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  • japlytic
    Badcaps Legend
    • Oct 2005
    • 2086
    • Australia

    #1

    All-in-one PCs

    A client of mine I met with today was talking about all-in-one PCs.
    I've been told that some people do not want them; instead, they want a separate system unit and if they want, a monitor.
    If something goes in an all-in-one PC (or a multifunction unit), parts can be quite hard to get.
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  • c_hegge
    Badcaps Legend
    • Sep 2009
    • 5219
    • Australia

    #2
    Re: All-in-one PCs

    ^
    Agreed, they give you all of the disadvantages of a laptop PC (performance, ease of repairs and parts availability), AND the disadvantages of a desktop PC (portability). I hate them.
    I love putting bad caps and flat batteries in fire and watching them explode!!

    No wonder it doesn't work! You installed the jumper wires backwards

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    • Topcat
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      • Oct 2003
      • 16956
      • United States

      #3
      Re: All-in-one PCs

      knock on wood, my Asus EEE all-in-wonder dumpster find has been solid..
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      • shovenose
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        • Aug 2010
        • 6575
        • USA

        #4
        Re: All-in-one PCs

        I want one. I also want a new phone. But they're too expensive :-)
        My birthday was yesterday and I couldn't convince my uncle to buy a Nokia Lumia 900 :-) so I'll stay with my HTC for now and after a few web design clients I'll get me a new phone and an all in one touch screen PC :P

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        • Th3_uN1Qu3
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          • Jul 2010
          • 6031
          • Romania

          #5
          Re: All-in-one PCs

          To be honest i like them, they make good office machines. For home use tho, i wouldn't buy one.
          Originally posted by PeteS in CA
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          • Topcat
            The Boss Stooge
            • Oct 2003
            • 16956
            • United States

            #6
            Re: All-in-one PCs

            Originally posted by Th3_uN1Qu3
            To be honest i like them, they make good office machines. For home use tho, i wouldn't buy one.
            I agree. Mine got demoted to the workbench since I build the new office machine....but its still a damn nice machine. It phased out my last iMac. I also got one for my wife.....and all that started with a dumpster find. They function very well with XP on them.....
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            • dmill89
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              • Dec 2011
              • 2534
              • USA

              #7
              Re: All-in-one PCs

              Originally posted by c_hegge
              ^
              Agreed, they give you all of the disadvantages of a laptop PC (performance, ease of repairs and parts availability), AND the disadvantages of a desktop PC (portability). I hate them.
              Agreed, It's an interesting idea but they way they are built they're basically Laptops without a battery. That being said if space is a major concern the other options aren't much better. USFF systems have many of the same issues of running hot and proprietary parts, the only real advantage with a USFF is you can replace the "tower" without replacing the monitor and vice versa.

              If you want a desktop and have the room for a full-sized (or at least mATX) tower/desktop that is definitely the best way to go. Standard parts, More expandable, runs cooler, etc.

              If you want a something all in one a Laptop may be the best option, at least you get the benefit of portability when sacrificing serviceability, performance and upgradability; and these days the price difference between an all in one and a similarly speced. Laptop is minimal.

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