Computers
I am changing my computer and have been looking at one of the "all in one" types. Does anyone have one and in your opinion are there any advantages other than space than the tower ones.
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Their advantages are that they are neat, stylish and self contained. Their down sides are that they are less easily upgraded and you will generally get you a more 'bang for your buck' from a desktop PC. With any computer what you intend to use it for decides
how 'powerful' a machine you need. If you have a decent monitor already, there are plenty of very small form factor PC's about now with similar specs to the standalones that are a lot cheaper, many of which can be attached to the back of a monitor, which
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Best move I made from my 4 year old tower setup, and that was to an all in one.
<THIS ONE>
I have linked to PCWorld but I bought elsewhere, it has strong performance, ample memory with good storage, along with CD/DVD and plenty of USB sockets at the rear, so much tidier with just the printer alongside it and two power leads.
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Not particularly aware of this type of machine which seems to be following the Apple model. The one mentioned by Dave above looks pretty neat and seems to have all the connectivity you need. I suppose the only thing I would question would be about cooling as everything is so close together and are they suitable to being left on all the time? Got me thinking now!!!
David
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Not particularly aware of this type of machine which seems to be following the Apple model. The one mentioned by Dave above looks pretty neat and seems to have all the connectivity you need. I suppose the only thing I would question would be about cooling as everything is so close together and are they suitable to being left on all the time? Got me thinking now!!!
David
I have been using it for 9 months now David and that was a concern for me, however I downloaded 'Speccy' to look at the various temperatures and the CPU, internal graphics were way below max and never had any popup/crash etc regarding that plus I spend a lot of time on it
. Sound quality and volume is good but don't expect hifi quality from the internal speakers.Basically it does all that I want and has the potential to do more if needed, my router is downstairs, I'm now on fibre direct to the house and my printer connects wirelessly, all in all its very neat and practical.
I also have my own 'man room' upstairs
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No solid state HDD then? It's obsolete already.
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I have an Android Tablet ( Ideal for browsing the net and storing kindle books).-------- Also a Windows Laptop ( a great general purpose machine ) -----Also a good bulletproof Windows PC.
The PC is easily upgradeable, easily adaptable by adding the appropriate hardware and absolutely compatable with the latest gaming requirements. ( I have Grandsons )
On the value for money stakes, a PC beats the opposition.IMO. -- An Intel I 7 processor with a liquid cooler, 32 gb memory and a decent nvidia 8gb GPU , a 256 gb SSD and a decent size Sata drive and you've got yourself a great machine. Much more competatively priced and versatile than any Apple products or "All in One" machines.
Only drawback of a PC is that it works best on a desk, so if you have the room I would recommend that you go for a proper PC.
Cheers ..............K
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I've a HP 'All In One' that came from Currys with 'touch screen' that I never use and wireless mouse/keyboard. Came with a 3 year warranty, now had a it a couple of years and not had a minutes problem. It is definitely neater and few dangling wires. Never
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Not particularly aware of this type of machine which seems to be following the Apple model. The one mentioned by Dave above looks pretty neat and seems to have all the connectivity you need. I suppose the only thing I would question would be about cooling
as everything is so close together and are they suitable to being left on all the time? Got me thinking now!!!David
I have been using it for 9 months now David and that was a concern for me, however I downloaded 'Speccy' to look at the various temperatures and the CPU, internal graphics were way below max and never had any popup/crash etc regarding that plus I spend a
lot of time on it. Sound quality and volume is good but don't expect hifi quality from the internal speakers.Basically it does all that I want and has the potential to do more if needed, my router is downstairs, I'm now on fibre direct to the house and my printer connects wirelessly, all in all its very neat and practical.
I also have my own 'man room' upstairs
Thanks Dave, useful information. I have a man room also but no where near as neat and tidy as yours and I a certainly not showing Margaret your photograph!!!!
People mention upgrading, apart from software I have not done that for years, I usually just buy a new conputer!!!
David
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No solid state HDD then? It's obsolete already.
Very true, the days are gone when I try to keep up with upgrading my computer and I suppose like all things it's built to a price. But regarding the 2Tbyte HDD, I did have to check it out because the Lenovo runs so silent, there are no fans, no whirring just silent running, so I thought maybe it has a solid state HD, but no.0 -
My MacBookPro is three years old now. I'm hoping it will be adequate to see me out until I'm too gaga to work it.
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Apple Macs have had tbe CPU built into the screen for ages.
Assume you get a hard drive of some sort?
As an aside, I find it incredible that some people only have tablet type machines.
I used to wonder why my mate never really commented when I sent him a Word document or a spreadsheet. Then one day he mentioned to me that he had never had Office or similar on his little netbook and had never used either Word or any sort of spreadsheet.
Must be my background, but I had just assumed that everyone under about 65 must automatically be familiar with this type of software.
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and it's been on all day and in use.
