OK, it may not be totally state-of-the-art, but there again, I'm only running a core duo 2.33, with Vista, which I hate, but I'm sore tempted to buy this - it seems pretty fair spec for the price;
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/advent-dt1411-refurbished-desktop-pc-12021852-pdt.html
Looks decent for the money. I doubt that you could replace your mainboard, cpu, ram and video card plus purchase a new OS for that price.
^No, you're quite right - I did a bit of adding up on component prices, and I could not match it - plus I would get W7 as well.....looks like the old plastic is about to take a bashing :-)
Yippee......my new refurb arrived to day, and I've just unpacked it. Now for the job of reinstalling stuff and getting everything up-and-running (I hope!) again ;D ;D ;D
Gratz!
Cheers LB.
Congrats on the rig Bob!
Thanks Bison, at the mo I'm still taking stuff off the old one and backing stuff up. Its incredible how much stuff you accumulate. I had a couple of flash drives, so thats making things a bit easier, but I hope to get the new rig running later today, then have to start putting stuff back on again.
I need to clear this old one down as much as possible since son #2 has dibs on it.
The biggest delay in getting it all done is me stopping to play the Warlock demo - I will buy the game...erm, once I get the new rig running ;D
One strange effect I am getting is all my web pages open up minimized, and nothing I do seems to make them open maximized.
I had a look on the web, and it seems that other people have the same problem. There are a few 'fixes' all of which I have tried, but non of them work. I'm not sure if its somehow related to my default browser, which, for some strange reason does open maximized.
All a bit baffling for an old Luddite like me, so if any of you techie chaps have any idea's I should be greatful for advice.
Quote from: bob48 on May 28, 2012, 05:34:43 PM
One strange effect I am getting is all my web pages open up minimized, and nothing I do seems to make them open maximized.
I had a look on the web, and it seems that other people have the same problem. There are a few 'fixes' all of which I have tried, but non of them work. I'm not sure if its somehow related to my default browser, which, for some strange reason does open maximized.
All a bit baffling for an old Luddite like me, so if any of you techie chaps have any idea's I should be greatful for advice.
What browser are you using?
I'm using Virgin homepage / google