Wow. These days an eight-year-old computer is practically a dinosaur. The first computer I actually bought from someone (rather than was made here at home) was showing its age when I finally got rid of it in May 2006.
It's impressive how much the prices have gone down, too. I bought a computer last year for work (my job relies on things not crashing, freezing, or otherwise being a pain in the ass on a constant basis, and my former computer was no longer cutting it) and I think it came down to about $400. The previously mentioned first storebought computer was $955.19.
In any case, if it'll make you feel better, just run a virus scan on it (Avast is good) and uninstall all the crap you don't need and you should be fine. Congrats!
Yeah, we do have Norton, and there's a guy from my parents church who said he'd transfer everything we want and set the whole thing up. Which is good, because I haven't the vaguest idea how to transfer files *laughs*
I paid a little more than you, but not a whole lot, which is nice. I'm wondering if with all these netbooks and tablets and such, the desktops aren't selling like they used to. Though the computer we were originally going to buy apparently went up in price, so who knows?
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It's impressive how much the prices have gone down, too. I bought a computer last year for work (my job relies on things not crashing, freezing, or otherwise being a pain in the ass on a constant basis, and my former computer was no longer cutting it) and I think it came down to about $400. The previously mentioned first storebought computer was $955.19.
In any case, if it'll make you feel better, just run a virus scan on it (Avast is good) and uninstall all the crap you don't need and you should be fine. Congrats!
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I paid a little more than you, but not a whole lot, which is nice. I'm wondering if with all these netbooks and tablets and such, the desktops aren't selling like they used to. Though the computer we were originally going to buy apparently went up in price, so who knows?
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