mrmarkie121

Here is my main point, buying a refurbished computer from dell is the same as buying a cab drivers old car, It will have high mileage, been used every day until he got a new one. Dell rent pc's to offices and once they are returned they sell them. Office pc's used every day for most of the day without a break/only ever turned off at night. The cpu will have been under lots of pressure and will be half burnt out. So why would you buy that when for a cheaper price you can buy a brand new one with 3 year's warrenty? it makes no sense to me at all when the spec's of the pc from pc world are better than these old refurbished dells. The NHS and many other companies use dell just for the fact that they get them cheaper or rent them. Plus this lady has already had refurbished desktop's and had problem's with them. Kind Regards IT Expert Mark

LadyDeliah Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Try Dell Outlook. I get all my work computers from > there. You can get high spec refurbed towers for > about ?300. Never has a problem with any of them > and they all come with Windows 8 installed. > > Most have a 1 year warrantee too. Wow ?300 for a refurbished pc what a rip off!!! you can buy a brand new packard bell imedia from pc world with 3 years warranty. 8gb ram, 1tb hard drive fully HD windows 8 for ?279!!!

Yes good thinking. :) Kind Regards Mark

Windows 8 is really all about touch screen and app's where as windows 7 is much more user friendly and 99% of people would pick windows 7. One more question, does he want a brand new desktop or a refurbished? also as you stated he is a photographer we are heading towards a packard bell imedia which has photoshop included :) Kind Regards Mark

Hi PR, I am a local IT expert and have advised many people on here as to which Desktop or laptop would be right for them however, there is a few things I or anyone else would need to know before I/we advise you. First of all, is it for work or play? Second would MRPR be using it for any type of graphic design or gaming? Third how much memory/storage would he be wanting. And last of all does he want windows 7 or 8 or a apple mac? The answer's to these few questions will determine which type of machine is best for him. Kind Regards Mark

If it keeps crashing then your best bet is to run in safe mode. The way to do this is, turn it off and restart it while pressing F8 which will give you the option to load windows in safe mode. Once safe mode has started you can go to control panel programs and uninstall it from there without having to restore your system. Kind Regards Mark (Pc/Laptop engineer)