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[B1162]Buying A New Pc

by Victor Epand, Vic

Computer has become an integral part of our day to day life. Instead of television, people get the world news and movies on their PC and talk to their loved ones through Internet chatting. PC headset plays an important role when you approach your friends sitting on the other corner through your personal computer. You must have come across countless people wearing the headset and talking to someone.

Apart from their usage while chatting, they are also used for a number of purposes. To listen to the best quality music with good frequency is possible only with a good quality headset. If some one is bothering you continuously through voice mails and web chat, his voice can be recognized with the help of these.

But do you know, apart from these basic functions, there are several other aspects of these headsets as well? Nearly all industries related to information technology have made a norm of wearing these during the work hours. Quality of video conference can be improved with the use of high quality PC headset. So, it is becoming inevitably important to select the right headset for your computer. If you are using one while working on your personal computer, the chances of neck or back ache minimizes automatically. This increases the productivity in your field as well.

They are available in two types depending upon their connections. These are analog ones and digital ones. USB ones are much more in demand than other headsets because of their high response rate and frequency. There are different kinds of PC headsets available in the market according to the technology they use but Bluetooth PC headsets are making the difference with their wireless technology and high fidelity feature.

A customer should consider several guidelines before purchasing it. First of all, check the warranty period and the brand of the headset. Never go for the used headset without intense inspection. Compare between the costs of different headsets and choose the best one in quality and cost. Check out the availability of all the accessories that have been mentioned in the brochure of the PC headset.

After checking out these facts, some of the questions might arise in your mind. You might wonder whether the headset is comfortable for your ears, head and neck. Is the microphone flexible enough to be moved freely? Is the cord of the headset appropriate in length? Is the sound quality same at both the ends? These are some questions for you and the answers can be found out by you yourself.

Here we are telling you about some of the leading brands involved in the manufacturing of PC headset. These headsets are available in 160 - 190 dollars and have all the required features. Plantronics, Sennheiser, Sony etc. are some of the reliable brands. There are several websites as well that provides the comprehensive information about the PC headset available in the market.

If you've bought a cheap computer before it's quite likely that after a short while of using it, you noticed the speed at which it could perform tasks seemed to rapidly decrease. As soon as you got your favourite programs on it such as Itunes, Windows Messenger or Photoshop you began to notice that you'd be spending more and more time waiting for programs to open or perform simple tasks. And god forbid you have one of the latest versions of Norton Internet Security or a similar antivirus program. Then your PC would slow down to a fraction of the speed it appeared to work when you first set it up.

This scenario is all too common. Retailers offer these beautiful looking PC's, packed with technical jargon, plus tons of free software you don't want, don't need and won't use. They offer them with the latest operating system such as Windows Vista or Windows 7 and they also throw in a flat screen monitor all for not more than a few hundred pounds. Sounds great right?

The problem is if you buy a cheap machine like this you will end up with the above scenario. You may think “This machine has got 4gb of RAM, it must be good” But the problem is unless you really know your stuff about PC's you will be fooled. RAM for instance is important and generally the rule of thumb is the more the better. But what a lot of people don't realize is RAM runs at different speeds depending on the quality of it and the quality of the components around it. If you had say 4gb of cheap DDR400 RAM and 2gb of DDR2 800 RAM you'd be far better off with the second option. What a lot of people don't realize is the retailers know how you think and know which buttons to press in order to get their sale. If you saw a PC advertised as Duo Core, 4 gig of RAM, 500gb hard drive, DVD-RW and some fandango graphics card you'd likely be blown away. The problem is these components in the cheaper options are likely cheap unbranded ones. The Duo Core processor is probably a very low spec, low speed one, the RAM is most likely a cheap low speed RAM, the hard drive is of the older IDE variety and the graphics card is just about good enough to play space invaders. Sad as it may be many manufacturers now spend more on the case than they do on the components within it. If it looks the part people will buy it. There's nothing wrong with having a nice case but would you have the chassis of a Ferrari with the engine of a mini?

Generally more and more people are getting into a force economy. Buy a cheap PC. When it goes wrong just out of warranty or has ground to a complete halt a few weeks after buying it, just buy a new one and give the other one to the kids. This is just money down the drain.

You should reckon on spending around £450/500 on the PC alone (forget the monitor) to have a quality piece of equipment that will last and be a joy to use. These middle of the range PC's are far more likely to be upgradeable to prolong their useful life in the future and the components are more likely to be a named brand with decent speed ratings.

If you use the PC for work then you will be far more productive with a decent spec one. Even if it's just for home use, who wants to be sitting around for ages waiting for the PC to react to something or run a virus scan.

The long and short of it is you get what you pay for but paying too little can be a complete waste of your hard earned cash.

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