Posted on 11/07/2019 1:02:25 PM PST by knarf
OK ... I am cheap .... REALLY cheap, and my sound card went out ...
You can get a mouse for a lap top for just a few bucks...And they work good...I have one...
Yeah I can’t believe desktops are still so expensive.
The dell inspirion is new for 300.
But I guess the windows 10 thing would be an issue.
AND he said he wants to spend a few hundred..which sounds like 200
Forget i even said that!!
What a coincidence!! Another FReeper told me he bought that dell and it’s slow as heck!!
You want a pc with a great graphics card. The Dell pc I have at work does not have a very good card. I need to wear my reading glasses at work whereas on my desktop pc at home with a better pc and card I do not. Everything is sharper.
Dell has less then 200 watt power supplies. My video card at home says nothing less then 400 watts will do.
I have 8gbs and I had to remove something I had running in the background, I forget.
And yeah anti virus can make a laptop run slower.
and I JUST SUGGESTED your dell to the gentleman who is looking and I sent him ANOTHER POST after that saying “NO, another FReeper said it was slow!!”
What a coincidence
ah, before you know it, it’ll be time to get another and you can get an 8gb.
Or maybe that dell can go to 8gb with an add on.
If you dont want to do Newegg and a philips screwdriver, next cheapest is a work style laptop.
I checked this last year for my Mom and ended up giving her an HP laptop for use with her existing monitor; cheapest option around.
You picked a good time with everyone pushing pre-Black Friday deals.
You need to do a little work to get it in your zone, but it's quite capable, especially if you get the $55 4Gb version.
Register at Frys.com.
You’ll get a daily discount Code in your Email every day.
They have some killer deals.
When you see what you want, order it.
Fry’s has saved me a bunch of money over the years, TV’s, Computers and even a Refrigerator.
Yep, Newegg is the place. Always had good luck with them.
some great deals here:
https://www.dellrefurbished.com/desktop-computers?filter_brand=188
make an account, get on their email list and they’ll send out emails with even better deals.
1. only get cosmetic grade A
2. do NOT get involved with the auction part of the website
3. do NOT buy a laptop from them
4. stick with the optiplexes
5. you can even get W7 Pro
6. watch your specs carefully: Intel I5 CPU,8GB ram, optical drive, 50GB HD, USB 3.0, HDMI/Display Port options are the best
Did you mean 500 GB HD? :)
Cheap, buy a wireless mouse and keyboard. . I did. . .works well and I don’t do the finger swipe thing. Don’t have to.
Lenovo refurbished desktops, 8GB memory minimum, Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. I am an unabashed Lenovo fan. Have been for years. They make the best, period.
P.S., go with a DVD/RW in whatever you get. Always good for burning media. And Epstein didn't kill himself.
My tower PC finally took a nose dive a few weeks ago. Bought a Lenovo at Best Buy for around $300. Don’t need gaming, so pretty stripped down.
BEWARE: It had Microsoft 10, and they want to steal whatever information they can. Felt like the eye of Sauron turning to me as I slipped on the ring.
Took about 4 hours to turn all kinds of stuff off. Then installed VPN and some other anti-virus stuff. Several days later, I started getting spam about my credit card on email and my phone (IOW, despite my best efforts, MS still leaked my info).
I’m looking forward to starting my 2nd.
This is my first one...
There’s been a 1TB SSD installed since the photo was taken.
https://i96.photobucket.com/albums/l172/kanawa/20180201_161449_zpsqh2kjlac.jpg
It is probably a good computer for a school student but I use mine to work online and I had to add MSFT Excel :(
It’s still slow but I am getting used to it as it does what I need it to do.
Super fast too.
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