
Looking to buy a new computer?
Overwhelmed by all of the options available to you?
Stressed by the high cost of computers today?
For most people, buying a new computer does not have to be as stressful as buying a new car. Nor does it have to be as expensive. If you’re like most people, and you have a limited budget for buying a computer, then you need to try to get as much computer for your money as possible.
Here are 3 simple ways anyone can save money when buying a new computer:
1) Shop around for best deal.
Sounds pretty obvious. But many people don’t realize they don’t need the fastest, most expensive computer with the most “extras”. In fact, if you are already using an older computer, even the least expensive new computer will be a big upgrade. If you don’t know a lot about computers, you can learn a lot by shopping around. Ask lots of questions, compare prices, compare features, then find the best price. Shop at your local electronics store, and look for the best deals online. You’ll be surprised at how much money you can save by shopping around!
2) Install your own “extras”
Many computers you will find in a store have a lot of extra software already installed. While this is convenient, it is not always the best way for you to save money. Also, while many of these extras sound good, you don’t always need them. You can often find better deals by shopping around separately for your own software extras (such as a word processor, anti-virus, popup blocker, spyware removal, games, etc). And some of these you can get for free. So before you buy the “fully loaded” computer, ask yourself if you really need all the extras, then shop around to see if you can buy a scaled down computer – and get the extras yourself for much less!
3) Don’t buy extended warranty
If you are not a computer “techie”, the extended warranties offered by the computer retailers often sound like a good idea. After all, who wants to be bothered paying for service on a computer after you buy it. But keep in mind that most computers come with a warranty, and most computer problems will either happen at the beginning (when you still have the warranty in effect) or much later (when it might be cheaper to buy a new computer). Technology changes very quickly these days. So consider whether or not it’s worth the inflated price of the extended warranty. And, if you really feel you need the extended warranty, then ask to purchase it at a lower price. Not all retailers will negotiate on the warranty, but some will. And whether you buy the extended warranty or not, make sure you back up all your files periodically, just in case!
If you have an unlimited budget, consider yourself lucky. And if you do business on the computer, make sure you get what you need, while trying to keep the price down. At any price, buying something that does not fit your needs is not a good deal.
Hope you find these tips helpful, and happy computer shopping!
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What computer company has good quality for gaming?I just figured out that my computer has this kind of trojan. I was running pretty much all of the Anti-virus things my computer has. The main one says there is nothing there and my Windows defender says I have two trojans so I'm not sure what to do. I'm thinking of buying or building a new one.
Right now I have intel. Im not sure which is best like Dell, Miscrosoft, etc. I need a gaming computer which can also be used as a school work computer. Any ideas?
Buy from PC fair can get low price computer thing. Or can try find some coupon. Or you can see this http://nice-tip.com/computer/3_simple_ways_to_save_a_bunch_of_money_when_buying_a_new_computer.html i just found it when i search for the answer.
It all depends on what you want and if you dont plan on upgrading or do much with it just stay with the 2 if you will go gaming get @ least 4 but also with vista just get 4GB cause it sucks and is a resource hog……If anything switch to linux
either mandriva or kubuntu. Good luck. I AM A CONVERT AND LINUX IS AWESOME!!!! Especially for the stuff you want to do.
I am a tech. Buy an external HD now, and hold on to your money and wait. The majic words are 18 months. You can add a little more to you money while you are waiting. Prices on what is on the market today will drop within 18 months, new stuff will take it's place. So do the wait, and then buy what you are eyeing now at a better price.
Get a warranty with it.
What you have now is a decent laptop.
8GB is an awful lot. if you're a graphic artist or edit movies or somesuch, maybe 8GB would be worth the money, but i doubt it. you would also have no choice but to run 64bit Windows XP or 64bit Windows Vista. 32bit would only see about 3.5GB of RAM. Also, most computers only have slots for DDR2 _or_ DDR3, not both. Don't bet on being able to "upgrade" to DDR3 in the future.
Not a chance you'll see a 10% difference between a 2.4 and a 2.6GHz Quad.
You could just get a system with onboard video and put your own video card in later on. Just make sure it has a PCI Express slot for the upgrade.
Not a clue about the velociraptor. I have a regular 150GB Raptor w/ window and it doesn't seem to be any louder than my other normal 7200RPM drives.
Microsoft says Windows 7 will be out in 2009. Don't bet on it though.
A computer isn't going to cost you a fortune to insure!
Otherwise, if you have the original install disks / recovery option, then it may be worth cleaning up your existing computer, though a not so recent laptop is always going to be poor for games, even compared to the current on board desktop graphs from ATI or Nvidia – even Intel have got their act together.
Of course, a mid-range card will blow the socks off anything an on-board can do.
Unless you really need a car each, then it would be much better to share the costs.
Drag and drop the files from the computer's hard drive to an external hard drive, flash drive, memory card or data DVD. Then drag and drop from there to the new computer's hard drive, then from there to iTunes.
I prefer to build. All those parts will work together. You still need a power supply (don't skimp on that and don't use the one that comes with case).
Here are a couple of good PSU choices:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010320058+50001459&name=Corsair+Memory%2c+Inc.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002
A good place to have your build checked is the AnAndTechForums. See here:
http://forums.anandtech.com/
A year is a long time… by that time many more things will come out, and your right that you shouldnt have to wait forever. A new computer would be a great investment, you can still buy Windows 7 if your parents still want it because all you have to do is reformat and install the new platform. My computer is approaching 3 years and I have to take it in to replace the heating fan, the melted battery on the bottom and keyboard keys that have broken and fallen out
I can only imagine your 9 year old computer and its ancient software.
Some computers out there arent extremely pricey, so I would suggest that your parents just make a couple hundred dollar investment that will bring them up to speed with modern technology without locking yourselves in to that one computer.
1. Let your parents know that they can still get Windows 7 on a computer when it comes out without having to buy a computer with it already installed.
2. Show them some of these answers on Yahoo, were trying to help for a reason
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