Do you buy or build or keep

TheRightOne

twopenny said:

You're not on your own. Love my laptop with W7. Superb screen quality, back up, tons of stuff. It's just got so worn and bits need replacing. But it's been ages and I'm still looking too. That's why I'm reading this......

Might be worth looking for one that has a year or twos AVG/Norton/etc thrown in for free if you're keen on security.

NO.
That should not even be part of the equation.
Did I say NO? Just making sure.

grumpycrab

Biil said:

Was on Apple site, Looking at iMac 2019. Looked so good and started speak to one agent on chat and impulse bought it on 24 month no interest , Then I read a article about a basic search malware it's been targeted by , even though it not high. It seems just browsing can infect Mac 😔 ( know feel like cancel in since I got 14 days) 

Strange thread.  Malware-wise, an Apple is going to be as safe as it gets.   So don't worry about that.  Have you used an Apple before? 

jonnygee2

Was on Apple site, Looking at iMac 2019. Looked so good and started speak to one agent on chat and impulse bought it on 24 month no interest , Then I read a article about a basic search malware it's been targeted by , even though it not high. It seems just browsing can infect Mac 😔 ( know feel like cancel in since I got 14 days) 

If you are looking for a computer that will never, ever be infected by malware then you are indeed going to be looking forever.

Macs are pretty secure. But there's no way to know what threats will arise in the future for any platform. You just need to take sensible precautions and you will be fine on any OS.

grumpycrab

@grumpycrab Yes very strange thread , sorry .... That how my life is. Simple tasks are huge task for me, I get Mac's are pretty safe but when I start looking into things. I start doubting. Plus I had good think. Not sure it was wise buy a Mac for basic needs 😅

youll be fine with a Mac provided youre familiar with them and/or have a Mac buddy you can ask for help from.

TheRightOne

Biil said:

@getmore4less lol nothing special about printer . It just me ... 😒 

@TheRightOne I need turn it on to check full specs but it was built for me and if I recall it pretty decent spec at the time for Windows 7 but it started have issues like time and date not saving, kept loading up with asrock boot up, now it's stuck in temporary mode 

@grumpycrab Yes very strange thread , sorry .... That how my life is. Simple tasks are huge task for me, I get Mac's are pretty safe but when I start looking into things. I start doubting. Plus I had good think. Not sure it was wise buy a Mac for basic needs 😅

On side not laptop and all in one's have less wires less mess 😂

Sorry for all the trouble for everyone trying to help me.

Let's have some details about the Motherboard. Model number etc
Did you change the RTC battery at any time?
What are you going to do with the Mac? Cancel or keep?

TheRightOne

Biil said:

So I cancelled my Mac, I don't want adding another monthly payment when there no need, it just make things financially difficult, i

I think am decided. But not sure if these specs are good for the price 

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3284524

Unless you are going to swap the HDD within to an SSD yourself, I would not bother. HDD are not suitable as a Boot drive for modern machines.

jonnygee2

What that mean? So what do I go for ?

Is the above roughly your budget?

TheRightOne

Biil said:

TheRightOne said:

Biil said:

So I cancelled my Mac, I don't want adding another monthly payment when there no need, it just make things financially difficult, i

I think am decided. But not sure if these specs are good for the price 

https://www.argos.co.uk/product/3284524

Unless you are going to swap the HDD within to an SSD yourself, I would not bother. HDD are not suitable as a Boot drive for modern machines.

What that mean? So what do I go for ?

It means no.

Don't buy anything without a solid state drive, unless you are capable and intend to fit one for yourself.

All In One for you is a bad idea. 

LightKnow

jonnygee2 said:

What that mean? So what do I go for ?

Is the above roughly your budget?

Don't wanna spend more then 500 but if can pay less than that it be better

jonnygee2

I imagine that you want an all in one because you are short of space? I don't really know all your requirements so this isn't really a reccomendation, but personally for a new, ocmpact home computer I'd be looking at something like this:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Intel-NUC-Frost-Canyon-i3-10110U/dp/B083YJQ2GJ/ref=sr_1_13?dchild=1&keywords=intel+nuc&qid=1593005709&sr=8-13

And a nice quality IPS monitor like this https://www.amazon.co.uk/LG-32MP58HQ-inch-Monitor-Black/dp/B01AWG5RDG/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=1440p+screen&qid=1593005880&refinements=p_89%3ALG+Electronics%7CSamsung&rnid=1632651031&sr=8-2  , unless you already have a monitor.

(and also a copy of windows 10 as that is a machine with no OS, but I'd also really consider linux).