Are you thinking on buying a new computer but you feel unsure what brand to get and how much to pay, follow this recommendations to make a smart purchase.
• Make a budget for it, a good decent desktop PC cost around $800 to $1,100 and a laptop might cost from a $900 to $1,300 don’t settle for cheap systems they cost more in the long run.
• What brand to get? I recommend to get either a Dell or HP system with a 2 to 3 years of warranty, this will ensure if anything happen to your computer you will get the parts or repair service from the vendor, this is critical because computer are unpredictable so you have to make sure you have on site services when something goes wrong, Dell and HP are good at this, they will come to your house the next day when you call them.
• What you should get on your system? Ask what Operating System the computer is configured with, most of them are preloaded with Windows Vista now, I won’t recommend to get Vista yet, even though it might run fine on a new system, but is a new operating system and as always is the case there is a lot of issues going on with vista, so, try to get windows XP installed, this should be an option when you buy a new computer.
• Make sure the processor is an Intel 4 or later, or AMD, (no Celeron or Duron) with a speed no less than 2.0 GHz, you should definitely ask for this info when you buy a new system, this is what determine how fast your computer is going to be.
• Now with so many memory hog applications you should at least get a 1GB of physical memory or more, the amount of memory is never too much, plan your budget on this.
• The Hard-drive size should be at least 80 GB, with 120 GB 160 GB recommended, if you have music collections, Movies saved on your computer this is a must look at.
• The computer should have CD RW and DVD reader, DVD writer recommended if you want to burn DVDs.
• If you’re buying a laptop, make sure it has wireless capabilities integrated, and in this case size does matter, so get a laptop that is not too bulky so you can carry it to anywhere you want without too much hassle.
There are many accessories that come bundled with computers, you should know better if you need them or not, that’s up to your budget. The core components you should look at on a system are listed above, and are the critical components that form the computer, the rest are just details. Hope it helps.
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