Business pc

AmazonIgg

I am after a good quality business PC, no gaming necessary. I note from other posts that I need not go silly on an expensive machine with attributes I do not need.

My business is small not heavily demanding as I only really use Word and Spredsheets and basic applications, although I also sometime watch short videos. (Not lengthy films, business information generally).

I am quite aware that my current 5 year old machine running with Vista can probably be tidied up and upgraded but have decided to just move up to date with the whole package.

Can anyone recommend a site/supplier who is fair and reliable. Any do's and don'ts I should consider?

Many Thanks

m5rcc

I'd save the money and upgrade the RAM and perform a thorough software cleanup.

Otherwise, get something like this, keeping your monitor, keyboard and mouse.

gonzo127

if tidying is not going to be an option then

ebuyer are pretty good (although are preset systems so no customisation),

novatec also worth a look (can be a bit more pricey but have got good CS and can customise systems),

dinopc are also pretty cheap (can customise systems which are cheap to start off with but dont know what CS is like as have not used them myself)

AmazonIgg

Your comments are very much appreciated. All taken on board.

I propose keeping my keyboard mouse and monitor. All I will get is the box.

Will decide this week.

Many thanks again.

Dave_C_2

You could consider a Laptop with a Docking Station. When I was last working I had a Lenovo Thinkpad and a docking station. Usually left in the docking station using external ethernet connection, power, mouse, keyboard and big monitor. The laptop screen can also be used as a second monitor.

Of course you can use the laptop as a portable device ... and leave it on trains, in taxis and so forth. Harder to lose than a trendy modern thumb drive.:)

You have to buy a laptop and matching dock. Other systems are available.

A word of warning: One of the lads at work had the really smaller version of Lenovo Thinkpad (without the optical drive and no numeric keypad on the keyboard). Although nice and portable, he still had to lug around the separate optical drive and cables. To further complicate matters there was an issue about the (wrong) docking station not being able to deliver enough power to the optical drive. Altogether not worth it.

Dave

CoolHotCold

Pretty much any desktop from any major brand are reliable, Dell or HP's are usually my recommendation.

Laptops will fail more than desktops (just due to their nature) so if reliability is a must I'd go for a desktop.

Though try and wait until Ivy Bridge are more widely distributed (the processor) instead of the current SandyBridge. You won't notice much difference (about 5% processing power ghz vs ghz) but the graphics got a big upgrade and the price should be the same.

Go with a reliable brand, i5 Ivy Bridge, at least 4GB of Ram, 500GB/1TB HDD and you won't be needing another for a long time. You could also get away with a i3, but I recommend to get the best processor you can afford.


I also assume you already have the Office package, so make sure you either have your license key on paper or use License Crawler to write down you Word/Excel/Office license key.