Thinking of getting a desktop?
jane__ny
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Elmer J Fudd
2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoRelated Discussions
Want to get new computer...Desktop or Laptop?
Comments (8)If I were in the market for a new desktop, which I'm not, I would take quick look at the new HP Touch Smart. It comes with a 19" wide screen touchscrren monitor, and is just very, very slick looking. I ran into it at Best Buy earlier tonight and my mouth about dropped open. Also, it's stacked with some hot stuff inside. Take a look at the specs: Processor AMD Turion 64 X 2 Dual Core RL52 with AMD PowerNow and AMD LIVE! Technology Operating system Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium Memory 2048MB PC2-4200 DDR2 SDRAM memory (expandable to 4GB) Graphics card NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 graphics with 256MB video memory Hard drive 320GB 7200RPM SATA hard drive Primary CD/DVD drive Slot-loaded SuperMulti Drive DVD burner with LightScribe Technology Secondary CD/DVD drive N/A Memory slots 2 SoDIMM (both occupied), HP Pocket Media drive bay (available) Front-access ports 8-in-1 memory card reader, 2 USB , 1 IEEE 1394 (FireWire) port, headphones, S-video, audio (L/R), composite input (analog video/audio) Communications Wireless LAN(802.11a/b/g) with built in WLAN antenna, Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet network interface, Sound Integrated audio, 6 speaker configurable and Built in 12W 2.0 speakers Monitor Touch Enabled 19" diagonal BightView LCD with height and tilt adjustment, Aspect Ratio 16.10 Dimensions 18.88(l) x 21.77" (w) x 11.37 (d/h) Web Camera Integrated 1.3 megapixel webcam with built in array microphone Personal Video Recorder NTSC TV Tuner and over the air ATSC high definition television tuner The price is $1799 Here is a link that might be useful: HP Touch Smart...See MoreMy computer won't stop 'thinking' when my desktop is up
Comments (6)Do Ctrl-Alt-Del to bring up your Task Manager, click on the Processes tab, and click once or twice on the CPU tab at the top of the listings: this will show what process is chewing up the most resources (which will probably be the culprit). Also, look at the CPU Usage line at the bottom of Task Manager and see what the % Usage is. Then report back here on what you found out....See MoreTime for a new desktop
Comments (19)It's totally a personal decision, but I agree you can easily drop down to a 1tb hard drive and be good unless you are storing large video files. I just bought a new desktop mine has 10 gb ram and 1tb drive with a quad core AMD processor, is an HP and I paid under $500 for it from Staples com. I love it, it came with windows 7 but I qualified for the $14 upgrade to 8 if I want to. I am not planning on it. I plan on adding a second hard drive into the case that I have my Linux on. I know there's still several very good sales at staples if you would consider other than Dell. What ever you do enjoy it. And the monitor should work just fine on any pc. Most do come with wireless built in but I would certainly check out the specs information on any of them. If it mentions b/g/n that pertains to the wireless feature....See MoreDesktop Personal Web Server - Questions
Comments (4)I'm not sure about installing it -- maybe you can click "cancel" and then just browse the CD. PWS is fine, but keep in mind that it opens you up to hack attacks, so make darned sure you have some good personal firewall going (I use Norton). Cheers, JoJo...See MoreUser
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