How Do You Buy A New Computer?
Whether you need it for home, school or your business, a new computer can be a major purchase. There are a lot of factors to consider like price, reliability, warranty, memory, CD drives and pre-installed software packages. This article will help you to figure out what you want, and how to get it. • Decide what you need your new computer for. If you need one for work, a simple bare bones system with Microsoft Word (or OpenOffice.org) will suffice, but if you’re an avid gamer then you’ll want something more advanced. If you want one for gaming, skip to step 5. • If you need a work computer: consult companies like Dell or eBuyer, as they provide low-cost workstation deals for the “common user.” On such sites, you can get a computer without a monitor for under $200, and a CRT (cathode ray tube) monitor costs under $50 (the fat ones that stick out at the back). • Work specs: for an average computer, get anything with over 1.5 gigahertz (Ghz) of processor speed. You should also get at least
