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    Just opened up my old desktop(around 7-8 yrs) and noticed the capacitors were leaking so I'm looking for a new one. I have heard about all-in-ones that just have screen, keyboard, and mouse. Does anyone have any experience with these? Pros - Cons?

    Thank you, Chuck
    Desktop: Dell I620. Win 7 Home Premium
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    One of the main cons is that they are pretty much non-upgradeable. Basically they are laptops without the lap so except for possibly adding more RAM what you get is what it remains. Also, if some internal hardware malfunctions there's no way of replacing or swapping out individual components to get the computer up and running again quickly or even temporarily... you lose the whole thing while it's being repaired.

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    I'd advise against all in ones, for the same reason Fink stated. They tend to be poor value for money in comparison to a normal desktop too
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    Thank you all for your replies.

    I took your advice and bought a Dell Inspiron I620-4231BK from Staples. Was on sale for $429.00. 1TB hdd, 8gb ram.

    Just a question. I was looking at UBCD that SuperSparks mentions and it says it's compatible with Windows 7 but this came with Home Premium 64bit. Would this work? I don't want to mess anything up. I want to do memtest.

    Thank you, Chuck
    Desktop: Dell I620. Win 7 Home Premium
    Laptop 1: Toshiba, Win7 home premium
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    It'll work fine--I've done it.
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    ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
    ATI HD 5450 PCIe Video
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    LG W2241T Widescreen 22" LCD
    ViewSonic VA721 17" LCD
    Envision 17" LCD
    2 LG DVD Drives
    Floppy Disk Drive
    Maxtor 120 Gig Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit
    Gateway NV5378-U Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
    Acer Aspire V3-731 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit

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    Was that Windows 7 Home Premium on the machine? If so, no need to bother with putting Professional or Ultimate on it. If Vista, then by all means just replace it with Win 7 Home Premium.
    Last edited by bistro; April 26th, 2012 at 01:18 PM.
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    dneilson: Thanks, I try it.
    Bistro: It came with windows 7 home premium 64 bit.

    Now to learn windows 7.

    Thank you very much, Chuck
    Desktop: Dell I620. Win 7 Home Premium
    Laptop 1: Toshiba, Win7 home premium
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    Just as an FYI, the memory testetrs on UBCD will work fine, but there is one built into Win7. Boot up with the Win7 DVD in the drive, and then go to "Repair an existing installation", and in the Repair Menu, you will find a memory tester.

    If you don't have a Win7 disc, go to Control Panel>Backup & Restore, and choose "Create a System Repair disc" from the left-hand pane. That will give you the same repair options as a full Win7 disc, and can be useful for getting yourself out of trouble in the future.
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    SuperSparks:
    Thanks for the tip. I ran the memory test all night with no errors.

    Thank you very much, Chuck
    Desktop: Dell I620. Win 7 Home Premium
    Laptop 1: Toshiba, Win7 home premium
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    As it's a Dell, I'd advise you to get rid of the junkware with this:

    PC Decrapifier

    Once you've done that and got it how you like it, go to Control Panel>Backup & Restore, and create a System Image. That way, if things go horribly wrong at any time, you will easily be able to get back to a working state again.
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