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I have various Windows servers as guests. Trying to shoehorn 10 year old software onto a new computer will be a painful waste of time and effort. Wow, for as much as I can understand and I have become MUCH more savvy with your help since I joined this amazing group you have done a lot of investigations just for me - thank-you.

Am i a gamer, no, but my fear has always been that by the time I can afford it, it is already too slow for what I will need so I try to splurge and then watch it become outdated. I am currently using a xps which I think is at least 7 - 8 years old and I can just HEAR it wanting to give up on me.

I am positive this will be my last computer purchase, so, based on what you all say I am going to go with windows 8. I hope it will let me continue to use the start menu as is in Windows 7 and a mouse - the touch screen stuff is not for me.

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The XPS was a massive machine, Dell's flagship circa If you bought one as a non-gamer, it was The midrange and significantly less expensive XPS would have lasted just as long, and would have been just as "fast" from your perspective as the XPS Although it is faster for gamers , it will not last any longer for non-gamers than a lower-end system would.

Thank you for that link. In Canada that is a little more, still probably some good sound advice. I think my son used the XPS a few times for gaming but not so much. Thank-U Just Sarah. I'm in Canada so depending on what you want to do I would really consider something less pricey.

Do you have a relatively comprehensive idea of what you plan to do with this? You really don't need to drop that kind of coin unless you have rather specific requirements.

Word processing, movies, music. That's it. I am totally being silly aren't I it's like an addiction that i cannot afford. You are all right on this one. I want fast with a lot of room and I want it to last. Well, it's your money.

I usually tell clients in your situation similar needs , though, that they're actually better off buying 2 or three medium range laptops in a 6 year period than buying one high end one and keeping it for years on end. Performance keeps going up. As long as you know how to put your data in the proper locations, moving to a new system isn't that hard. If you're doing so before the old one dies completely, it's even better. I completely understand the mindset and the appeal of buying something like that but it just doesn't make sense in the computing world, especially these days.

Plenty of storage, good CPU, more than enough ram for your average usage and the money you save you can put towards an Office subscription and get the newest shiny in the application you'll actually use, rather than in areas that really mean nothing to you.

Heck, it's nearly more powerful than my new desktop at home, and that's my primary gaming desktop that I intend on keeping for another years myself. The base XPS from Dell. Maybe the in between alternative? You still get your XPS, just not with all the bells and whistles that you likely won't even get to fully appreciate. Mostly for watching movies Netflix, blurays when his wife has commandeered the TV, making home movies, and Skyping with the grandchildren.

He's not an avid gamer like we my friend and myself are, but he does enjoy some casual World of Warcraft shenanigans on weekends for fun. This desktop handles all of that with aplomb and then some. Anything more than this configuration, though, would be overkill IMO. Ars Tribunus Angusticlavius et Subscriptor.

What model number are you interested in? Moderator et Subscriptor. Yuhong bao. I merged the two topics without screwing it up!