Want to Buy a New PC

[savedbygrace]

So, I want to buy a new PC. I have a 4 year old Asus laptop and the screen has a lot of bad pixels. And I do not want to install Win7 again, but Start and Shutdown are both taking a long time, so I know I should re-install if I keep it.

So, my options are to buy a laptop with Win8, or a combo laptop/touch-screen with Win8. I will not buy a desktop PC.

What are the advantages of each, and which models would you recommend? I want as much RAM as possible, maybe 8GB, and the fastest processor I can afford. I want to keep it under $800, or not much more than that.

Note that I will not buy anything from Toshiba.

Go.

[savedbygrace]

OK, I bought the Lenova. Still setting it up.

Is the Windows 8.1 update worth the time?

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

I've heard that it is. Supposedly a lot of changes that make it more user friendly.

I'll never know. I won't be getting on the Microsoft train cars that are headed for the work camps and gas ovens.

I have modified XP so it cannot access my high speed connection and am running a Linux VM to do internet stuffs. So far, works like a champ. I'll use XP for my offline utility work.

Good luck with the Lenovo.

[savedbygrace]

Thank you. It took forever for Win8.1 to download and install. So far, so good, and that is finished.

[McGruff]

As far as a laptop we have a year old Acer that runs like a top. Also have an older Toshiba that just completely died one day.

For a PC Dell has always been good to me.