Buying the Perfect Computer - A series

It’s easy to make a mistake when buying a new computer. Many people end up spending a ton of money on something expensive that they’ll never use to its full potential, while others buy something so small that they have to do expensive upgrading in a matter of months.

I’ve never seen such a time as what we are in now where people are rethinking their computer purchases.  Mostly because of Windows Vista.  You see, Vista is a different beast altogether than XP.  XP was nice, friendly, and we had all gotten very used to its behavior.  We knew the types of equipment needed to make XP behave like a good, reliable K car, or how to make it supercharged and run the 1/4 mile in under 3 seconds (Forgive me if that doesn’t make any sense.  I really know nothing about cars at all.  I leave that to my future father-in-law.)

Vista is different.  It’s huge.  Really huge.  Graphics hungry.  RAM hungry.  Vista is a beast.  And most people just aren’t used to that.  They think a $400 desktop will be just fine for them.  That’s how much they spent on their last computer and it worked just dandy.  So why won’t this one?

There’s nothing more disappointing than buying a new computer and find out that the one you had sitting at home is considerably faster than the one you just bought.  That’s what you call heavy-duty buyer frustration.  Which results in a lot of returned computers.

Don’t just buy blindly. Hopefully this series will help you ask the right questions and get the right hardware for your needs in return.  Here’s a list of the topics I’ll be covering in this series.

• CPUs
• Motherboards
• 3D Graphics Card
• RAM
• Optical Drives (CDs and DVDs)
• Hard Drives

You’ll be glad you read this before you go buy a new computer, trust me.