Computer purchasing advice requested please.
My first computer was a shop built rig back in 1997. It was sort of overpowered by 2003 and I sprung for a laptop - Dell Inspiron 8500 in 2003. Now the Dell has crashed and I've spent hours talking to level I techies in the Philipines and India.
Latest is that I need to reinstall the original Windows program which will lose all my data including genealogy work, pics, etc. I have the computer at a local shop to see if any of the data can be saved before the disc that Dell forgot to send me in 2003 arrives.
I've used computers since 1980...the ones at work don't seem to crash...mine at home do.
Question for anyone savy about these things is...after three years is this old Dell just gonna keep crashing, and should I dump it and buy something newer with current technology - or will reinstalling the original programing give it a new lease on life?
Guess I'm asking if they're like automobiles....
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ron
Last edited by Riverkilt; 18th July 06 at 04:56 PM.
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