Computers from Europe: advantages and disadvantages

Offers to buy computer hardware used to flood the Internet and social networks. The consumer is offered to buy second-hand PCs and laptops at a very attractive price. Computers from Europe are so attractive in terms of price that buyers immediately agree to an advantageous offer.

Computers from Europe: Benefits

Price. Given the performance, the cost of equipment goes to 2-4 times cheaper than the new counterparts in the store.

Seller Warranty. Computer equipment (PC or laptop) either works or does not work. By receiving an 6-month warranty, the user, within the set time period, will easily determine the availability of the purchase.

Availability of components. Spare parts for old equipment are not problematic to find. In Chinese online stores there are all the necessary pieces of hardware that will help expand functionality or increase productivity.

Computers from Europe: Disadvantages

If the BU equipment works without failures, then it will surely serve the 5 customer for more than a year. But there is one drawback that sellers are silent about. It's about platform compatibility with software.

Manufacturers of computer hardware, starting with the year 2017, began to sound the alarm - sales fell sharply. This is connected precisely with the secondary market for computer equipment. The result is a conspiracy between manufacturers and Microsoft. The whole point is that now the Windows 10 operating system (and all subsequent versions) check the characteristics of computer hardware. If the system is old, the OS is not installed.

Hence the problems with the inability to upgrade - installing Windows 10 on SSD on older platforms. No dancing with a tambourine will help. Old sockets (775, 478, AM2, etc.) are clogged in the OS installer as unsupported.

 

 

In a PC with more advanced features (Socket 1155, AM3), problems with PCI devices were noticed. The TV tuner, sound card or network card does not work even after successfully installing Windows and then updating the OS. Printers, scanners, multifunction devices discontinued in 2004-2009 were included in the lock. In laptops, after installing Windows 10, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules refuse to work. Sometimes memory card receivers and network adapters.

Computers from Europe: turnkey solutions

In the context of the PC. A powerful PC with an SSD drive and a large amount of RAM (4-16GB) can easily work on Windows 7 PRO SP1 64bit. Microsoft may have stopped supporting the platform, but the OS itself is pretty nimble and undemanding to resources. The main thing is to completely disable the system update. Otherwise, the day will come when the developer wants to remotely block his creation. However, there are questions to the stability of Windows 7, but here you have to choose between price and security.

Laptops. This is a slightly different approach. The Windows 10 operating system is installed on portable devices, as laptop manufacturers do not stop customer support. Even the 10-year-old laptop brand will accompany the drivers. But we are only talking about the motherboard, processor and video adapter. But Wi-Fi and Ethernet chips are often not supported. There are 2 solutions. Roll up Windows 7 or contact a laptop repair company. Specialists easily solder network modules by installing newer chips. The trick is that in laptops of the same brand, network adapters are interchangeable at the hardware level.

Setting up unsupported technology. Printers are easy to configure - the universal HP LaserJet 5L driver is poked. Yes, the functionality is cut, but the technique prints. The scanner uses the universal program VueScan. A simple application understands all devices and works flawlessly. But with the MFP will have to tinker. Fortunately, there are dozens of forums where similar problems are described - you need to look individually for each MFP model.

 

 

Configure unsupported devices. On computers from Europe, users often transfer old pieces of iron (sound, network, tuner). There is a wonderful DriverPack Solution application (even the developers own site). The program easily finds the necessary drivers. Sometimes, for 64bit systems, there are flaws. Then, by the method of poking, analogues of drivers are selected. The system swears on incompatibility, but it will be necessary to force update and look for a working solution. Five to ten pokes and the task is completed.

The financial benefit when buying used equipment is justified. And you will not hear any recommendations regarding the acquisition of new PC parts or laptops. We decided to save - rightly, there is nothing to overpay.