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EveryWhere

donnajunkie wrote: »

OK, I found this one, it has 8gb ram and both ssd and hdd. It would mean connecting my current monitor as its at my price limit. It may be silly to ask but I presume the connection types havent changed between pc and monitor over the years and my old monitor will be connectable to it.
https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1931240

You are slightly missing the point. All of the devices are suitable, apart from some not having an SSD fitted.
The problem being that you are paying waaaay over the odds to have a tiny SSD fitted for you.

Some people are too set in their ways and will just do what they want to do regardless.

So instead of fitting an SSD yourself for an all in price of say, £400 with a 250 GB NVMe SSD, you are prepared to pay £500 for a 128GB SSD and to do without a monitor.

All because you absolutely refuse to learn to do any maintenance whatsoever.

Make no mistake, the processing unit in the £500 PC is good. But do you need a £500 PC?

My PC cost me £65 all in. 24" monitor cost me £100.

Once you can do a little maintenance, you aren't held hostage to ridiculous prices for minor modifications.
That is why this forum is different from many other technical forums. because it also has the money saving aspect. Not just focusing on the best of the best.

googler

OP, do you have the original Vista install disc that came with the PC? And perhaps another disc or two with drivers etc.?

If you're inclined to roll up your sleeves and dig into the guts of things, then I'm sure some of those here will be happy to guide you in the process of upgrading the current machine. Yes, I know you hinted earlier that you didn't want to do that stuff, but if you do, and then do some more, and some more, you may find a couple of years down the line that you're the one giving the help rather than taking it. And wouldn't that be a better position to be in?

Think on't ....

donnajunkie

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Argos Currys PC World not exactly well known for tech support .If i had to it would be a decent well regarded local PC shop i would use .



Will the OP be able to handle Windows 10 from the point of drivers for equipment .

A local independant would be fine if i knew it had a good reputation.otherwise i trust them less due to bad experiences in the past.
Dont really understand the last point. Is there some specific issue with Windows 10 and drivers.

donnajunkie

EveryWhere wrote: »

You are slightly missing the point. All of the devices are suitable, apart from some not having an SSD fitted.
The problem being that you are paying waaaay over the odds to have a tiny SSD fitted for you.

Some people are too set in their ways and will just do what they want to do regardless.

So instead of fitting an SSD yourself for an all in price of say, £400 with a 250 GB NVMe SSD, you are prepared to pay £500 for a 128GB SSD and to do without a monitor.

All because you absolutely refuse to learn to do any maintenance whatsoever.

Make no mistake, the processing unit in the £500 PC is good. But do you need a £500 PC?

My PC cost me £65 all in. 24" monitor cost me £100.

Once you can do a little maintenance, you aren't held hostage to ridiculous prices for minor modifications.
That is why this forum is different from many other technical forums. because it also has the money saving aspect. Not just focusing on the best of the best.

I was getting told they are terrible and now they are mostly suitable. Can you see how that can confuse.

JJ_Egan

donnajunkie wrote: »

A local independant would be fine if i knew it had a good reputation.otherwise i trust them less due to bad experiences in the past.
Dont really understand the last point. Is there some specific issue with Windows 10 and drivers.

Presume you have old equipment if you have 12 year old PC . No specific Win 10 issues its just that you need to check your device manufacturer has made the drivers or not .

EveryWhere

donnajunkie wrote: »

I was getting told they are terrible and now they are mostly suitable. Can you see how that can confuse.

Have you not noticed that the HP in your first post and the £500 model in a later post look exactly the same?

It's just the innards that are different. PCs are often modular and therefore easy to service.

The problem with the first HP, that you have been told over and over again, is the last of a modern solid state drive. You can fit one for yourself, therefore resolving all other issues. But you have proved incapable of lifting a finger towards that goal.

So your only choice is to spend more in having it done for you. Then, if something goes wrong down the line when it is out of warranty, you will be 'up the creek without a paddle'

You would have spent £500 and will still be stuck with an old monitor. It's time to learn something about PCs. Instead of remaining clueless for twelve years.

Kronkis

donnajunkie wrote: »

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/1348101

My advice is buy the Argos one.

You get a monitor and save money.

And if you ever did want to buy and install a SSD yourself you can get one for £20 (But you don't have to)

P. S. Argos do same day delivery for a small charge as well.

EveryWhere

Kronkis wrote: »

My advice is buy the Argos one.

You get a monitor and save money.

And if you ever did want to buy and install a SSD yourself you can get one for £20 (But you don't have to)

Once again showing that you don't know anything of the subject....nor the OP.

EveryWhere

googler wrote: »

OP, do you have the original Vista install disc that came with the PC? And perhaps another disc or two with drivers etc.?

If you're inclined to roll up your sleeves and dig into the guts of things, then I'm sure some of those here will be happy to guide you in the process of upgrading the current machine. Yes, I know you hinted earlier that you didn't want to do that stuff, but if you do, and then do some more, and some more, you may find a couple of years down the line that you're the one giving the help rather than taking it. And wouldn't that be a better position to be in?

Think on't ....

Why exactly would they need those?
The fact is, that I have been encouraging the OP to do these upgrades for years and they have done absolutely nothing.
Running Vista on 1 GB of RAM....in 2019
So whilst you might imagine that you are riding in on a white horse, you are really doing nothing of the sort.

Why on earth would you be asking about a Vista re-installation disc from 2007? It probably doesn't even have Service Packs.
Are you suggesting that they reinstall using that media??

Kronkis

EveryWhere wrote: »

Once again showing that you don't know anything of the subject....nor the OP.

4GB of Ram, a Processor of speed 3.7GHz, and Windows 10 compared to what he is used to is going to seem super fast!