I have various dilemmas which are stopping me writing a proper entry in here in that they're taking up writing time so I thought I'd ask for help with one of them.
My PC is dying and has been dying for the past couple of months wasting huge amounts of time - thankfully I had the iPad and iPhone so have been getting by on those. I was pretty sure the time had come to look for a new desktop but I popped it into a repair shop I've used before just in case it could be resurrected and paid £48 for for them to install Firefox which I'd told them I'd already tried and which hadn't made any difference. I also told them I'd run Crapcleaner and that hadn't made any difference either. When I got it back I was told as well as installing Firefox they'd got rid of junk which was clogging it up so I assumed that would have been a bit more than me just running Crapcleaner. It was also said it's on its last legs like I thought and if it gets worse I would probably need to look at getting a new machine.
The problem is it whatever they've done hasn't made the slightest bit of difference. It's like I got exactly the same machine back. I intend to return to the shop or e-mail them to let them know this but how do I prove it's not any better unless I take the tower in and set it up with them watching? I can't get parked in front of the shop very easily and it was bloody heavy to cart it across the road (they don't do house calls). The reason I used them was because they were very good at spotting a problem I had last time without having to come to the house (I had the pc plugged into a surge protector and they advised me to plug it straight into the wall socket). On that occasion they still had the pc in and took a look at it but realised it was working fine in the shop so deduced it must be something about the way it was set up. They weren't going to charge me anything but I was so relieved at having the problem solved I insisted and they took a tenner for the advice - hence me thinking they might be trustworthy for repairs in the future.
So that's one problem. If anyone's been in a similar situation I'd welcome advice.
Next thing is - if I do end up having to buy a new desktop do I go with a Mac or Windows pc? Macs are generally more expensive but I've discovered there are mini Macs which are within budget - they don't have a monitor, mouse or keyboard but I have those so that's not a problem. I've been on comparison pages this afternoon discussing both kinds of pc but I'm still no further forward.
One of the things I like about Apple is that if anything goes wrong it's pretty easy to get the right support fairly efficiently which would save the above situation happening again. They also seem to be less prone to viruses which I like the sound of. But otherwise it really seems to be down to personal usage preference so I thought I'd ask on here because I've definitely heard people praise Mac computers in various diaries over the years. Our dear Patrisha was one of them and she was in her eighties which impressed me!!
So let me know what you think if you've tried both or if you have any strong views either way.
Edit: So as of today (22nd) there are 5 folk for Mac and 5 for Windows pc - drat! Methinks I'll just have to go into the Apple shop and try out a MiniMac - see what it feels like - and avoid all shop assistants. Since there are several hundred of them in each shop I think that might be a tad difficult :)
My PC is dying and has been dying for the past couple of months wasting huge amounts of time - thankfully I had the iPad and iPhone so have been getting by on those. I was pretty sure the time had come to look for a new desktop but I popped it into a repair shop I've used before just in case it could be resurrected and paid £48 for for them to install Firefox which I'd told them I'd already tried and which hadn't made any difference. I also told them I'd run Crapcleaner and that hadn't made any difference either. When I got it back I was told as well as installing Firefox they'd got rid of junk which was clogging it up so I assumed that would have been a bit more than me just running Crapcleaner. It was also said it's on its last legs like I thought and if it gets worse I would probably need to look at getting a new machine.
The problem is it whatever they've done hasn't made the slightest bit of difference. It's like I got exactly the same machine back. I intend to return to the shop or e-mail them to let them know this but how do I prove it's not any better unless I take the tower in and set it up with them watching? I can't get parked in front of the shop very easily and it was bloody heavy to cart it across the road (they don't do house calls). The reason I used them was because they were very good at spotting a problem I had last time without having to come to the house (I had the pc plugged into a surge protector and they advised me to plug it straight into the wall socket). On that occasion they still had the pc in and took a look at it but realised it was working fine in the shop so deduced it must be something about the way it was set up. They weren't going to charge me anything but I was so relieved at having the problem solved I insisted and they took a tenner for the advice - hence me thinking they might be trustworthy for repairs in the future.
So that's one problem. If anyone's been in a similar situation I'd welcome advice.
Next thing is - if I do end up having to buy a new desktop do I go with a Mac or Windows pc? Macs are generally more expensive but I've discovered there are mini Macs which are within budget - they don't have a monitor, mouse or keyboard but I have those so that's not a problem. I've been on comparison pages this afternoon discussing both kinds of pc but I'm still no further forward.
One of the things I like about Apple is that if anything goes wrong it's pretty easy to get the right support fairly efficiently which would save the above situation happening again. They also seem to be less prone to viruses which I like the sound of. But otherwise it really seems to be down to personal usage preference so I thought I'd ask on here because I've definitely heard people praise Mac computers in various diaries over the years. Our dear Patrisha was one of them and she was in her eighties which impressed me!!
So let me know what you think if you've tried both or if you have any strong views either way.
Edit: So as of today (22nd) there are 5 folk for Mac and 5 for Windows pc - drat! Methinks I'll just have to go into the Apple shop and try out a MiniMac - see what it feels like - and avoid all shop assistants. Since there are several hundred of them in each shop I think that might be a tad difficult :)
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