What is the best Desk Top Computer?

[renee819]

I have a lap top, but the problem is, I also have carpel tunnel. To get it down where it doesn't hurt my wrists, it really hurts my neck and back. I think if I had a desk top, I could adjust both better.

Dell is advertising a good price, but I don't know anything about Dell.

I also have to buy a printer. I bought one at Wall Mart about a year ago, for about $49.00. And when I got it home, I thought, my, this is the best printer I ever had, clear and fast. But the ink costs half of what the computer cost, and it drinks ink, like crazy. So they almost gave me the computer to sell me ink. And now it's not working.

[pilgram]

Originally Posted by renee819

I have a lap top, but the problem is, I also have carpel tunnel. To get it down where it doesn't hurt my wrists, it really hurts my neck and back. I think if I had a desk top, I could adjust both better.

Dell is advertising a good price, but I don't know anything about Dell.

I also have to buy a printer. I bought one at Wall Mart about a year ago, for about $49.00. And when I got it home, I thought, my, this is the best printer I ever had, clear and fast. But the ink costs half of what the computer cost, and it drinks ink, like crazy. So they almost gave me the computer to sell me ink. And now it's not working.

Dell is a solid brand. Based on your post if you want to go with a desktop the best investments you can make is a ergonomic keyboard and a high quality LCD flat screen (monitor is where you DON'T want to scrimp. After all, the Lord only gives us one set of eyes). Microsoft has really good ergonomic keyboard that is reasonable and makes typing easy: http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en...-keyboard-4000
As far as neck pain/posture you have the right idea as being able to have the ability to control the height of the screen is key. You can even use phone books to adjust the level of the LCD screen (you want the middle of the screen to be at your eye level). As far as printers go if you are printing more than 25 pages a week you'd save more money in the long run going with a laser printer. You can get a reasonable black and white laser printer for $150-200 and a color laser for $250 (I recommend HP but that's just my personal preference). Check eBay and craigslist for the best deals.
So to sum up here is where you want to make your priorities as far as spending goes with technology:
1. Screen
2. Keyboard/Mouse
3. PC
4. Printer

Hope that helps....

[renee819]

Thank you Pilgrim. That sounds like good advice. I have HP now and have had them in the past, and they seem to be good.

I have a book almost finished, and yes, I will be doing a lot of printing. I'll look into the Lasers, but aren't the ink cartridges awfully expensive?

[pilgram]

Laser printers use toner cartridges not ink so the cost per page (cpp) is around .03 cents versus the .12-.15 cents per page with ink printers. Matter of fact that is the key stat you want to look at when comparing laser printers - cost per page. Here's a basic primer on it:
http://www.ehow.com/facts_5899379_co...-printers.html

[Praxeas]

Nowadays desktops are nearly all the same. My friend recently got an All-in-one PC. Personally I would not get one if I need to open it up and replace a drive or upgrade.

As far as the printers go, dont forget to factor in whether you want color or not too.

I have a nice wireless inkjet (canon). Ink isnt cheap but the unit is small, prints awesome pictures, prints from two seperate trays and cant print on printable DVDs. It scans and copies. It was easy to connect to the network and change ink.

[Margies3]

I have a Lenova desktop. Great price. And so far, so good with it. I use my computer for my business, so I have to have something dependable, which this one has been. I would recommend it.

[renee819]

Thank you all for the advice. I'll try to remember it all, when I go shopping.

Praxeas, I've often thought, that since Canon makes such good cameras, they might have a good printer. If you can go by that.

[bishoph]

As far as ink price goes......Kodak is the cheapest, and they make some good inexpensive printers as well.

For large quantity printing though I agree with Pilgrim...... a laser printer will be best in the long run.

[Timmy]

[Timmy]

Even better!