RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 1, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2012 hi all i am looking at buying a new computer but not sure what to a desktop or one of these new all in one's thanks john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold roundhouse Posted August 1, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 1, 2012 All in one PC's are neater in appearance with dar less linking cables and are often now touch screens. The downside is if the screen goes wrong then the PC is useless and vise versa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted August 1, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 1, 2012 If I were to buy a new desktop (as opposed to a laptop) I would be getting an all in one unit. Whilst these are less expandable I don't see this as an issue as I would not be expecting to need the expansion that is offered by a traditional desktop or tower model. I would suspect that fewer than 1% of these models get expanded to anything like full. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron Ron Ron Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 95% + are never upgraded or modified in any way, so unless you are in that very small number of people who like to dabble with hardware, it shouldn't be an issue. All-in-one PC's tend to be either in the budget price range (not many) or expensive end of the market; but the models come and go with varying degrees of success. The most successful all-in-one computer is the contemporary Intel based Apple iMac series, but they are expensive and require a change to the Mac OS. I bought one of these a couple of years ago and haven't looked back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
noiseboy72 Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 Also worth looking at some of the "micro" computers that mount on the back of a screen. The advantage is you can choose a screen size and shape that suits you but stil have a very neat, almost cable free package. Again, no good for gaming or video editing, but fine for browsing, Office type tasks and even a little light photo re-touching. Windows 8 is just around the corner and is designed to work on touchscreens, as is Office 2013. There should be some tasy upgrade deals available fairly soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted August 5, 2012 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted August 5, 2012 hi thanks for all your replies still not made my mind up will have a look round the shops and see what i like john Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 A more flexible (and probably cheaper) alternative is to buy a nettop computer which is the correct name for these small computers that noiseboy72 was referring to. A good place to buy them is Ebuyer as they often have special deals on them, especially the Lenovo Q180 and the Acer Revo. There's even a website devoted to the latest news about them. http://www.netbooknews.com/category/nettops-2/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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