When you are ready to buy a new computer, one of the first questions you may ask yourself is, “Where can I get the best deal?” Obviously you don’t want to pay more than you have to, but there are other considerations besides price that you should consider before making your decision. If you shop the local electronics superstores for weekly specials, you can easily get a standard machine at a good price. This option would work best for you if you're not too picky or if you don't have any special requirements for gaming, graphics, or special software requirements. If you buy over the Internet from a major manufacturer such as Dell or Gateway, you'll get more choice and customization on the components, chip speed, RAM, hard drive size, and video components, but you'll pay a slightly higher price.

The biggest downside to buying online is that you’ll have a hard time getting technical support if something goes wrong. Not a week goes by where I don’t get a customer who wants to pay me to fix a warranty-covered machine simply because the manufacturer is making it next to impossible to get the problem taken care of. In many cases, these companies have help desk people located in countries outside of the US, which means you might have a hard time communicating with them, or getting to a supervisor. Sometimes only a component (like the hard drive) will go bad. When this happens, you’ll have to ship the entire machine back to the manufacture and wait a couple of weeks for them to repair it and ship it back. You also run the risk of losing all your data and configurations unless you have a reliable backup.

If you have special requirements, need help in selecting a machine, or if service before, during, and AFTER the sale is important, then you’ll want to buy from a local shop like EZ MSP.

Answered by Shobhit , an ibibo Master, at 3:50 PM on September 01, 2008

When you are ready to buy a new computer, one of the first questions you may ask yourself is, “Where can I get the best deal?” Obviously you don’t want to pay more than you have to, but there are other considerations besides price that you should consider before making your decision. If you shop the local electronics superstores for weekly specials, you can easily get a standard machine at a good price. This option would work best for you if you're not too picky or if you don't have any special requirements for gaming, graphics, or special software requirements. If you buy over the Internet from a major manufacturer such as Dell or Gateway, you'll get more choice and customization on the components, chip speed, RAM, hard drive size, and video components, but you'll pay a slightly higher price.

The biggest downside to buying online is that you’ll have a hard time getting technical support if something goes wrong. Not a week goes by where I don’t get a customer who wants to pay me to fix a warranty-covered machine simply because the manufacturer is making it next to impossible to get the problem taken care of. In many cases, these companies have help desk people located in countries outside of the US, which means you might have a hard time communicating with them, or getting to a supervisor. Sometimes only a component (like the hard drive) will go bad. When this happens, you’ll have to ship the entire machine back to the manufacture and wait a couple of weeks for them to repair it and ship it back. You also run the risk of losing all your data and configurations unless you have a reliable backup.

If you have special requirements, need help in selecting a machine, or if service before, during, and AFTER the sale is important, then you’ll want to buy from a local shop like EZ MSP.

Answered by Anju Devi , an ibibo Master, at 7:52 PM on August 29, 2008

When you are ready to buy a new computer, one of the first questions you may ask yourself is, “Where can I get the best deal?” Obviously you don’t want to pay more than you have to, but there are other considerations besides price that you should consider before making your decision. If you shop the local electronics superstores for weekly specials, you can easily get a standard machine at a good price. This option would work best for you if you're not too picky or if you don't have any special requirements for gaming, graphics, or special software requirements. If you buy over the Internet from a major manufacturer such as Dell or Gateway, you'll get more choice and customization on the components, chip speed, RAM, hard drive size, and video components, but you'll pay a slightly higher price.

The biggest downside to buying online is that you’ll have a hard time getting technical support if something goes wrong. Not a week goes by where I don’t get a customer who wants to pay me to fix a warranty-covered machine simply because the manufacturer is making it next to impossible to get the problem taken care of. In many cases, these companies have help desk people located in countries outside of the US, which means you might have a hard time communicating with them, or getting to a supervisor. Sometimes only a component (like the hard drive) will go bad. When this happens, you’ll have to ship the entire machine back to the manufacture and wait a couple of weeks for them to repair it and ship it back. You also run the risk of losing all your data and configurations unless you have a reliable backup.

If you have special requirements, need help in selecting a machine, or if service before, during, and AFTER the sale is important, then you’ll want to buy from a local shop like EZ MSP.

Answered by Reeta K , an ibibo Master, at 8:26 PM on August 28, 2008

While the case may not be important to some computer users, it is a consideration to be thought about before purchasing a desktop computer.

1. What type of case should be purchased or is needed? Do you want a desktop or tower case?
2. Does the case support the standards of motherboards, for example, the ATX motherboard standard?
3. Will the case fit on top of or below your desk.
4. Will the drives be accessible or will they be positioned the way you wish them to be positioned?

