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I finally got my new computer today.

Posted by Ken C on February 28, 2025, 12:12 am

It's a Dell Vostro 3910. Windows 11.

It worked for one hour, then the video stopped working. My monitor says "No HDMI signal". I checked and my monitor still works with my old computer.

I received it today, but the dell website says the warranty already expired.

My old computer stopped working about 4 days ago. I ordered the new one from Amazon. I was looking forward to this. I hope I can get it fixed soon.

The digital age is a big monetary rip off.

Posted by GOG on April 16, 2025, 8:12 am, in reply to "I finally got my new computer today. "

Just with my wee cell phone, the charging batteries, cords, lousy service, and monthly bill. It’s astounding the dollars given over to the geeks. Compare the costs now to the former analog telephones. Not to mention the convenience of hard copies and file cabinets. Of course there is the frustration of solving computer glitches. Relearning due to updates and technical “improvements”. WEF’s Klaus Swab stated that in this consuming techno tsunami the fast humans would consume the slow. There will be no place for the lesser IQ’s.

My computer makes it easy to store and organize important documents and bills.

Posted by Ken C on April 16, 2025, 9:06 am, in reply to "The digital age is a big monetary rip off. "

I like having a computer, but Windows 11 is not an improvement. My old Windows 10 computer did some things I can't do on Windows 11.

26 years ago my computer would say "You've got mail" when I got an email. I can't figure out how to make Windows 11 do that. Windows 11 just beeps when I get email. Windows 11 is worse in a few other ways. I wish I had stayed with Windows 10.

You should buy a Mac.

Posted by KR on February 28, 2025, 3:28 pm, in reply to "I finally got my new computer today. "

I know they're good, but I don't like the closed universe system.

Posted by Mugwump on February 28, 2025, 3:32 pm, in reply to "You should buy a Mac."

Not sure what you mean.

Posted by KR on February 28, 2025, 5:41 pm, in reply to "I know they're good, but I don't like the closed universe system."

I have never had any compatibility issues with mine, although I don’t really use it that much. I have a corporate issued Dell laptop I use most of the time.

I just bought my daughter a new MacBook Air for school and she loves it.

MAC operating system does NOT run ALL standard Windows programs properly.

Posted by DFM on March 3, 2025, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Not sure what you mean. "

Some, but not all.

Like what? Name one.

Posted by KR on March 3, 2025, 5:07 pm, in reply to "MAC operating system does NOT run ALL standard Windows programs properly."

Here goes.

Posted by DFM on March 3, 2025, 8:37 pm, in reply to "Like what? Name one."

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/kknqz3/is_there_any_apps_macos_cant_run_that_windows_can/

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6497967?sortBy=rank

List of apps that are not working with M1 macbook

Nox App Player. bignox. Not supported. ...
Wine. Code Weavers. Not supported. ...
DAZ Studio. Daz Productions Inc. Not supported. ...
Quake. id Software. Not supported. ...
Smart Switch. Samsung. Not supported. ...
Desklog. Desklog. Not supported. ...
BlueStacks. BlueStacks. ...
uTorrent Classic. BitTorrent Inc.

New M1 macs cant really run windows properly any more. So consider many of your windows only software will NOT work if you buy and M1 Mac.

There are lots of apps that are not available on Macs but are on Windows. These are niche/business or gaming apps though. Many AAA games are not and will not be available for Mac. And many niche apps aren't. For example, I am an Elearning developer by trade and the #1 app suite fo that (Articulate) is not and will never be available for Mac (they keep telling their gullible users that it runs fine on Parallels....but reality is that they developed the core software based heavily on Win PPT libraries so no way it's coming to Mac ever). With M1 that makes the divide that much greater.

That said....there's gotta be some upper classmates in your major you can ask this question to. FFS this is reddit : ) I don't know what college you're going to but post this question there and you'll get a legit answer.

I have my cell phone. No muss no fuss.

Posted by GOG on February 28, 2025, 9:06 pm, in reply to "Not sure what you mean. "

Ken, the Dell Vostro line was discontinued years ago

Posted by Mugwump on February 28, 2025, 2:37 pm, in reply to "I finally got my new computer today. "

Maybe 10. Was it sold to you BY Amazon or by someone else through Amazon?

OOPs! It loOks like they revived the line. My bad.

Posted by Mugwump on February 28, 2025, 2:41 pm, in reply to "Ken, the Dell Vostro line was discontinued years ago"

It should be FULLY WARRANTEED!!!

Getting a new computer is fun, but then a real pain in the butt

Posted by BornToFarm on February 28, 2025, 1:27 pm, in reply to "I finally got my new computer today. "

It's nice to have all the extra speed and more hard drive space.

But then all those programs and apps have to be installed, and all the data moved over.

One of the problems I will have in the future is that I have old programs, like quickbooks, that isn't being supported any longer. That means I can't install it on the new machine. The new quickbooks are rented instead of owned, and I don't like that and won't do that.

When I get a new machine, I make a directory called old computer and transfer all the old data to the new hard drive in case I missed something. Of course that includes all the data from the one before that and the one before that. But, I don't lose anything.

Last time I bought an external hard drive and stored a lot of the old things there. But those things are so slow.

Old computer died before I could make any backups.

Posted by Ken C on February 28, 2025, 1:45 pm, in reply to "Getting a new computer is fun, but then a real pain in the butt"
Edited by board administrator February 28, 2025, 1:46 pm

I hope the old drives are still working in the old computer. I hope I can put the old drives into my new computer and transfer all my old pictures and stuff.

How could the warranty be expired on a new computer that you just now received?

Posted by Mondo Fuego™ on February 28, 2025, 6:30 am, in reply to "I finally got my new computer today. "

Did you buy it from Benny on the streets in the Bronx?

That's messed up.

Send it back to Amazon and buy a new one from Best Buy.

I checked the service tag # on the dell website and they said the warranty expired.

Posted by Ken C on February 28, 2025, 1:42 pm, in reply to "How could the warranty be expired on a new computer that you just now received?"

The computer was supposed to be new and not "pre-owned". I'm not sure why they said the warranty was expired.

Good question. Amazon has free returns. I took your advice.

Posted by Ken C on February 28, 2025, 1:34 pm, in reply to "How could the warranty be expired on a new computer that you just now received?"

I'm already using my new Best Buy computer. I will send my old one back to Amazon.

amazon has pretty good return policies I'm glad

Posted by Trish on February 28, 2025, 4:51 pm, in reply to "Good question. Amazon has free returns. I took your advice."

they're not giving you a hard time. It's bad enough to have a computer die

Amazon gave me a full refund, but I had to wait about 2 weeks after I returned it.

Posted by Ken C on April 15, 2025, 7:07 am, in reply to "amazon has pretty good return policies I'm glad"

It took close to 2 months to get a refund from Staples

Posted by BornToFarm on April 16, 2025, 10:01 am, in reply to "Amazon gave me a full refund, but I had to wait about 2 weeks after I returned it."

They were to deliver a toner cartridge They canceled delivery 3 different days saying they would deliver it the next day. Finally, I gave up and canceled the order, which they confirmed. Got the same thing at Walmart for less on clearence.

Took 2 months and numerous emails to get my money back.

They will deliver it here (20 miles) for free. If I go to the store, they charge more. Interesting business model.

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