Laptop or desktop?

closed

http://www.crucial.com/uk/ There's a scanner which might find a price, or you could follow the speedup sticky thread, and put the money towards the new laptop/desktop instead.

Some people find touchpads easy to use, some don't. If there is no desk around, they are far easier to use than trying to balance a mouse on a knee or a magazine, and have umpteen things plugged into usb ports.

The spacing and layout of keys is also important, as is the weight possibly, the screen glare, the sound quality, availability of correct ports for external screens etc.

PB wouldn't be my choice of brand.

mutter

closed wrote: »

http://www.crucial.com/uk/ There's a scanner which might find a price, or you could follow the speedup sticky thread, and put the money towards the new laptop/desktop instead.

Wow that was brilliant. You might just have saved me a lot of money.

What's nagging me is - computers do give up the ghost at some point don't they? This one is seriously old. Whatever I do to upgrade it, it will just die one day won't it? And I really do need to have something in place for when that happens.

NiftyDigits

mutter wrote: »

Wow that was brilliant. You might just have saved me a lot of money.

What's nagging me is - computers do give up the ghost at some point don't they? This one is seriously old. Whatever I do to upgrade it, it will just die one day won't it? And I really do need to have something in place for when that happens.

There is a link in post #20. Did you miss it?

macman

No, PC's don't 'just die'. A desktop PC is entirely modular, so everything is replaceable. The worst that can happen is a failed hard drive, but that need not be an issue as long as you back up before the event. You need a back up regime on a new PC just as much as on an old one though-all drives can fail without warning at any time.
Almost any new machine will be a revelation compared to your current spec, 192MB of RAM is completely inadequate for XP, bumping that up to 512MB is a 10 minute job and could make a huge difference to performance.-and for very little investment.

mutter

NiftyDigits wrote: »

There is a link in post #20. Did you miss it?

No, I got the link thanks.

The difference between that link and the one I replied to was that the second one had a scanner which told me what was compatible with what I already have - and that's a bit of a comfort to a complete technophobe like myself.

I think this 20% discount this weekend has rather panicked me into thinking I've got to buy something while it's cheap.
Perhaps I'd be better off leaving it and seeing if anyone I know feels competent to replace bits on my old pc instead.
I wish I had the confidence just to take it apart and chuck some new bits in, but I'm shaking in my boots at the very thought of doing it myself.



I suppose that's why most people just go out and buy a new one.

closed

Fitting ram is easy it push fits into a slot with 2 clips to hold it in

http://forum.crucial.com/t5/Memory-SSD-Installation-Videos/Memory-Installation-Desktops/ta-p/49718

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

GunJack

if it's any help, my main desktop (i.e. this one ) is a Sempron 3000+, put 2GB RAM in it, follow the cleanup sticky and it'll be much better. Do a few more tweaks and it'll be great

GunJack

of course, the other thing to do while you've got the side panel off is hoover all the accumulated dust, spiders, etc., etc. out of it....you'll be suprised at how much better the cooling will be

dude0nvacation

I was once a desktop user. Find myself working on high gears with it. But when the time my desktop reached it's end, I tried to buy a laptop by 2010, I found myself happy with it. If others say that a desktop is faster than a laptop, it all goes down to it's specifications. A good laptop specs will be Intel Core i5 or i7, 4GB (or so) DDR3 Memory, 640GB Hard drive (for your pictures and music) better to have a DVD slot if you also like watching movies, HD Graphics or AMD Radeon ATI - normally this kind of specs ranges from £250 to £350 or depending if there's a sale, it can be bought cheaper.

But maybe, the best that I can advice you is go with what your really like and with what you are comfortable on using. If you are only specific working on a desk (just like working on a desktop) you can always put your laptop on a study or work table.

Good luck!

mutter

GunJack wrote: »

of course, the other thing to do while you've got the side panel off is hoover all the accumulated dust, spiders, etc., etc. out of it....you'll be suprised at how much better the cooling will be

SPIDERS?????

:eek::eek::eek:

Maybe the one real advantage of a laptop is there's nowhere for spiders to hide!

:rotfl: