Reader Brian Tom writes: I’m looking to purchase a new PC in the near future. Should I wait for Vista to come out and purchase with it already installed or purchase now and upgrade. What are the pros and cons to each option? Will PCs cost more with Vista already loaded? Any advice would be helpful.
Let me put it simply: If you want a machine with Vista on it, you’re absolutely crazy if you purchase a computer now and try to upgrade it later. There’s simply no reason to do it yourself.
Buying a computer that is pre-loaded with Windows Vista would make things much simpler. But even though Microsoft has promised that Vista would be available in early 2007, most of us are already aware that Microsoft routinely misses promised release dates.
For less than $2,000 you should be able to pick up a PC and monitor that, a year ago, would have resided at or near the top of our reviews chart.
Desktop PC benefits
Performance. Price. Upgradeability. Desktop PCs can be very affordable when you’re considering the performance to price ratio. You can build your PC from the ground up with mass amounts of memory and hard drive space, TV tuners, high-end graphics cards, and more.
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