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ST Help Desk - tell me what I already know. My PC is a 5-6 year old Dell running Vista. New hard-drive about 3 years back.

Posted by Meg (aka Mojave) Jun 23 '15, 17:22

Everything runs fine for daily use, still have about 75% disk space available.

But....streaming graphics are a problem. Any kind of interactive card/bingo game and it winds up to about 90% CPU usage and periodically freezes.

Not worth upgrading...right?

What do I want to replace it with?

Note: Touch-screen doesn't interest me, I'm mouse oriented. Need to have CD/DVD, USB, and SD card ports.

Responses:

I'm excited for you. You're gonna get to do the New Computer Dance. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 17:58
Get a new one -- nm - Bacon Jun 23, 17:55
You can upgrade the graphics a lot cheaper even with installation. -- nm - spamlet Jun 23, 17:41
About the CPU utilization, get a graphics card to offload the graphics processed. Integrated graphics take away from system resources (Mem/CPU) -- nm - budice Jun 23, 17:40 2
- Ah, this was one of my thoughts. But I'd need to find out if the tower would accept the upgrade, right? -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 17:43 1
  - honestly, with the age of your computer, I really think you're better off replacing it. It's that whatever law. The internet has outpaced your box. -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:47
you can get solid laptops with plenty of memory, cd/dvd and good 17 inch screens in the $500-750 range....nm - x Jun 23, 17:30 6
- We may actually be at the point where one doesn't need cd/dvd which can lower the price further. -- nm - Qale Jun 23, 17:59 1
  - Trust me...I need it :) -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 18:02
- yep, and a free upgrade to Win 10 in a month -- nm - ML Jun 23, 17:48
- Or you can get a Mac -- nm - jangles Jun 23, 17:40 2
  - if you have a fawning need to pretend, i suppose...nm - x Jun 23, 17:47
  - for twice the price. -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:42
Not enough memory for all the flash graphics every ad supported site stuffs -- nm - z on the go Jun 23, 17:26
Costco, get a small tower. -- nm - JaxSean Jun 23, 17:23 19
- Anything I should particularly look for? Is Windows 8.1 user-friendly now? Is there any other option? -- nm - Meg Jun 23, 17:28 18
  - Windows 8 absoultely sucks and I hate it with the fire of 10,000 suns, even with a touch screen. - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:37 3
    - Win 8 is awesome, if you set it up so that you never see the tiles. -- nm - Reagen Jun 23, 17:45 2
      - The tiles were developed and tested by Satan. -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:46 1
        
        It's pronounced Sa Tan. Thank you very much. -- nm - Microsoft Developer Jun 23, 17:52
  - Windows 10 drops in about a month so you'll be able to upgrade to that for free. - Krusty Jun 23, 17:30 11
    - I like my monitor up here (arm that comes out holding ) and my keyboard on my lap -- nm - z on the go Jun 23, 17:33 10
      - I get that, I use a desktop myself. Most people find a laptop to be just as good and saves a lot of space. - Krusty Jun 23, 17:38 9
        
        But do many laptops still have CD slots? I don't really have a space problem and I have my netbook for remote work...and - Meg Jun 23, 17:41 7
        
        it was mandatory for me. the hp I bought in april (combo of touch and pad, and you can always add a regular mouse) has a drive in it. - b. Jun 23, 18:04 1
        
        ^combo of touch screen and touch pad, is what I meant; and, I, too, use the screen more than I expected.. maybe because - b. Jun 23, 18:10
        
        Some do and some don't but like Loosi said you can buy an add-on for when you need it. If space is no issue then - Krusty Jun 23, 17:53
        
        honestly you might be surprised to find how useful the touch screen is. I use the touch pad and touch screen combined. I like it. - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:45 2
        
        But I'd have to reach for the touch pad, the mouse is in my lap. And don't say -- (edited) - Meg Jun 23, 17:57 1
        
        ANd that's good for the health of your hands. :) -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 18:15
        
        Mine does not, but I got a separate CD drive for $20. -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:43
        
        mine is a laptop/tablet, which I love. -- nm - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:39
  - You will likely get a free upgrade to Win 10 in a few months. -- nm - Will Hunting Jun 23, 17:29 1
    - I'm gonna have to do something about my pos -- nm - z on the go Jun 23, 17:30
You can get a touch screen and not use it. - housesitting loosi Jun 23, 17:23

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