PC recommendations please

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We've always bought Dell PCs - they're reliable. We've not needed to buy any for some years. We need to buy more. We need desktops, not laptops. Technology has moved on since I last bought PCs. I like the idea of these NUC devices but none seem to come with Windows pre-installed so by the time you add in Windows it's more cost effective to buy a desktop. Anyone got any recommendations?

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By In a Daze
01st Mar 2017 19:43

Until recently we always bought dell. However, i have now purchased a Microsoft surface as i spend 50% of my time on the road. It gives me the best of both worlds.

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By Jo Nokes
01st Mar 2017 21:32

Just stick with Dell, but get solid state drives. My five year old Dell just stopped working, but happily the 5 year warranty had a few days left on it, and the nice man came round and fitted a new motherboard.

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By paulwakefield1
02nd Mar 2017 08:58

I always used to have Dell but now have a Lenovo desktop as I had been impressed with the Lenovo laptop I have. Only had the desktop for a year but so far so good. Echo the comment that SSD is the way to go. I am sure Dell are still fine as well.

If I did not already have a perfectly serviceable laptop albeit a bit long in the tooth, I would have gone the Surface Pro route. I have heard many good reports of them.

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By Duggimon
02nd Mar 2017 11:10

PC hardware is PC hardware, nobody makes all their own components so they're all very similar. What you want to shop around for is who has the best support, that's what'll be most important to you for a business PC.

Definitely echo the suggestion that you get solid state drives though, they're essentially magic.

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By elliottchandler
02nd Mar 2017 14:29

There are some manufacturers that offer a good business range like Lenovo, Dell and HP. The support channel from Lenovo I have found always to be very efficient which is important when stuff goes wrong. Dell are equally good. The best way to make your purchase is make a list of your requirements based on what your needs are for the business. So what software is needed? Are the physical space limitations? What storage is needed? As my company does help business with this kind of thing happy to offer advice.

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By spilly
02nd Mar 2017 21:33

Agree, Lenovo are pretty good and fairly priced. Only problem is they do come pre-loaded with stuff you don't need and will likely never use, so make sure you clear this off to free up disk space. However, this is a problem on most new computers now.

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By DMGbus
03rd Mar 2017 08:04

There is currently a problem with Lenovo computers that have touch screens, caused by Windows 10 updates, so if buying a Lenovo machine and Window 10 it is best to avoid any touch screen version until such time as Lenovo offer a fix for this issue (mouse pointer will intermittently shoot to top right of screen with touch screen ghosting).

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By mrme89
03rd Mar 2017 08:38

I've had HP, Sony and a few other brands in the past. I've preferred Dell so far.

The last time I bought from them, I called them and told them what I would be using the laptop for. They gave me 3/4 laptops that fit my requirements from a budget laptop to a premium. I went in the middle and it's still going strong 4 years on.

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By asvinmehta
10th Mar 2017 15:24

We replaced ours a while ago with Zoostorm. They are no frill office PCs and have worked well for us

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By maxmillion
10th Mar 2017 21:30

Our current office purchases are now based on small footprint, and networking connectivity with sufficient ram for MS Office, and a reasonable hard disk / preferably a Solid State drive as recommended by others; purely for the speed of opening applications etc.
All users have their data saved to a network drive which takes care of backups. So each user really only requires a relatively small SSD for the software.
We have 2 of these Eggsnow (and gradually we will get more) http://amzn.to/2neqjDw Fanless, mini desktop pc 8GB RAM;
and we have several of these ACER mini pc's
http://amzn.to/2n8komK
And just buy one or two monitors per person as required or as space allows.

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