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Here is a good article describing some of the questions regarding Windows 10 free Upgrade to Windows 7 and 8.1 users.
If you are in the market of getting a new PC you should consider why its better to get it from us rather than a BOX Store or Online.
Premium Standard Parts
All our Desktop PC’s are made with premium parts. ASUS Motherboards, Kingston or Crucial memory, Crucial M.2 NVMe SSD, and reliable power supplies. Also the parts are standard parts. What does this mean? Well Dell and other manufactures sometimes use their own custom parts. These parts are also more money than standard if need replacing. Example Our power supplies (most common part that goes) has 5-year warranty and costs $85. A Dell custom power supply can cost $150 and can be sometimes hard to fine
No Crap or Bloated Software
You might have heard in the news that Lenovo had installed software called Superfish. This is nasty software that first puts in ads when you are searching on line BUT even worse it will break the SSL standard used for secure sites like banks etc! Now not all brand name PC’s install nasty software like this BUT they do install crapware. Software that will slow your new PC down. Produce popup of stuff you don’t need. They also will install a trial version of and Antivirus that you either have to uninstall and install something else or force to purchase the AV. Check out this latest article of issues with brand name PCs.
All our PC’s are loaded with MS Windows,updated drivers, Windows updates, Adobe Reader and a free Antivirus. That’s it. Your PC is ready to go and you don’t have to wait to update all the Windows updates or remove junk software.
Warranty and Repairs
With our systems you they come with a per part warranty. CPU/Motherboard/Memory have 3 year warranty. Hard drive has 5 year depend on model. Power supply (most common part that goes) has a 5 year warranty. With brand names most only come with 1 year warranty. If you get it at a Box store after warranty the fees are much greater than ours. If you order online then you will have to wait to talk to someone on the phone. Then you will have to wait a week or so for replacement part/ship back etc. If you get it from us then we do all the warranty work and after warranty work at our shop. Most Box Stores they have to ship them out. Again more waiting.
Better Service
You get a PC from a Box store and most of the time they have to ship them out to get fixed. We do all our work in house. You buy a PC online and where do you get it fixed? Send it back to manufacture. If you build your own PC and something goes wrong then what? That’s why we service all these as well as our own.
Customizable
All our PCs are customizable. If you just want a PC to go online and do the odd game we can do that. You want a reliable office or CAD PC we can build it. You want a high end gaming system with a fast video card we got you covered.
So our prices might be a bit higher than what you see elsewhere . But you get what you pay for. What you get is premium parts that will make the PC last longer. Standard parts that if needed after warranty are priced better. Longer warranty. Better service. If you have a problem you can call/email come in and talk. We are here for the customer. You also don’t get crap ware that will frustrate you.
Well the new Windows 10 OS Consumer Preview will be available January 21 2015. Anyone interested in it should check it out.
There are great articles regarding Windows 10 at Paul Thurrott’s SuperSite
Windows 10 will be what Windows 8 should have been. People got pushed into Windows 8 new “Metro Interface” that no one likes. I use Windows 8.1 at home and I use Classic Shell to bring back the menu. Anyone who is on Windows 8 I recommend this if you don’t like how 8/8.1 looks right out of the box. What does Windows 10 do? It brings back the old style menu along with Windows 8 apps in the menu. Makes it much more friendly for people who are familiar with how Windows has been over the last 15 years.
When will Windows 10 be available? MS has not announced it yet but I suspect late summer or the normal October release of MS OS.
Here is an article by Paul Thurrott that describes the trouble MS has had with Windows 8 and hopefully Windows 9 gets it right.
Microsoft has added BIOS-based Product Keys with brand name computers. What does this mean? Well if you purchase a brand name PC that has Windows 8 installed then you don’t need to enter a key or activate it. BUT say your motherboard dies and you need to replace it out of warranty. You will then need to purchase a new Windows License. This is MS way of extra copy protection. Here is an article that describes it more in detail.
Office 2013 just came out along with Office 365. What is the difference? Office 365 gives you the Office suite and you can run the office in the cloud. With the 365 you have to pay per month or year compared to the standard Office 2013 but you can get a great deal if you have multiple PC’s to run from.
Check out the Pricing here.
Good article explaining why Microsoft took out the support to play DVD’s natively in Windows 8 and how to play the DVD’s and Blue-Rays in Windows 8
Great article from Paul Thurrott on Shut Down Metro-Style Apps
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