Just a little update for you,
I had not deserted the forum without giving you the courtesy of an explanation.
My PC's life came to rather an abrupt end!:x
I had managed to get the IT manager of the school where I help out with Adult PC Literacy classes to offer to look at it!
Poor Guy, it proceeded to die by degrees before our eyes!
He fought valiantly to save it, but all that remains is the power lead!!:ldown:
Feeling needlessly responsible, he magnanimously offered to help me build a new one!
It is
so different form the old Medion unit,
Big black Gigabyte Triton case, big enough to be a bedroom for a small child!
For those that understand these things it comprises:
Asus P5Q3 de-luxe WiFi Motherboard
Core 2 Duo E8400 3GHz 6MB L2 cache CPU with 1333 MHz FSB (couldn't afford a Quad core chip!)
Nvida Gforce 9600GT Graphics card with 512MB of DDR3 RAM
2GB Corsair DDR3 1333MHz RAM
500Gb Samsung Spinpoint HDD with 16MB Buffer
and an OCZ 600w Stealth Stream PSU
I'm a bit in awe of it at the moment, trying to get used to Vista doesn't help, but I'm sure we will become friends in the end!!
The bad news is that in addition to the unexpected expense incurred, my scanner is now useless, as is my copy of the original Photoshop Elements, and my freebie copy of Acronis True Image 8.0pe.
So I have some serious saving to do to replace both the hole in my bank account, and the new scanner and software that I need to replace!
Thanks for all your helpful advice and suggestions, they were appreciated.:happy:
six-h