Hi All,
Has been quite a while since I last came to this forum.
The story: I am back because I finally got shot of the last computer, which was a online-ordered ready-made Acer i7, and which was completely useless. I have realized that it is a very significant cost (in terms of time and effort), if one does not get the correct computer and has to return it. It took more than 3 tech assistance call-outs, replacement of every part, repeated pestering of Acer (eventually resulting in a return), repeated calls to the supplier to process the return, in total taking up about 6 months.
Unfortunately, the price of such a machine is for me, to much for me to simply chuck in the bin and try again.
The computer I would like is razor-sharp. It gets impatient with me because I am not going fast enough. When I double-click on something, it loads up before I even have time to finish the second-click. Never does a window become unresponsive because the computer is still processing. The graphics are crystal clear and fluid.
My primary use of the computer is using the internet and watching movies. That may not seem like much, but the computer must have absolutely no lagging or hesitation whatsoever, and no video problems at all. Often I will have open around 20 tabs, some on forums, some on videos, some applets running etc. I will also have GOM player open, probably iTunes running as well, and music composition software which uses a realistic sound engine running.
Is this do-able? Does anyone here have such a computer? Did you buy it ready-made, or did you assemble it yourself? If you assembled it yourself, what components did you use?
Cheers!
Has been quite a while since I last came to this forum.
The story: I am back because I finally got shot of the last computer, which was a online-ordered ready-made Acer i7, and which was completely useless. I have realized that it is a very significant cost (in terms of time and effort), if one does not get the correct computer and has to return it. It took more than 3 tech assistance call-outs, replacement of every part, repeated pestering of Acer (eventually resulting in a return), repeated calls to the supplier to process the return, in total taking up about 6 months.
Unfortunately, the price of such a machine is for me, to much for me to simply chuck in the bin and try again.
The computer I would like is razor-sharp. It gets impatient with me because I am not going fast enough. When I double-click on something, it loads up before I even have time to finish the second-click. Never does a window become unresponsive because the computer is still processing. The graphics are crystal clear and fluid.
My primary use of the computer is using the internet and watching movies. That may not seem like much, but the computer must have absolutely no lagging or hesitation whatsoever, and no video problems at all. Often I will have open around 20 tabs, some on forums, some on videos, some applets running etc. I will also have GOM player open, probably iTunes running as well, and music composition software which uses a realistic sound engine running.
Is this do-able? Does anyone here have such a computer? Did you buy it ready-made, or did you assemble it yourself? If you assembled it yourself, what components did you use?
Cheers!
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First off, what is your budget? Also where is your prefered place of purchase, and do you already have anything? (i.e monitor, os, keyboard/mouse)