Would you purchase a computer from a decent size cyber cafe over a big company like Dell or HP if the store gave you free gaming hours? By the way, the price of the compouter is the same. Also, the cyber cafe will call you every month to see how your computer is doing.
2006-12-25 21:31:25 · 6 answers · asked by Arthur R 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Me personally no.
If the cyber cafe goes broke in a month's time that's the end of your warranty.
The chance of Dell shutting is far lower.
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2006-12-25 21:35:00 · answer #1 · answered by jan 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
probably not. (I build my own systems) is the system they are selling you brand spanking new or is it one of there ex-cafe
models?
i'd be warry of the cafe's interest it may be a sense of not how your getting on with the computer more a case of have you found and disabled the spyware we (the cafe) installed yet?
you would need a very high grade security suite such as that provided by www.trendmicro.com internet security suite 2007 in my opinion the best security suite on the market.
and it just cost me (they were having a pre christmas sale) the equivelent of less than £20 a year for two year to upgrade my existing licence (i had nine months left, I now do not need to purchase a licence upgrade or renewal until september 2009 (no that is not a typing mistake it is 2009))
if secondhand steer clear you do not get a guarantee on second hand so if something does go wrong within a short period of time you have no legal leg to stand on as far as being a consumer, secondhand is a case of buyer beware.
as for the gaming hours do you really need them and would you use then? how much are they offering for comaprison (what would the gaming hours cost if you were to buy them seperately?)
If the computer is NEW with 100% new not reconditioned parts and the hours of gaming are good for you then go with that option.
however you would be better advised to go to an etailer like www.dabs.com (or comparible) select the components seperately that are being offered to you in the deal and see if the price on the assembled system can be beaten or matched with comparable parts.
remember too that no too systems will be the same on the inside different brands use different internal components of differing qualities.
in the end it boils down to your choice and what you can afford to spend. remembering that the cheapest deal in the short term may not be the best long term option.
it may be more economical to buy a computer to your specifications NOW that has upgrade pottential.
such as buying a motherbourd that support dual core or mulitcore processors and that has two or more processor sockets.
you install one dual core CPU now, with 4GB RAM and a GPU with at least 512MB RAM which would be great for games of today and would be able to be upgraded with a new processor in a year or so.
the system i'm thinking off would run at a starting price of around £1000.00 approx rising rapidly the more options you have. depending on your options it would run between £2000 and £8000.00 all in and may be more if you wanted external back up drives and UPS (unineruptible power supplies). allowing for it to be assembled by an expert and then shipped to you. a serious amount of money although this would pose the best gaming and multi media experiance available today and with a NEW flat panel computer monitors (display panels) they in most cases support the viewing of high Definition video which i'm guessing will soon be making it's way to the gaming arena very soon if it is not already available.
2006-12-26 06:01:50 · answer #2 · answered by thebestnamesarealreadytaken0909 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally I'd Do some online research Buy All The Parts And Build My Own Computer Yes Its not really a way to save any money but you get the exact parts you want or if your just surfing the net go get a cheap $350-450 one from the store
2006-12-26 05:44:31 · answer #3 · answered by metallicafreak19812001 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't even think of all this!
Just go out and buy yourself the most suitable (pricewise) Apple Mac – and you will thank me for the rest of your computing life for this advice!!
Cheers
2006-12-26 05:37:54 · answer #4 · answered by seekayess 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i always choose name brands i have a DELL and i enjoy knowing that i have a year warranty and unlimited online support, check out who is safer and who offers a better deal(safety and guarantees).
2006-12-26 05:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by Melissa P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how much of a discount they want to give me :P....
2006-12-26 05:33:17 · answer #6 · answered by troubled1367 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