I Was Discouraged
@just4him (323168)
Green Bay, Wisconsin
February 18, 2016 7:08pm CST
Shopping today at Wal-Mart I found something that was a bit discouraging. I've been looking online for a while now at PC Tower prices, and we went into the electronic department, we always do, he's a gamer after all. He doesn't buy games from Wal-Mart, but he does like to see what's available. While we were there we checked out computers.
I found a Dell Inspirion All in One for the same price as I saw online for the tower alone. Now am I supposed to be happy about that? Not! I would think the price of a tower would be less than getting the entire computer package, but it didn't seem so.
So now what do I do? Buy a whole computer package when I only need a tower, or hope I can find a tower for a lot less than the entire computer would be?
Those of you who are familiar with electronics and computers in particular, please tell me your thoughts regarding these prices I'm seeing.
Thanks for reading.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Feb 16
Walmart can often offer things lower, due to deals and what not, I'd get whatever I needed at the best price, once I had the money, no matter what extra it came with.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
19 Feb 16
@just4him when we got my computer, it came with a printer that we did not need. We stored it in the closet. Eventually we did need. So sometimes extra things aren't necessarily bad you can store them for when something else breaks.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
@Jessicalynnt True, and I might need to do that.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
I might need to, though that doesn't sound practical.
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
19 Feb 16
I think that the package will most likely be the better deal.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
I have a great monitor - 25" that I love and the only thing left of the computer that fried six years ago. So I really don't need a monitor. I also have several keyboards and mice running around here, so don't need any of those. What I need is a tower.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
I've looked at Amazon and so far from what I've seen, they are Win 7 or 8.1 nothing new, though they say new. One thing I've determined is this time I'm getting a new PC, not used, or as my son says, someone else's headache. This will be my fourth computer in 8 years. It's time for a new one. And hopefully a brand I can trust as the one I got shortly after I moved into my home was brand new, an HP Lemon right out of the box. Motherboard fried w/i two years. It's time for a Dell.
@yukimori (10192)
• United States
19 Feb 16
The difference in the price is probably due to the components that are in each machine. The tower probably has better hardware. I'd suspect that the all-in-one has an "integrated" video card, which means that it's built into the motherboard. With the tower, you'd probably be getting a separate graphics card installed in it. I'd expect that it has more RAM and maybe a faster processor than the all-in-one, too.
What sort of price range are you hoping to buy within? I might be able to offer a few suggestions for you if you'd like.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
I'm doing my best to stay under $500. I've seen those on sale for half that, which was encouraging and I was ready to buy it, but it went up in price again. I'm also looking at a Dell. I'm not ever buying another HP. I've had three crash on me and one was brand new.
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
19 Feb 16
I got just the tower a few years ago at Best Buy. They have good deals.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
That's where I've been looking. I'm hoping they come back down in price. The one I saw a couple days ago the All in One, cost the same as the tower I was looking at.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
Never with a laptop my friend. I'm getting away from this one as fast as I can. I'm getting a PC tower if possible or the entire computer if I must.
@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
I still need to wait. Hopefully I'll have enough saved for it next month, but I only need a tower.
@RonElFran (1214)
• Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
19 Feb 16
I don't think I could bring myself to buy just the tower if I knew I could get the whole computer for the same price. Maybe I could give the parts I didn't need to a worthy cause.
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@just4him (323168)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
19 Feb 16
That's okay. That's why I put it out there for someone to help if they could.
