| thebiggfella |
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| Fri Mar 13 2009 09:47 PM |
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New Computer
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For the last 2 - 3 years, I've been meaning to upgrade my soon to be six year old laptop to a decent desktop. I've asked a few local computer places for quotes based on a system I 'built' online at Dell.co.uk. At the moment I'm hoping that one of the 'locals' come up with a better price for the spec. than Dell as I'd rather give my money to a small local firm, aside from the fact that I can see them personally if need be.
However, if Dell come in with the best deal I'll have to go with them. I'm just wondering if anyone has a Dell PC and what they think of it and the customer service if you've had cause to use it. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the way they handled my questions until I asked them if they could come up with a deal if I bought the system and a monitor from them. Indeed they did. It would save me nearly £100 on the price of the two separately. However, the sales rep said he'd email the deal in five minutes but never did. That makes me question their reliability.
I'm still waiting for the quotes to come in from the local places. I emailed them the Dell quote along with the spec. so they know what I'm after and how much Dell want. Am I right to want to get my system locally or would I be better sticking with someone like Dell? Sorry to go on, I've got a couple of new computer related questions also:
What's the best way to to get all my files from the old computer to the new one? There's everything from music, video to the usual Word documents. It will be going from XP Pro to Vista Home Premium.
Eventually, I want the PC to be part of a wireless network so I'm thinking that I may as well get an appropriate router whilst I'm at it. Any recommendations from folk who have already got one? There seems to be loads and it's all rather confusing. The Dell would come with a Internal Enhanced Wireless 802.11n PCIe Card. Is that the wireless standard that I should be using.
Before I connect to the internet, I want to get AVG and my firewall (Sunbelt Personal Firewall 4) onto the new PC. Is that just a case of copying the relevant folders from my old laptop onto a CD, then installing AVG and Sunbelt onto the new computer from that CD?
I'm sure I'll have more questions, but that will do for now. Thanks in advance. Glynn.