Expert: Bobbert - 1/30/2011

Question
i own a hp pavilion a1110y now and i would like to purchase a new all in one. i only use it for home use. the one i own now is a little slow and i would like to buy something that is faster. any recommendations. thank you

Answer
By All-In-One I assume you mean something that roughly resembles an Apple iMac - and that would be my first suggestion (for general home use, like browsing the Internet, there is nothing that makes OS X problematic - its only if you have a specific application or application base that won't work within OS X (like Direct3D)). Alternately, HP and Sony produce a number of AIO solutions as well, which feature newer versions of Windows (some of them also feature touchscreens), and I would consider any of them as acceptable. Unless you're running some intensive application that you're not thinking of, you're pretty much wide open in terms of specifications as the demand from web browsing and office tasks is well within the scope of basically all modern processors.

Regarding the slowness of your existing system, have you attempted to remedy this problem in any way, or is there a specific application (or set of applications) that won't work with your existing hardware (thus prompting the upgrade)? If yes to the later, which application is giving you trouble? (As this may influence my suggestion in terms of hardware)

-bob