on AIM
Dimension 4600
P4-2660
Operating System: Microsoft® Plus! for Windows® XP
Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional
Memory: 512MB DDR 333MHz NON-ECC SDRAM (2 DIMMs)
Floppy Drive: 1.44MB Floppy Drive
Hard Disk Drive: 120 GB SATA Hard Drive (7200 RPM)
Modem: 56Kbps Data/Fax/Voice Modem
Sound Card: Sound Blaster Live! Digital Sound Card
CD ROM Drive: 48X Max Variable CD-ROM Drive
CD Read-Write Drive: 48X CD-RW Drive/DVD Combo
Software: Resource CD
Dell Support 2.0 Software
Record Now V6.5 Software
Microsoft® Office 2003 Basic Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Software Guide
Turbo Tax 2003 Software
McAfee 4.5 Security Software - 90-Day Trial
AOL 8.0 ISP Software
Software
Dell Support 2.0 Software
Dell Media Experience Software
Decoding Software, DVD, Cyberlin
Misc: Cable
Shipping Material
Shipping
Altec Lansing ADA215 Speakers
Logitech Wireless Keyboard and Optical Mouse Desktop Solution
Resource CD and Documentation
$819.00
Thanks Marshall. I am this close to buying my dimension 2400 P4 with 15" free flat panel upgrade and 256 of DDR SDRAM for 500 ( dollars whcih is way more than enough for what i do
I am so happy. DUDE!!!!!! I am getting a dell
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 6:58 pm
by ColdFront77
The start out price is $500. I didn't get many upgrades, either (not even speakers; the ones I had on my other computer aren't working on my new one).
I believe it cost about $1,200.
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:10 pm
by Rainband
ColdFront77 wrote:The start out price is $500. I didn't get many upgrades, either (not even speakers; the ones I had on my other computer aren't working on my new one).
I believe it cost about $1,200.
did you get128mb thats why winxp is freezing:( I upgraded to 256 and i got speakers). I think I am getting a great deal
Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:27 pm
by ColdFront77
My Windows XP only was very slow/freezing up in the first 36 hours I had it, very late on December 17th and the first
two-third of December 18th and I have 512 MB of RAM.
Speakers should work on any computer; as far as I know there is no such thing as them needing to be compatible.