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Re: New computer or reconnect old?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Milo Man*</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hi Wandabe:
It all depends on certain factors.
The old computer should still work. However if it does not have an ethernet card then you may find yourself connecting to the internet by the old dial up method which is too slow for most peoples standards these days. (This will also mean you will have to get a phone line connected.)
If you are just using the computer for surfing a few sites and checking email etc... then dial up may be fine for you but most people now a days (compared with 8 years ago want to use a broadband connection). My computer at home is approx 8 years old and it does have an ethernet card which enables me to use a broadband connection to the internet. So perhaps your 8 year old computer does as well, check it out.
New computers range in price, it all depends on what features you want on it and what you are going to do with it. Notebook? Desktop? I would visit a good local reputable computer store in your area and explain to them what you are going to be using your computer for and let them quote you some prices. I will say that computers in general have significantly been reduced in price over the last 8 years so expect to pay approx 1/3 of what you paid 8 years ago for a new computer.
I'm not sure about your area but at the moment here in my neck of the woods we are limited to either a landline or cable connection. There are Satellite internet connections but I don't know much about them other than they do not require a connection to any kind of line or cable system. Perhaps someone else can help you there. I doubt your old computer could be equipped to handle a satellite connection but again, I'm not too up on that areas so I'm not positive. But my gut tells me probably not!
So you have options.
For me, I will continue to use my old clunker until it craps out on me and then I'll go shopping for a new computer. Hopefully by then they are only going to cost a couple of hundred dollars. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>
Eternet card? I am so clueless here.
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Milo Man*</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Hi Wandabe:
It all depends on certain factors.
The old computer should still work. However if it does not have an ethernet card then you may find yourself connecting to the internet by the old dial up method which is too slow for most peoples standards these days. (This will also mean you will have to get a phone line connected.)
If you are just using the computer for surfing a few sites and checking email etc... then dial up may be fine for you but most people now a days (compared with 8 years ago want to use a broadband connection). My computer at home is approx 8 years old and it does have an ethernet card which enables me to use a broadband connection to the internet. So perhaps your 8 year old computer does as well, check it out.
New computers range in price, it all depends on what features you want on it and what you are going to do with it. Notebook? Desktop? I would visit a good local reputable computer store in your area and explain to them what you are going to be using your computer for and let them quote you some prices. I will say that computers in general have significantly been reduced in price over the last 8 years so expect to pay approx 1/3 of what you paid 8 years ago for a new computer.
I'm not sure about your area but at the moment here in my neck of the woods we are limited to either a landline or cable connection. There are Satellite internet connections but I don't know much about them other than they do not require a connection to any kind of line or cable system. Perhaps someone else can help you there. I doubt your old computer could be equipped to handle a satellite connection but again, I'm not too up on that areas so I'm not positive. But my gut tells me probably not!
So you have options.
For me, I will continue to use my old clunker until it craps out on me and then I'll go shopping for a new computer. Hopefully by then they are only going to cost a couple of hundred dollars. [img]/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] </div></div>
Eternet card? I am so clueless here.
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