Complete buying tip information on computer cases can be found on our case buying tips page.

CD Media The type of CD drive in the computer is becoming an important consideration when purchasing a computer. When looking to buy a new or used computer, inspect the type of drive included.

1. Is it a standard drive? If so what speed?
2. Or is it a DVD / CD-R / CD-RW drive?
3. If the drive is a DVD, is it hardware or software decoding?
4. If the drive is a CD-R / CD-RW drive, does it include software?

These are just a very brief listing of questions and considerations to think about when purchasing a computer. Buying tips for all of these drives can be found on the below links:

* Standard CD-ROM buying tips
* CD-R / CD-RW buying tips
* DVD buying tips

Hard Drive Hard drives have and always will be an important consideration to think about when purchasing a new computer or used computer. The hard drive will be the destination of all your files and information, and if that drive is to become full, that drive will need to be replaced or another drive will need to be added to the computer. When looking at the space of the hard drive, always get the maximum size hard drive, considering you will eventually always run out of space.

Complete buying tip information on hard disk drive can be found on our hard disk drive buying tips page.

Memory Memory is and has always been an important consideration when looking at purchasing a computer. Determine the amount of memory included in the computer as well as verify if that memory can be upgraded in the future. The more memory in the computer, the more efficient the computer will run.

Computer buying tip information on computer memory can be found on our memory buying tips page.


Modem The modem is becoming not as important as it has been in the past with the upcoming spread of broad band. When looking to purchase a computer, a modem should not be an important consideration unless broad band is not available in your area. Today, all new and most used computers are equipped with at least a 56k modem, which should be the only speed looked at with the demand of bandwidth with Internet use.

Complete buying tips and information on modems can be found on our modem buying tips page.

Network Card With the increase with more than one computer in the house and with broad band solutions sometimes requiring a network card, a network card is becoming an important consideration when purchasing a computer. Network cards allow users to connect to other computers and have small networks in their home or office. This allows for data transfer, file sharing, Internet connection sharing, printer sharing, and various other helpful uses.

Complete buying tips and information on networks can be found on our network buying tips page.

Processor The computer processor is and will always be an important consideration when purchasing a computer. Today, with multiple CPU/Processor manufacturers, it may be more confusing as well as more cost efficient to look at the different processor manufactures as well as the type of computer processors.

Complete buying tips and information on computer processors can be found on our CPU buying tips page.


Sound Card Sound cards are important when looking at purchasing a computer; however, the majority of all

Answered by Sharad Singh , an ibibo Master, at 5:57 PM on August 21, 2008

When you are ready to buy a new computer, one of the first questions you may ask yourself is, “Where can I get the best deal?” Obviously you don’t want to pay more than you have to, but there are other considerations besides price that you should consider before making your decision. If you shop the local electronics superstores for weekly specials, you can easily get a standard machine at a good price. This option would work best for you if you're not too picky or if you don't have any special requirements for gaming, graphics, or special software requirements. If you buy over the Internet from a major manufacturer such as Dell or Gateway, you'll get more choice and customization on the components, chip speed, RAM, hard drive size, and video components, but you'll pay a slightly higher price.

The biggest downside to buying online is that you’ll have a hard time getting technical support if something goes wrong. Not a week goes by where I don’t get a customer who wants to pay me to fix a warranty-covered machine simply because the manufacturer is making it next to impossible to get the problem taken care of. In many cases, these companies have help desk people located in countries outside of the US, which means you might have a hard time communicating with them, or getting to a supervisor. Sometimes only a component (like the hard drive) will go bad. When this happens, you’ll have to ship the entire machine back to the manufacture and wait a couple of weeks for them to repair it and ship it back. You also run the risk of losing all your data and configurations unless you have a reliable backup.

If you have special requirements, need help in selecting a machine, or if service before, during, and AFTER the sale is important, then you’ll want to buy from a local shop like EZ MSP.

Answered by Gyan Singh , an ibibo Master, at 2:36 PM on August 20, 2008

Before buying a computer You should know these things.

1. You should have basic knowledge of PCs components and what they do.
Before you set foot in a computer store familiarize yourself with common PC terminology. With PCs as with all other things you get what you pay for.

2. What you want your PC for and you know what you want in your system.
For example:
How much of a hard drive you need a 160 GB or 250 GB the more the merry it. Memory (RAM), do you need a 512 MB or 2 GB? 3D video card, sound card, CPU, software and etc

3. When buying a pc, ensure it has the capacity to be upgraded. This can save a lot of time and money at a later date.
You need to ask four questions.
a) Will the motherboard accept the next generation of CPUs?
b) How many spate PCI slots are there?
c) Does it have an AGP slot?
d) How many USB sockets are there?

