Replacement for 11 yr old Dell desktop

gonzo127

oh another question to the OP, is there any specific programs you HAVE to use and couldnt live without?

Percy1983

Yes there is irony in recommending PC world, but my comment about there refurbs does stand, you can gte good specs for less money and the 5 I have seen have all been as new.

With that for less than £200 bigpockets have some excellent recon machines which there is a good chance they better than the old Dell.

matty_yorks

It would be illegal for the OP to get a cracked, slimmed down copy of Windows XP from down the market, so I'd better not suggest she do that, then format the hard drive, and re-install Windows. Because that would be illegal.

In a world where it were not illegal, doing that, then using Google Chrome as a browser would be a might fine idea. Working well on my ten year old laptop.

Donnie

Percy1983 wrote: »

Yes there is irony in recommending PC world, but my comment about there refurbs does stand, you can gte good specs for less money and the 5 I have seen have all been as new.

With that for less than £200 bigpockets have some excellent recon machines which there is a good chance they better than the old Dell.

But you will have the same or a worse level of service. In addition, some of the brands are to be avoided...and more so, I've not seen any particularly good deals. Maybe you can link to one or two.

Aletank

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260642737181&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Hows that ?

Get a USB Memory Stick to copy things over

Percy1983

I will admit that my view of PC world service is good, they delivery when they say and stuff works.

Saying that I know what I am doing with computers, likewise you need to know what you are looking at as many of the refurb deals don't save much.

So maybe its not the best of ideas for everybody.

Sure Asda had a good deal on a lenovo recently.

hethmar

gonzo127 wrote: »

i think thats a bit over the top hethmar, op clearly is on a very tight budget and yet your showing things where you have to spend over £1000

lets wait to see what specs the current system is

Apologies, have to say I was doing that with one hand as I entered an appointment in my diary with a customer who was on the phone - didnt notice what I was actually copying and pasting, just saw the word discount. Dell have very few systems that expensive!

Topcashback is offering 5% cash back on any Dell I believe.


*I dont drink donnie, unfortunately health probs dont allow it.

Donnie

hethmar wrote: »

Apologies, have to say I was doing that with one hand as I entered an appointment in my diary with a customer who was on the phone - didnt notice what I was actually copying and pasting, just saw the word discount. Dell have very few systems that expensive!

Topcashback is offering 5% cash back on any Dell I believe.


*I dont drink donnie, unfortunately health probs dont allow it.

Aaahhh...so it's drugs. :cool: Just say no.

closed

which virus scanner, firewall, operating system are you using, and how much ram? Windows 98?

Have you backed it up?

hethmar

Donnie wrote: »

Aaahhh...so it's drugs. :cool: Just say no.

Oh yes, plenty of those - why,.... did you want a new dealer?:D