Is it a good time to get a new computer??

[Tennisjon2002]

^^^ this might seem like a stupid question but is there any new technology commin out soon or anything I should wait for? Thinkin about gettin a new 1 maye even tommarow at Sams Club, but I don't really need anything now , I mean I cold wait a year or even more if it is gonna be worth it. I found nice 1 for $1,200 a HP A647C its got a 17"lcd a 200 gig hard drive 512 mb Ram a 2.8 ghz pentium 4, a DVD burner and the full front port stuff with usb, card readers, firewire, and speakers. That sound good?
Thanks,
Jon

[jalu6]

it really depends on what you plan on doing with it. will u be using it for gaming? if so, check what kind of video card it has.

of course, as im sure someone will tell you, if you know a decent amount about computers, it would be cheaper to build one yourself.

other than that, it seems like a nice computer.

[Tennisjon2002]

it really depends on what you plan on doing with it. will u be using it for gaming? if so, check what kind of video card it has.

of course, as im sure someone will tell you, if you know a decent amount about computers, it would be cheaper to build one yourself.

other than that, it seems like a nice computer.

yea i know it is cheaper 2 build it myself but I am feeling lazy etc.. It isn't really gonna be for gaming mostly just for internet and music etc.

[Storamin]

If you're only going to be playing music and surfing the internet, you don't even need something that fast! Get an EMachine!

[Tennisjon2002]

it really depends on what you plan on doing with it. will u be using it for gaming? if so, check what kind of video card it has.

of course, as im sure someone will tell you, if you know a decent amount about computers, it would be cheaper to build one yourself.

other than that, it seems like a nice computer.

yea i know it is cheaper 2 build it myself but I am feeling lazy etc.. It isn't really gonna be for gaming mostly just for internet and music etc.
I will also be watchin movies/ burning movies etc

[deathcabforcutie]

my advice: wait till the day after thanksgiving.. THAT my friend, is when you get cheap computers.. heres my setup + what i paid..

emachine t2692
cd burner 48x / dvd player dual drive
80 gb hard drive
2.60 intel celeron
intel extreme graphics agp card
256 mb ddr
10/100 mbps ethernet port
6 usb ports (2 front, 4 back)
14" flat screen, flat panel LCD monitor (aprox. 1/2 inch thick)

Total price AR (all of which i DID recieve): $299.99

EDIT: oh, and of course it came with windows xp

[Tennisjon2002]

my advice: wait till the day after thanksgiving.. THAT my friend, is when you get cheap computers.. heres my setup + what i paid..

emachine t2692
cd burner 48x / dvd player dual drive
80 gb hard drive
2.60 intel celeron
intel extreme graphics agp card
256 mb ddr
10/100 mbps ethernet port
6 usb ports (2 front, 4 back)
14" flat screen, flat panel LCD monitor (aprox. 1/2 inch thick)

Total price AR (all of which i DID recieve): $299.99

EDIT: oh, and of course it came with windows xp
Where did u get it?

[Moxio]

I'm actually waiting for PCIE to come out so I can get a super extreme PC.

[Tennisjon2002]

If you're only going to be playing music and surfing the internet, you don't even need something that fast! Get an EMachine!
I am liking the T3092 http://www.e4me.com/products/products.html?prod=eMachines_T3092# I know I don't really "need" that much power but I am looking for something that will last. For example I am using a 6 year old XPS right now!!!

[eldad9]

emachines have horrid failure rates. Don't "go near" them.

[deathcabforcutie]

my advice: wait till the day after thanksgiving.. THAT my friend, is when you get cheap computers.. heres my setup + what i paid..

emachine t2692
cd burner 48x / dvd player dual drive
80 gb hard drive
2.60 intel celeron
intel extreme graphics agp card
256 mb ddr
10/100 mbps ethernet port
6 usb ports (2 front, 4 back)
14" flat screen, flat panel LCD monitor (aprox. 1/2 inch thick)

Total price AR (all of which i DID recieve): $299.99

EDIT: oh, and of course it came with windows xp
Where did u get it?

best buy, they had the computer for 199.99 (or 299.99 with an emachine 17" monitor) so i elected to buy just the CPU for 199.99 and they also had the MAG 14" flat panel/screen lcd monitors for 99.99, bought them each and my entire set up came out to $299.99, or, 299.98 plus, i put it on my reward zone card, and due to the prices being after rebated i got somethin like 20 or 30 back in coupons

[the_deej]

i got an emachine ti840, and i have been using it heavy for 2 or 3 years without any problems

[Tennisjon2002]

http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?coe=0&oidPath=0%3a-23542%3a-33761%3a-33801%3a-33803%3a855131&mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_020646638 9.1093126772_CS_&BV_EngineID=cccdadcmfmdemdfcfkfcf kjdgoodfkf.0
^^^^ That look good? or you all think I should go with a emachines. I want something that will last and I am just not surea about emachines
Here is another I was looking at:
http://www.samsclub.com/eclub/main_shopping.jsp?mt=a&n=0&BV_SessionID=_SC_020646 6389.1093126772_CS_&BV_EngineID=cccdadcmfmdemdfcfk fcfkjdgoodfkf.0&coe=0&oidPath=0%3a-23542%3a-33761%3a-33801%3a-33803%3a853264

[starman9000]

emachines have horrid failure rates. Don't "go near" them.

Nah, Ive got a t2080, I love it. 2+ years old and used a ton. I actually bought it cause it was cheap and I seemed to upgrade every two years anyway,but I really dont feel I need to upgrade now.

[epobirs]

It depends what generation of eMachines you get. The stuff from the Win98/ME era was horrible, very similar to the day of Packard Bell. Both companies would buy from anybody who offered it a buck less regardless of failure rate.

Now that eMachines has become a big brand (and is owned by a bigger brand, Gateway) they don't have to cut corners so much. The difference is very noticeable. I had one client's Celleron 333 machine die just because I installed a network card. IT was toast. All I could do was pull the hard drive and transfer the data. My more recent experience was a P4 eMachines owned by the same client that was pretty solid except for coming with only 128 MB of RAM but that was a price issue. Given more RAM it was fine.

If I'm not building it myself I still greatly prefer to deal with smaller companies like PC Club franchises. The big brand machines tend to come with gigabytes of garbage pre-installed that in some cases can never be gotten rid of without wiping the drive and starting from scratch. You can't always do that because there is often also a custome BIOS and a hidden partition on the drive for the company's tech support tools.

As someone who doesn't need the typical clueless tech support I prefer to actually own my entire machine rather feeling like I'm just leasing it.