Answered by Nagendra , an ibibo Master, at 8:14 AM on August 20, 2008

hi dear..

There are many factors to consider when deciding on which computer equipment to buy. The massive amount of choices can seem overwhelming. This guide can help you compare computer equipment features, and help you to examine and sift through the basic items before you buy a new computer.

Processors:
There is always a lot of change in the computer market, but no matter what the upgrades there is always two basic choices to be made when purchasing computer equipment:
1) brand 2) speed. To buy a new computer that handles standard office and Internet tasks any processor will work.

Memory:
Memory is very important because optimum running of your computer equipment is dependent on enough RAM. The minimum amount should be 256MB, for better performance you should get 512MB

Monitors:
When buying computer equipment look for a monitor that is at least 17" with a resolution of 1280 by 1024 pixels.

Hard Drives (storage):
Most hard drives sold today will provide more than enough storage.

Warranty and Tech Support:
A one-year warranty on most computer equipment is enough, because most problems seem to happen in the first year.

source:www.techfaq.com/buy computer

Answered by Dan !!!!!! , an ibibo Specialist, at 12:14 AM on August 19, 2008

Well , the most important thing before buying a computer is its company and configurations.

The best configuration that may help you out is :

HP Compaq Presario SG2080IL Features

1) Intel Pentium D Processor 820, 2.8 GHz, with Extended Memory 64 Technology(EM64T)
2) 2×1MB Cache, 800 MHz FSB
3) Intel 865G Chipset Motherboard
4) 512 MB PC3200 DDR, 400 Mhz (2-GB maximum)
5) 80 GB Ultra DMA Serial-ATA HDD, 7200 rpm
6) DVD-CD/RW Combo Optical Drive
7) 56K data/fax modem

9) 15 inch CRT Monitor
9) Integrated ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
10) 6 USB 2.0 ports (4 front, 2 back)

11) Optical Scroll Mouse
12) Compaq PS2 Keyboard

You can know more about it Visiting the following site :
http://www.cyberindian.net/2007/ 02/24/hp-compaq-presario-sg2080il-d esktop-pc/

Answered by Alok Gupta , an ibibo Guru, at 12:00 PM on August 18, 2008

Hi Friend,
When you are ready to buy a new computer, one of the first questions you may ask yourself is, “Where can I get the best deal?” Obviously you don’t want to pay more than you have to, but there are other considerations besides price that you should consider before making your decision. If you shop the local electronics superstores for weekly specials, you can easily get a standard machine at a good price. This option would work best for you if you're not too picky or if you don't have any special requirements for gaming, graphics, or special software requirements. If you buy over the Internet from a major manufacturer such as Dell or Gateway, you'll get more choice and customization on the components, chip speed, RAM, hard drive size, and video components, but you'll pay a slightly higher price.

The biggest downside to buying online is that you’ll have a hard time getting technical support if something goes wrong. Not a week goes by where I don’t get a customer who wants to pay me to fix a warranty-covered machine simply because the manufacturer is making it next to impossible to get the problem taken care of. In many cases, these companies have help desk people located in countries outside of the US, which means you might have a hard time communicating with them, or getting to a supervisor. Sometimes only a component (like the hard drive) will go bad. When this happens, you’ll have to ship the entire machine back to the manufacture and wait a couple of weeks for them to repair it and ship it back. You also run the risk of losing all your data and configurations unless you have a reliable backup.

Answered by kokila vani , an ibibo Advisor, at 11:10 AM on August 18, 2008

well, In the initial stages of determining what sort of computer you need to get, at some point you need to ask yourself, what am I going to be using the computer for? Whether you intend to write papers for class, surf the World Wide Web, or just play computer games, you need to have an idea of what the minimum requirements the computer needs to have. If all you intend to do is just write letters using a DOS based word processing program, a 386 or 486 system with a couple megabytes of memory is more than adequate. If you want to use a Windows version of some word processing program, then your requirements go up a bit, particularly on the amount of RAM memory and hard disk space. If you want to be able to surf the Web and play some of the multimedia on-line virtual reality games, then you need a higher-end system, with more memory, more disk space, and a modem or network card to connect to the Internet.

Once you determine what you need the computer for, the next question that you need to ask yourself is how much money I can afford to spend. If you are looking for a Pentium 4 based system, expect to pay around $800 to $1000 for a good quality system including software and a monitor. You will no doubt see systems advertised for less than this, but there is a good reason why these systems are cheaper and we will discuss this a little later in this document.
source site: http://www.css.msu.edu/PC-Guid e/PC-Guide1.cfm

Answered by Nidhi Singh , an ibibo Master, at 10:56 AM on August 18, 2008