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Thread Number: 57248
/ Tag: Wanted to Buy Items
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Post# 795633 , Reply# 1 11/23/2014 at 15:44 (3,451 days old) by wayupnorth  (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 795660 , Reply# 3 11/23/2014 at 18:02 (3,451 days old) by DADoES (TX, U.S. of A.) |
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 Last three desktops I bought (two for work, one for a friend) were reburbished machines via storefront sellers on Rakuten.com (formerly Buy.com). I look for 4 GB of RAM, at least 250 GB hard drive, and Win 7 Professional. They've have CD/DVD readers instead of burners but I can change that easily enough for a reasonable cost. | ||
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Post# 795731 , Reply# 4 11/24/2014 at 01:14 (3,451 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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I generally recommend a Dell too, the last 6 I have bought for work and friends have all been solid and decent deals. Even though I generally build my own from scratch, when you consider you have to buy the operating system its hard to beat the Dell price and at least you have some sort of a warranty.
Pretty much any machine today with an i3 (or better) processor will be more then the average person needs for any typical uses. I have an i3 desktop at work that I use for moderate CAD work and it does just fine. Personally I'd probably seek out Win 7 also, but that is largely because I am familiar with that OS. Since you are leaving XP (something I heartily recommend!) you will have to relearn anyhow. Win 8.1 is a good bit better then Win 8 with some semblance of a start menu returning. I don't like the look of it myself, but it is better then XP in my opinion. | ||
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Post# 795781 , Reply# 5 11/24/2014 at 10:55 (3,450 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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KB, thanks for the suggestions. This AM the Emachine couldn't find it's hard drive. I did get it going again but it's clear it time to go. WallyWorld has a HP 19-2113W with celeron J1800 Proc, 4 GB mem, 500 GB mem hard drive running 8.1 for $350.00. Your thoughts, please? | ||
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Post# 795832 , Reply# 6 11/24/2014 at 18:54 (3,450 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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I understand that I have to have a "web provider" in my case ATT and I'm stuck with if. But what about "browsers"? I'm using Firefox, but I'm having real issues with it. Is there something like a plain-jane browser for people who just surf? | ||
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Post# 795838 , Reply# 7 11/24/2014 at 19:23 (3,450 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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Post# 795843 , Reply# 8 11/24/2014 at 20:38 (3,450 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Wayup, Im sorry to be so obtuse, but I would keep ATT and dump FireFox, yes? | ||
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Post# 795862 , Reply# 9 11/24/2014 at 21:55 (3,450 days old) by kb0nes (Burnsville, MN) |
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That HP machine is an interesting beast, I had to look into that processor a little. The Celeron J1800 is a super low power consumption "aii-in-one" processor/video unit in one chip. It is designed for small form factor fanless PC's so there most likely isn't a cooling fan needed on the CPU itself. This would be handy for physically small computers and ones that people use for their home theater where noise is objectionable. The drawback is that it is much less powerful then even the lowest i3 Pentium processor. But on the other hand I'm sure its FAR more powerful then your old E-Machines computer so perhaps for your needs it would be fine. I have trouble recommending it just due to its limitations, not to mention the retailer that is selling it...
You subsequent posts on the browser is correct, you can use whatever browser you want to view the world wide web provided you have an active Internet connection. For years I was a Firefox fan too, but I abandoned it about 6 years ago for Google Chrome. Perhaps a newer more powerful computer would run Firefox better then what you are experiencing now. | ||
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Post# 795869 , Reply# 10 11/24/2014 at 22:32 (3,450 days old) by wayupnorth (On a lake between Bangor and Bar Harbor, Maine) |
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You can do whatever cuffs. But my old school way still works just fine for me. I have high speed internet thru the phone line, no cable available here. And I sign into AOL and do or go wherever. I feel you paid once for internet access, I am not paying more to go anywhere else. I have used AOL since day 1 so I cant be bothered to switch and learn another new system.
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| Post# 796032 , Reply# 11 11/26/2014 at 08:24 (3,448 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
Keep an eye on this web page
They find all the deals out there. Window 8.1 is designed to work with a touch screen like the
$300 lenovo all-in-one listed currently mid-page. CLICK HERE TO GO TO stricklybojack's LINK
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| Post# 796034 , Reply# 12 11/26/2014 at 08:42 (3,448 days old) by stricklybojack (South Hams Devon UK) | ||
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Ooops! | ||
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