what brand of computer do you have? If you had a chanch to buy another one, What would it be?

Question

The same kind or a different kind?

Answer 1

I have 200 computers, have had 500 or 600, ( see my website

kidbots.com ), and would give you the same advice I give

everyone else. Get a generic case and power supply, have

a local shop put in a generic motherboard ( ASUS, MSI etc.),

and put everything in a slot ( AGP and PCIX video, PCI for

everything else. ) Have lots of ram slots for future upgrades,

have a ZIF socket for the CPU, and put in the best you can

afford and make certain that you can add 1/3 to 2 times faster

in the furture. The case and power supply are re-useable,

the motherboard is upgradeable with better video (the most

important single thing today is a fast video card with

ever increasing amounts of video ram on the video card),

the sound is upgradeable in a PCI slot, -- onboard

Ethernet LAN at 10/100 is ok, and is usually sufficient,

as is onboard USB, and onboard 56 K modem which is now only

used as a FAX machine at 14.4 in any event. With LOTS of

PCI empty slots for upgrades you can turn off any onboard

devices and use an upgrade card in any event. I have seen 8 slots on a PCI machine...

Serial ATA harddrives are normal on any MB, and 40 and

80 pin ATA are normal on any MB for CD and DVD devices -

make certain they are there, and that ALL onborad devices ( if

any ) CAN be turned OFF in the BIOS ! ( Some motherboards

have onboard devices, but no way to turn them off if you

want to upgrade! ).

The GENERIC, standard sized, standard slot, Motherboards

and Cases are best, since at any time you replace parts

and upgrade.

HP, IBM, DELL, CompaQ, Gateway " Sometimes" use more or less

standard devices, but like the a1210n I am working on now,

it has an ASUS board that ASUS denies it manufactures,

with a proprietary BIOS chip with HP-only features, and

HP highly modified XP ( 8 Gigibytes of HP modifications !)

and although the ram, the video, the CPU etc are upgradeable, I cannot put in "real" XP or any other

operating system, since ASUS refuses to supply a "REAL"

BIOS that does not use the highly proprietary HP startup

sequences... Close, but no cigar.

If you stick with generic boards, supported on the web with BIOS updates, with all components upgradeable and replaceable,

you will have a machine that is not obsolete in 6 months,

that no one can ever improve or work on. My brother just got

a DELL, where DELL left off the 35 cent AGP plastic slot

holder so that you CAN'T upgrade the video from onboard

to 8X AGP, even though the board's BIOS and circuits are

there to do so! - When I called them, they said to upgrade,

you have to buy another entire DELL computer... (because of

a 35 cent piece of plastic they deliberately left off. )

Have someone ( or 2 or 3 people ) you KNOW who have been working on computers for a while,check out

any computer you are about to purchase FIRST... !

Go into a couple of local stores and TALK to the technicians if you can to get a sense of what is available,

and do your homework! A little bit of research can pay huge

dividends in the years to come...



Good luck

Answer 2

I recommand Sony Vaio or Dell. Sony's stable high quality is certain!! it is so stylish besides:) this is a lil pricy, although this is properly worth paying that plenty. Dell laptop value is ressonable, on ebay you detect sort new Dell laptop for about $150! If she does no longer care approximately memory length and all that, then she ought to purchase dell:) Toshiba is a stable, stable sort,too. I had 2 until eventually now. Dynabook is enormously useful.. yet Tosiba laptop does no longer comprise restoration disc, so be advantageous to purchase it from the shop or ask your pal if she/he has one.. HP sucks!! I even have HP laptop, I paid $1200 for this yet exhibit had defection, CD doesnt play the way its meant to, and such as you pronounced,,,, undesirable customer help. you may desire to do no longer care approximately it now, yet whilst your laptop gets broken and could deliver it to them for a fix, ought to deal with their Reps...... this is going to be a great headache! they attempt to unravel the situation over the telephone whilst this is obtrusive that my laptop mandatory a professional fix they attempt to sidestep their purchasers to deliver desktops to them to get maintenance... besides, it is so confusing to comprehend their English. I had confusing time understanding... Dell or Sony or Toshiba.

Answer 3

i'm currnelty looking at a speedy notebook to run studio max for my uni course, rock offer extremely cheap - high spec laptops, bvut i am currently intersted in the new acer 8200 model. very fast - however for reliability i would have to recommend dell becuase my girlfriend has a laptop from them, it cost 600 pounds and has lasted her for a year without any problems, and it runs at lightning speed as it has a 2meg L2 cache size.

Answer 4

I build my own, but I would never by a Dell.



I'd go with either ABS (Always Better Service), Puget Custom Computers, or Lenovo.

Answer 5

I have a homemade one but if I was buying one it would be Dell or HP

Answer 6

i prefer MAC os X

i have an HP PC running on WIN ME

Answer 7

compaq presario 2100, damn useless with plenty of faults. if i get money, no more compaq, hp or dell full transformation to toshiba

Answer 8

I have a LG XNOTE Laptop.. quite happy with it.

Answer 9

I have a custom built pc...



If i could afford it, i'd buy a sony vio...

Answer 10

I have a Dell system....my next one won't be that JUNK....looks like HEWLETT PACKARD!

Answer 11

Apple,i-mac. i would get any new windows laptop becase more things are avalible there.

Answer 12

i have a dell i would do anything to keep it i love it. it works the best!!