I'm computer-illiterate, so tell me: how does this sound?

My computer died -- or, at least, my computer
repair person asked me why I was wanting to put
more money into my old one in order to bring it
back to life. --And right when this ridiculous
Internet service coming through my cable was
about to be no more in this town.

So I am buying a new computer which was
described to me like this:
It has an Intel Pentium 4 with 2.6 gig and a bus
speed of 800. It has an MSI motherboard with
audio, lan, and a serial ATA, IDE 7200 RPM, 80
gig, 8 megabytes. The video card is Radion 9000
(to accomodate my present monitor) with DVI for
later switch to LCD; DD464 megs RAM. The CDR
has an aluminum case, and the power supply is 300
watt. The memory is 512.

Now, I have no idea what I just told you because,
like I said, I am computer-iliterate. What I want to
know is does that sound good? Right? Like the
thing to do? Etc???

Thank you for any information you can give me.

 

Hi, Clint!! I have not talked to you in a LONG time!

I am using it for personal things: Internet, letters,
creating flash cards and other things for my
synagogue, drawing, creating other stuff and to
get away from tis ridiculus system. The cost,
including tax, is just over $1300.

Nice to "see" you!

 

Bump

 

("But then, I don't believe that radio and t.v. comes through the air either. LOL
Diane"

Nope, there are little people inside those things. I saw the insides of a radio when I was a little kid (before they started sealing them up so that the little people could not get out and raid the fridge at night), and they have long glass tubular stage lights -- lots of them. They hide behind the lights and other stuff inside the radio when you try to see them. One of them is just a shadow, and he knows everything. I have seen him.)

The reason I requested so much stuff on this computer is because I have never had a computer that did not run out of memory or that would do everything I wanted. I have spent too much time rebooting computers because they froze on me from being overloaded with too much whatever.

I also wanted it to be able to handle my future needs, which will surely grow. It has happened with each computer that, computer illiterate or not, I have outgrown.

I am using my old monitor, but everything else was too old.

 

Initially, I considered Dell, but then I realized that
when anything goes wrong, it must be mailed in at
my expense, it must use their parts, it is gone (out
of my home) for at least two weeks, there is no
loaner program, and my son can't just pop in and
work on on it for me. I would feel like I am always
at their mercy, always necessarily paying their
prices. Is this right?

 

Being computer illiterate has constantly left me at
the mercy of sales people. Eveerytime, I have,
at their advice, bought machines that they
assured me were adequate for my needs, and
everytime, they proved otherwise. I don't know.
Perhaps I did go overboard wth this one, but I
am so sick of the things either freezing or giving
me that little "low memory" notice.

Much of the problem is my excessive use of
graphics and my desire to connect pages rather
than having a new file for every page.

Of course, I am anxious to get to a machine that
can handle the Internet (I accidentally erased an
important program from my last one, making
connecting to the Internet impossible for it) and
I want to get away from this cable TV Internet
service and its miserable keyboard.

 

Well, perhaps I have over-paid. I don't have the
computer yet, but it is presently being built and
will come with Microsoft Publisher (my favorite),
Microsoft Office XP, Power Point, Excel, etc.

In fact, maybe that's it! I did not mention the
software also bein installed. Does Dell an the
others cme wit these things, or are they more
things to be paid for after te price of the computer?

 

(8o( I'm sorry.)