New P C advice

badgerbread

I am thinking about getting a new pc can anyone tell me if the all in one pcs are any good and where the cheapest place to get them from is the one I am looking at is

HP TouchSmart IQ510uk - Dual-Core All-in-one PC with 22" Touch-screen display

the specs are

The HP TouchSmart IQ510 with 22" touchscreen workstation provides the extreme performance that allows you to tackle the most demanding challenges - faster and more productively!

• Intel® Core 2 Duo T7250 processor<LI class=indentFeature>(2.00GHz, 800MHz FSB, 2MB Cache)
• [URL="javascript:showEditorial('Genuine-Windows');"]Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium[/URL]
• 4GB DDR2 memory
• 320GB SATA hard drive
• 256MB NVIDIA® GeForce 9300M GS graphics
• Dual Layer DVD Rewriter
• 5x USB, 1x IEEE 1394 FireWire® ports
• Built-in wireless (802.11b/g/n)

I really don't know a lot about computers except that my one is getting on my nerves. So no techie language please thanks a lot

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if you want to buy a pretty computer, buy a mac.
as desktop PCs go, that's a £400 or less machine...for a grand.
it even can't handle any games more complex than solitaire...it's basically lower specifications than many laptops ~£400 but with a bigger screen

badgerbread

what would you recommend for a new desktop then is a mac the best as I need it for other software like photoshop, excel and other as well?

Marty_J

badgerbread wrote: »

what would you recommend for a new desktop then is a mac the best as I need it for other software like photoshop, excel and other as well?

Your existing Windows software won't run on a Mac (unless you install Windows on it), so if you're hoping to use it all with your new computer, you would be out of luck.

However, there is the free OpenOffice for the Mac which does a lot of the stuff Microsoft Office does, and your new Mac would come with iPhoto (along with the rest of the iLife suite), which is great for organising and editing photos. If you want a bit more editing ability, you can pick up a copy of Photoshop Elements for about £50, or you can use the GIMP, which is free.

If you want a computer that's beautiful, easy to use, comes with the world's most advanced operating system and suite of applications the like of which doesn't even exist for Windows and is also immune to practically all of the nasty malware and viruses that plague Windows users daily, then get a Mac.

If you want to play games and don't mind putting up with Windows to do it, then buy a PC.