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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 6975695" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>Today's computers are indeed often over-specified for common office tasks, email and web browsing. The main reasons for having far more powerful machines is for graphics, and a powerful dedicated graphics card distinct from the motherboard will sort that out. Not all motherboards are compatible with extra graphics cards though. Video editing and transferring very large files can also be a reason to go high end or at least to get something with USB3.1 or better still, Thunderbolt3, which both use identical sockets. Plus a very fast solid state drive for storage of course.</p><p>Many users just don't need any of this currently and any reasonable £450+ computer off the shelf will do their job and will likely be far better than their old off the shelf machine bought five to ten years ago.</p><p>Personally I find the quality of the monitor and speakers to be very important indeed, but a slow computer will be equally frustrating. Forget 4GB of RAM these days and go for 8 as a minimum. I bought an extra 8GB for my 2011 iMac a month or so ago for about £30 and its the best £30 I've spent this year.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 6975695, member: 718"] Today's computers are indeed often over-specified for common office tasks, email and web browsing. The main reasons for having far more powerful machines is for graphics, and a powerful dedicated graphics card distinct from the motherboard will sort that out. Not all motherboards are compatible with extra graphics cards though. Video editing and transferring very large files can also be a reason to go high end or at least to get something with USB3.1 or better still, Thunderbolt3, which both use identical sockets. Plus a very fast solid state drive for storage of course. Many users just don't need any of this currently and any reasonable £450+ computer off the shelf will do their job and will likely be far better than their old off the shelf machine bought five to ten years ago. Personally I find the quality of the monitor and speakers to be very important indeed, but a slow computer will be equally frustrating. Forget 4GB of RAM these days and go for 8 as a minimum. I bought an extra 8GB for my 2011 iMac a month or so ago for about £30 and its the best £30 I've spent this year. [/QUOTE]
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