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Dell Computer Reviews and Buying Guide:Desktop computers are pretty cheap these days with discounts available from all the major manufacturers like Dell, HP, Gateway, and Lenovo. On the other hand, notebooks have dropped in price significantly and with wireless internet access at home and available almost everywhere else, laptops seems like the best buy these days. I guess it all depends on what you need the computer for (business or home) that will ultimately make the decision on what to buy. If you have a wireless internet connection at home and want the capability to take your computer anywhere in the home to access the internet, then a new notebook computer is the best solution. Even if you don't want a notebook computer, you would truthfully have to decide why you even want a bulky desktop these days. There is not much of an advantage except perhaps that a larger screen comes with desktop computers versus the smaller screens on the notebooks. Nevertheless, portability is a huge advantage of the laptop computers and they run all the same software and give you lots of hard drive space like a desktop computer. Price is still the one difference between the two, but that is slowly shrinking as well. Our recommendation is that if you are buying a new computer, strongly consider a solid notebook computer as the eventual replacement for your old desktop. The new notebooks are powerful, portable, and you can always hook them up to a large monitor at home if you want the larger viewing screen. At the time of this review, a good notebook/laptop could be had for less than $700 and a quality desktop computer was under $500 and going lower. Dell desktop computers and their line of laptops are always top rated on price and performance.
Technical Support or Computer Repair:Ah, the old computer technical support or repair dilemma. Most people are not good at "computer talk" and probably never will be. Sure, we know the name of the parts (modems, monitors, hard drives, etc), but we are at a loss in terms of how to fix these issues when they arise. Who knows how to fix the registry settings or how to even access them to begin with. Computer training is what we all need in schools so that we can fix our own equipment, but computer repair is hardly an exciting field to most so we rely on tech geeks to help out. Most manufacturers will give you limited tech support via email or the phone for a year or so but after that you are on your own. Many repairs are minor, but just understanding what to do or even troubleshooting is the hard part. There is an independent group called the GeekSquad that has developed a business around fixing gadgets like PC's. With the price of computers coming down all the time, many people give up on computer issues after a while and decide that buying a new one is easier than hassling with computer repairs or technical support coming from 3rd world countries. Viruses are the #1 issue these days so getting an anti-virus piece of software from Norton or McAfee is essential. Don't download files via email or the internet from sources you don't know or trust and make sure you get a good firewall protection program as well if you have a computer connection that is online all the time like DSL or Broadband.
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