Against

1. Sales assistances sometimes will try and talk you into buying old stock as technology goes out of date very quickly
2. Some sales assistances know very little about the computer's on sale
3. A low cost/quality printer and scanner sometimes throw in with a PC just to make the sale look more value for money
4. Customer's not always made aware of any software he or she may need   i.e. Microsoft Office ,which is expensive to buy afterwards if not pre-installed by the manufacturer.
5. Often customer's are persuaded to buy expensive insurance in case of problems .(Sales assistance's usually get commission on these sales)
6. To keep manufacturing costs down new pc's may have display and sound components installed on the main motherboard . therefore upgrades will only be possible by disabling these in bios setting or a complete motherboard replacement.
7. Some manufacturer's case design may limit the possibility to upgrade.
8. Software included as part of a package deals may only be trial versions of the software and you will have to pay again for full versions
9. After sales service can be very poor
10. The Pc may not be exactly what you want.
11. Be aware of display computers in shop's which appear to be very fast.this is because as yet there is very little installed on the hard drives and the manufacturer may have installed the maximum ram for display purpose's

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