what computer is better for gaming. i want to play Battlefield 2142/Crisis/Frontlines and some more!?

October 22, 2009

Components
Intel® Core™ 2 Quad-Core Q8300 Processor (2.5GHz, 4MB cache, 1333MHz FSB)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 32 bit – English
Microsoft® Works 9 – English
1Yr Premium Warranty Support
20in S2009W WIDESCREEN UK Black (1600 x 900)
4096MB 1067 MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [4×1024]
Hard Drive 500GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)
512MB ATI™Radeon™ HD 4670 graphics card
16X DVD+/-RW (Read/Write DVD, CD)
Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard – UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll USB (2 buttons scroll) DUAL TONE Mouse
Accessories
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection – English
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Services & Software
No Accidental Damage Support
DataSafe Online Backup 2GB 1 year
Also Includes
English Documentation with UK/Irish Power Cord
D08X301
XPS Desktop 430 Order – Ireland
1 Year Premium Warranty Support
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Resource DVD – (Diagnostics & Drivers)
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Components
Intel® Core™ i7 Processor 920 (2.66GHz, 8MB cache, 4.8GT/sec)
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium SP1 (64 BIT) – English
Microsoft® Works 9 – English
1Yr Premium Warranty Support
20in S2009W WIDESCREEN UK Black (1600 x 900)
4096MB (4×1024) 1067MHz DDR3 Dual Channel
500GB Serial ATA (7200RPM) Hard Drive
1GB NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT220 graphics card
16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive (DVD & CD read and write)
Dell™ USB Entry Keyboard – UK/Irish (QWERTY)
Dell Optical Scroll USB (2 buttons scroll) DUAL TONE Mouse
Accessories
No Security/Anti-Virus Protection – English
Integrated HDA 7.1 Dolby Digital Audio
No Speakers (Speakers are required to hear audio from your system)
19-in-1 Media Card Reader
Services & Software
No Accidental Damage Support
Also Includes
English Documentation with UK/IRL Power Cord
D08SX03
Studio XPS Desktop Order – Ireland
1 Year Premium Warranty Support
Datasafe Local 2.0 Basic
Resource DVD – (Diagnostics & Drivers)

Geek Squad Repair issues?

September 30, 2009

A year ago, my daughter saved her own money to but a lap top computer.
We bought it, and an extended service contract from Best Buys.

It proved to be a lemon, and after several repairs (motherboard, hard drive, etc) they replaced it with another computer of a different make.

I paid for another extended contract…but when this machine had issues, they are trying to pawn it off on "software problems"—not covered and want to charge nearly 200 bucks to fix it.

Everyone who’s heard of the problem think the issue is power/ hardware related. While we were waiting to have the puter serviced, every customer was told the same thing "If the issue is spyware, it’s not covered…"

I think they are simply trying to weasel out of the contract, and "software" is just an excuse. Has anyone else had a similar experience with Geek Squad? It also took them 11 days to run a simple diagnostic. That’s absurd. So is paying 25 percent of the price of a product not even a year old.
My daughter says the screen goes black at random. She also said that re-booting doesn’t always bring it back.

She has a Toshiba laptop, and twice in the last year we had to replace the power cord. The first one used to get so hot it could almost burn your skin, but the latest doesn’t do that.

We use Avast and Ad Aware for anti-virus.

This doesn’t sound like any virus I have ever heard of. Opinions?
Even worse…when we retrieved the laptop, they tried to get me to sign a form that said it "had been repaired to my satisfaction.

THEN we found two new icons on the computer, one for a direct internet connection none of us had ever used, or heard, and the other for files equal odd.

Wonder what the boys do on their breaks?