All-in-one desktop?

Geep

Nothing wrong with either, probably, if that's what you want, but have you already got a monitor, since the Lenovo doesn't have one. If not, the Dell is better, though a 17" screen is somewhat small for a PC. Nifty will probably say you are better going for a new one, and that may well be the case, but that would cost c£200 anyway. In your position, £110 keeps you £90 in the bank!

NiftyDigits

If you can find a very cheap monitor near where you live or on Freecycle, I would go with the Lenovo.

NiftyDigits

Personally. I would stick with a laptop for it's versatility. You can still get a cheap or free Monitor for use at home or you can connect it up to your LCD/LED TV for the big screen experience.
That way you retain the ability to take it out with you and to use it in whichever room that you like.

This Medion Akoya E6234 should be 'as new' and is within budget.

If you really want a PC, you can buy one of those units to which you linked(Optiplex 740/755) or similar via eBay for £40 to £60 and find one of those cheap monitors for £10 or nothing.

AliceBanned

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Personally. I would stick with a laptop for it's versatility. You can still get a cheap or free Monitor for use at home or you can connect it up to your LCD/LED TV for the big screen experience.
That way you retain the ability to take it out with you and to use it in whichever room that you like.

This Medion Akoya E6234 should be 'as new' and is within budget.

If you really want a PC, you can buy one of those units to which you linked(Optiplex 740/755) or similar via eBay for £40 to £60 and find one of those cheap monitors for £10 or nothing.

Ok. I wasn't sure whether you were referring to the 11" lsptops when you said they wouldn't be v powerful? I take your point about the versatility. No idea how i'd link it to my tv though. .

NiftyDigits

AliceBanned wrote: »

Ok. I wasn't sure whether you were referring to the 11" lsptops when you said they wouldn't be v powerful? I take your point about the versatility. No idea how i'd link it to my tv though. .

Depends on the TV. Brand name and model number?

AliceBanned

TXL32E6B Panasonic Viera.

AliceBanned

Ok. Didn't make it to Currys btw. For a look.

NiftyDigits

AliceBanned wrote: »

TXL32E6B Panasonic Viera.

HDMI lead, in the first instance.

Laptop specs here

NiftyDigits

Normal HDMI lead

Right angle HDMI lead Right angled for the TV end(especially if your TV is wall mounted).

You can even buy a Wireless Keyboard with Touchpad(or a similar model) and opt for the laptop to do nothing when you close the lid. Then you can just use the TV as a monitor, without the distraction of the laptop screen and having to sit in front of the laptop whilst typing/surfing.

zarf2007

almillar wrote: »

0% Finance doesn't really help though does it? You've got £200 at the mo. Buying a MacBook Air for £900 will cost you £75 per month for 12 months. I don't want to judge you, but I sense you can't afford that.
zarf is a fanboy who is simply repeating marketing rubbish and there's not much useful advice in there. You don't need a Mac, Windows is great now and people who bang on about Macs so much only do so because their last experience of Windows was on a clogged up XP machine (maybe a bit like your HP right now!).
Please don't be fooled by 0% finance. You still have to hand the money over! Lots of good machines have already been suggested. BTW I've got a Macbook Pro and an hackintosh and use both OSs plenty before I get called a 'windoze fanboi'.

thanks, but coming from you I'll take it as a compliment, and if you already own a macbook and still havent seen the light then there is no hope.

The OP can keep on buying cheap windows laptops made of plastic which eventually get bogged down with bloatware/malware and replace every year or buy a quality engineered laptop made of aluminium running a decent OS such as a mac. Either save up or by on 0%, you wont regret it.

one other thing to consider is the security aspect of your data. If you do online banking/shopping/email etc it is far more secure to do this from a mac than a windows pc (99% of viruses etc target windows for the simple fact that it has a larger user base). As someone who has worked in IT security for major financial organisations over the last 15 years I think I am qualified to give an opinion on this, and I, along with many other security professionals use Macs as our default work laptop for this reason.

I fully expect more flaming but will leave you with this simple quote from the Bible which I feel sums up my discovery of Macs many years ago:

John 9:25 "Whereas once I was blind, now I can see. "