Ann,
Don't worry. If there are other reasons to buy a new computer, -
go for it.
PS. And as a few others have already written 4GB memory is fine.
It is sufficient even for PS and LR. I have been using this much on
my laptop for the last 4+ years.
So, that refurbished HP is probably fine.
Note that that offer expires tomorrow, May 2.
But I would think hard about buying the Dell that you mentioned.
It's hard to say which model it would be (there are several of them),
but if it is under $400 new, it might be an older model (might be even
with a Celeron CPU, which would be rather sluggish), and it might have
a _32-bit_ Windows 7.
LR-6, if you'd ever decide to upgrade to it, does not support 32-bit OSes
anymore. So, whatever you decide to buy, you probably want it to have
a 64-bit Windows.
Igor
Ann Sanfedele Fri, 01 May 2015 06:26:47 -0700 wrote:
Igor -
I'll write off list - then you'll understand.. don't want to get in a
whole thing about it on PDML - I'm not getting rid of the computer I
have...
Will explian after I take my blood prssure :-)
ann
On Fri, 1 May 2015, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Ann,
There was a joke about a nouveau riche guy who comes to the Mercedes
and wants to buy a new S600. The sales person asks him:
- What's wrong with the one you bought yesterday?
- The ashtray is full.
If the only problem is that you cannot sign in websites, I wouldn't
jump into buying a new computer.
When you are trying to sign in, what type of error are you getting?
You wrote: "somehow Avast is involved". Are you getting an error
that the certificate is incorrect and is it where you are seeing
Avast mentioned?
Are you able to sign in into Thunderbird?
At the very least, I would suggest trying two things:
1. If it is only a problem with the browser, - I'd suggest installing
another browser (I don't know what you've been using, but try Chrome or
Firefox).
2. If the error mentions Avast (we can try to troubleshoot this, if you
want), - you can uninstall Avast (Control Panel -> Add/Remove programs ->
uninstall Avast) and see if you can log in again. Then you can try to
reinstall Avast. (I assume you are using the free version of Avast.)
Couple of months ago, I saw that the 2015 version of Avast created
a problem for Thunderbird, but not for browsers. But I can see why
the same thing can create a similar problem for an old version of
a browser (and I am recalling now that you are using some ancient
Firefox, aren't you?)
Igor
On Thu, Apr 30, 2015 at 1:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
well it looks like time has come -
what can you guys tell me about this?
Dell's "Inspiron Small Desktop 3000 Series with Windows 7 Professional"
It's under $400 -
advice needed
for reasons I can't explain (but somehow Avast is involved), I can't
sign into any site that I go to that needs me to sign in..
I'm pretty much a wreck - using a neighbor's mac for ebay access..
I can browse, I can send email, but I can't log in to anything
buy my time warner account
now I hvae to try to sleep
ann
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