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  1. DavyL200

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    Maybe you should try Yolly who goes under the name pc doc who is a member on this site, she has done a good job on several people's pc's, good luck
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    I have used them several times. Most of there goods are free shipping and you can pay cash on delivery.
     
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    LAZADA have a new range of desktop boxes ranging from 6990 peso to 10900 peso. The spec seems pretty good and even buying the parts separately, I don't think I could match the price.
     
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    Microsoft Operating Systems appear to have inherent problems which require updates. All my important stuff is backed up on an external HDD from an old computer. When I next update my desktop, I will buy one with Linux installed. By all accounts it look very similar to Windows, but without all the infuriating problems. I would go with Wyre83 and back up all my files and then istall Linux. If you are unhappy with Linux, you can always get Windows 7 installed for 600 peso at Ace Logic.
     
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    No recommendations on computer shops. I will say that once he gets the files copied to another hard disk that he give Linux Mint a go. Very user friendly and doesn't crash all the time like Win8. Very similar (looking) to Windows.....plus it's free. I had similar problems with Win8 on this computer (and lost a lot of information) but since moving over to Linux I have not had a single crash an absolutely no data loss.

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    If he decides to keep Windows 8 I highly suggest he makes a point to regularly backup his data (to an external hard drive or cloud service) and have a recovery disk (which you can make yourself from the computer) made. Not doing these things with Windows 8 is just asking for disaster. It's a sub-par product that was not ready to be put on the shelves (like pretty much all but a few Microsoft operating systems)

    Curious: Has he actually tried to contact Microsoft Customer support?
     
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    Rye83, Jan 14, 2015
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