[Blindtlk] New vs Refurbished computer

[David Andrews]

Do not refurbish a computer that old.  It isn't worth it.  You can 
get a relatively good computer for not a lot of money these days.  If 
you want Windows 7 I would buy soon, as it will go away.  Many 
computers have built in sound chips on the motherboard these days and 
they work fine.  They used to be a problem, but arehn't now.  If you 
get a 32 bit computer I would get 4 gigs of ram, and if you get 64 
bit I would go for 8 if I could afford it.



Dave

At 11:57 AM 7/15/2013, you wrote:
>Hi Everyone
>   Hope you all had a wonderful convention.  I hope this topic is appropriate
>for this list.
>   After 7.5 years, this wonderful work horse XP computer is giving up the
>ghost.  I would love to keep it forever;  however, it keeps telling me it
>can't write to disc.
>   What are the benefits of a refurbished computer as compared to a new one?
>Which version of Windows 7 is the best?  What kind of things should I ensure
>that the computer has?  Any recommendations for sound cards?  I have a 5.1
>speaker system which I dearly love.  Thanks for any help you can give me.
>
>Marsha