Ideas for New Laptop with VGA connection?

peter021072

Why are nearly all the available desktops second-hand? Have they gone out of fashion in favour of laptops?  I'm not sure about buying 2nd hand, also quite a few are listed as no return. 

debitcardmayhem

some here  for example https://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/st/new-8gb-and-above-core-i5-and-better-desktop-pcs?sortOrder=1

getmore4less

Cex have decent  prices 2y warranty return to local store.
Others also have ok options.

Currys don't have a great reputation on new stuff

Plenty of second hand and new of both laptop and desktop.

You are running a 10+yo computer as are a lot of people mine is 12+ still does regular net and small database.

 I tried some big covid ones and it was snail.

Se1Lad

peter021072 said:

Why are nearly all the available desktops second-hand? Have they gone out of fashion in favour of laptops?  I'm not sure about buying 2nd hand, also quite a few are listed as no return. 

I have used the HP corporate desktops at work, and recommended them to friends as cheap second hand devices for years.  They are very well built and offer a significant saving versus buying new.  Obviously your choice at the end of the day, but allows you to save a significant amount.

unforeseen

peter021072 said:

Why are nearly all the available desktops second-hand? Have they gone out of fashion in favour of laptops?  I'm not sure about buying 2nd hand, also quite a few are listed as no return. 

I think the pandemic went some way to killing of desktops in the corporate environment. My company issued laptops to the majority of the staff at the start and ditched the desktops. 

cx6

have a look at the Inspiron desktop range at www.dell.co.uk

laurajones81

VGA ports are very old fashioned now, even many desktop PCs don’t bother with them and use DVI/HDMI.

It may be worth considering a new monitor? They’re really not that expensive now, sub £100.

Neil_Jones

laurajones81 said:

VGA ports are very old fashioned now, even many desktop PCs don’t bother with them and use DVI/HDMI.

Desktop support was phased out and officially dropped a few years ago at a chipset level.

However there is nothing to stop a motherboard manufacturer adding it on if they really wanted to, its effectively (in layman's terms) a patch/bodge of some sort, since modern chipsets are designed around DVI and HDMI outputs, not VGA.

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