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« on: Thursday 06 July 06 23:55 BST (UK) »
I need to buy a new PC.....Have you ever tried to satisfy yourself what you have chosen is correct for what you want?
It is driving me up the wall.........I ain't a ficko when it comes to PCs but it really does annoy me when the potential supplier leaves it up to me to choose all the options....they are supposed to be the specialists.....how in God's name am I supposed to know what supports what?
After all, if I went to buy a new car, would the supplier expect me to specify brass or titanium 'hydraulic valve lifters'?.....all I want is a performance car that will keep running and stay on the road.....so how should I know that a 4200 AMD dual core processor has a 0.512Mb cache but a 4400 has a 1.0Mb cache and an Intel Pentium D 960 has 4.0Mbcache (2x2Mb!)?
Plus, the specialists ask me to choose what I need to make it handle my files, even though I have explained to them what it needs to do......If they don't know, how are we all expected to know.
All I want is a fast reliable, efficient, good looking PC that doesn't overheat!....which doesn't come with all the usual rubbish on it.
You start out out with a budget in mind of say, £500 and you end up needing to spend £2000........and the best part of that is for stuff we will never need or use (well, not unless the best part of the UK population is stuck in front of their PC all day long playing 'Zoom death by carrot in a suitcase' or some daft game or another.
Having seen enough PC specifications to give Mr Dell an orgasm, I have considered building my own.......until some bright spark sows the seed in my head that two components might be compatible in one PC but not the next, so give the manufacturer the risk......but then we are back to us/me choosing the options.
I am seriously thinking I should go back to string and an abacus.
Anyone got a sensible suggestion?
Al.
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