From what you’ve said earlier, isn’t your computer like 9 years old? In that case, most everything is probably so out of date that it might be best to just give it to some geek that likes tinkering with old stuff. If it were me, I would build one from scratch. Surely some nice geeky guy or gal would help you, and you would learn a lot in the process. Of course, that begs the question of what OS to put on it. MS gives system builders good deals on OEM versions of their OS. Or, see how you get along for a while with purely open source, i.e. Linux, OpenOffice/LibreOffice. My $.02, probably worth about that much.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Gillian Densmore <gil.densm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ray I think you called it that damn thing crashed yesterday. > > Crashed (noun and adjective): > Common accurence with windwos. Symptoms: Unresponsive programs, a blue > colored screen, mouse and keybored ignored, and otherwise describing doom. > > > Now it won't even boot. > > As I am now in the market for a new desktop because I've put about at least > 300 into the DEL (see also doom, crash, and crappy computers, highblood > preasure, and general dystopic state with a yen to crush the world) > > I'm disinclined to much more, if any into it. > > I'd prefer a computer that rocks. For me that meens can play games, kick > ass parts so as it's not in the damn shop costing as much or more than I > initially payed for. > Based on my now soured taste twards this dell and having replaced the hard > drive 3 times, It'd be preferable to have one with two seperate hardrives > so as backup is simple and easy. > > > I saw a green tank one Amazon for 900. (with free prime shipping) from > CyberPowerPC with 16gigs of ram and Nvidia of some sort that sported 2 gigs > of ram > > > In in the interest of transparency: I might prefer to replace this DEL > because it, or windows iritiates me. I'd prefer to Keep the Hard drive it > has (If it's still good) > It's power converter and motivators are bad then that's likely at least 30, > and it doesn't feel like it's aging gracefully. It might make a good little > linux box, provided I can put in a new hard drive > > > What others do if they were in my place? > > New computer? (newer parts meen less wear and tear and other issues) > > Replace the failed part (god knows where to even get one in santafe)? > > Both? (Might buy a small amount of time till new computer) : > > What kind of computer would people recomend? I've used and enjoyed Apples in > the past. If there's a PC brand that rocks by all meens sugest some. > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
