Thread: compooter people

My $300 dell laptop is starting to die out on me. kind of saw it coming. But any who im looking for a upgrade. Ive always heard how great macs are and every. But are they really worth the 1200+ price tag? I really have no idea what to look for in computers and would love some guidance towards what to get

Hwre is some food for thought I use mac every day. It was the imac pod or the second generation I mac. It ran for and still runs I can use it for my day to day but most sites look awful. The only problem you may have is moving over files. For example if you have a windows only program you need a special way to run it. To be perfectly clear here all the specs a mac has you can get with a windows machine it all comes down to what look you like. Do you want to be forced to use a tablet ui or one that has a desktop still? If you worried about long life then mac is for you I still have macs that work even after 15 years of hard abuse and never beening cleaned. Also dont forget you can build a machine that makes you os a beast

Its a dell inspiron n5040. I would just use it for school work snd pleasure. I do some photography but nothing serious. I just want a good picture and for it to be fast. And not just fast for 3 months

Well the last point is all about how many websites you visit disk size and ram

Are Macs worth the price tag? In my experience, for every day use: No. Not by a long shot. If you did hardcore video, photo, music editing as a source of income: Yes. My Dell has lasted me 2 years so far. No problems.......and I know I run power hungry programs that no one else on this board runs.

As a side joke: How do you know when someone is a Mac user? Wait, they will tell you.

True they do lol. The problem with those people is they want you to feel small me I dont care. I need it for all high end photo editing I do.

Sounds like another $400 dollar dell, hp or Toshiba laptop would be good for your use. low model computers now days are fast compared to high end ones 5 years old. I hate windows 8 personally however. I'd look for windows 7 or wait for a better more user friendly operating system.

Ill prolly get another inspiron maybe a better processor

Originally Posted by Matt Palm

Its a dell inspiron n5040. I would just use it for school work snd pleasure. I do some photography but nothing serious. I just want a good picture and for it to be fast. And not just fast for 3 months

That doesn't look like a bad machine. Its a 2.53 duo-core, so you'd want a newer quad core with whatever 6-8 gigs ram and separate video.

Honestly, I would save your chit to a stick or disk and re-install windows. That would make a huge diff in speed, especially a raw version of windows without the OEM bloat.

That is perfect for matt

I already did that it worked for about 3 hours and now its doing the same rhing again

My guess is his hd is failing

It wont turn on or off. For me to turn it off i have to take the battery out. It will be fast when it first turns on then it quickly freezes and lags. It will just sit at tbe same screen for a good while. Programs wont load eother

Sounds like you have a bug or virus

Originally Posted by TwiztdWun

Matt,

What exactly is it doing?

I am going to take a guess in the dark and say you may have some RAM that is taking a dump or a HDD about to fail. On the cheap, I would backup everything, do a deep level format, reinstall and go at it again. If that is a no fix, try some new RAM. If no fix there, new HDD. That is if you were really wanting to save this PC and spend as little as possible. If it is not going to kill you financially, just buy a new one.

^^ X2
Those Dell hard drives

I bet your mobo is on its way out. Unless the power button is just broken.

But the freezing and lagging could be your hard drive. Does it ever blue screen?