If You Need a New Computer – NOW is the Time to Buy!

Filed under: Archived,Computing Tips - Nov 15 2006

If you still have a computer with Windows98 or WindowsME now is still a great time to get a new computer with Windows XP at an affordable price. Beginning in January new computers will come with Microsoft’s newest operating system – Windows Vista. Those new computers will likely be more expensive due to the higher price of the different versions of Vista, and the more expensive hardware required to run Vista.Computer Techs can help with advice on buying a new computer, as well as set-up, transferring your data from your old computer, securing your new computer and uninstalling unnecessary trial programs that often come bundled on new computers.

People have asked me if they should upgrade to Vista when it’s available, or wait to buy a new computer until Vista comes out. My answer is ‘no’ for now. I have been using the beta version of Vista on one of my computers for a few weeks. While Vista is appealing to the eye, I don’t feel it has any features worthy enough to upgrade. It’s also very different in most aspects than previous versions. I find it hard to find things such as changing system settings that I know how to locate in previous versions.

You can see examples of what the Windows Vista desktop looks like by clicking on the picture thumbnails below.