I need a new computer

ugpastor · Postby **ugpastor** » January 5th, 2009, 11:15 am

So last night my computer goes out in church service in a much needed situation. So today I have been shopping went to dell.com, best buy, and tigerdirect.com. Any ideas where to get a good deal on a new computer?????

jinjer · Postby **jinjer** » January 5th, 2009, 12:16 pm

Apple store or Apple authorized reseller.

Jinjer

MacUser · Postby **MacUser** » January 5th, 2009, 12:37 pm

Ditto what Jinjer said.

http://www.macmall.com
http://www.clubmac.com

The warehouse is in Memphis, TN.. so you would get it nearly same day if ordered online.

beckrl · Postby **beckrl** » January 5th, 2009, 2:18 pm

jinjer, MacUser :shock:

I know, buy a Apple :wink:

ugpastor
What are you looking for Desktop or laptop?
Most people go with Dell or Gateway.
But you would want to get the best performance for the best price that will that some comparing to find.

RamboPreacher · Postby **RamboPreacher** » January 5th, 2009, 2:22 pm

I have dells mostly at home, as well.

My normal advice is to get something local that can be supported locally. but now a days "local support" can sometimes mean they send it in for repair, rather than you.

Billy n NC · Postby **Billy n NC** » January 5th, 2009, 4:32 pm

1st question.

Mac or PC

2nd ?

Whats your Budget?

3rd ?

Portable or desktop?

4th ?

What do you mean goes Out?
Hard Drive, Processor, Power supply.

Assuming it to be a desktop.
and the hard drive is still good.
A barebones from Tigerdirect for $99.

I personally prefer desktops for primary computers.
I also like good ol white box specials. Locally built PCs local computer geekdom stores.

Build your own
WD 250 sata hard drive $48
MSI skt 775 board $53
Intel Dual core 2180 cpu $79
1gb memory $14.00
Case $29
DVDRW $24

But I also have Dell and Gateway in the mix.

stevenson · Postby **stevenson** » January 6th, 2009, 2:21 pm

Before you buy anything, go to http://www.google.com/products and compare products.

Full Quiver · Postby **Full Quiver** » January 6th, 2009, 2:54 pm

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Mike Vande · Postby **Mike Vande** » January 7th, 2009, 3:06 am

Is it possible to construct your own Mac like you can your own PC?

Is there a dual core processor Mac Mini?

dave c · Postby **dave c** » January 7th, 2009, 3:41 am

Our computer blew up (the power supply burned out) the week before Christmas. A friend turned us on to TigerDirect and we bought an out of lease IBM Think Center for $200. It came with a 3.28 gig processor, 80 gig hard drive, and 512 ram. I added a gig of ram, the dvd burner, and the hard drive (as a slave) from our old computer and I've ordered an interior multi-card reader from a local computer store. All together I'll have about $300 in it and I'm really pleased with the results. After we started using it, we decided we had to get rid of the mammoth 19" crt monitor and get a 22" wide format flat screen (another $200).

You might check out TigerDirect.

thanx and God bless,
dave c

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