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Saturday, July 4, 2009

(Buying a New Computer Part – 5) Reading the Reviews

Now you that you may have determined what internals you want in your PC how you determine the best brand and model. Here I have to recommend www.cnet.com. They are the best technology review site I have found yet. Read the editor reviews and the customer reviews. Then go to places like Amazon, and www.newegg.com and see if you can read some more reviews from the customers on the computer you are interested in. Look at both the positives and negatives. One person may have rated it low because of a rare bad experience. Another may have not been happy with a feature that you don’t care about. Weigh these carefully and you should be able to narrow down what model.

One last bit of advice. I recommend being very careful about purchasing from big name electronic retailers. Often I have found they are over-priced and seldom are competitive. Make sure you take the time to shop around and find the best deal. If you buy online be careful. There are a lot of good and bad sites out there. Check to see what their ratings are with Google and other price comparison sites. Make sure you know the return policy and they have an 1800 to call in case there is a problem. You really do not want to be waiting a day for a response and then get the wrong answer. Also, be sure that they have your computer in stock. Nothing is more annoying than making a purchase and then finding out you might have to wait several weeks for it to come.

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