Your wrong, you stating your brand neutral, but dont need a super computer and think Intel is a better chip then AMD?
Me, been computing since the day Windows 95 came out, had to have owned between myself and family up to two dozen different desktops computers, laptops, tablets, you name it.
I never bought anything because of the brand name.
I have never had to send a computer in for warranty work (until recently, read last)
I never bought any super expensive computers either, since I do not play games on it, there is no reason for it and for a while the typical game game machines from MS, Nintendo, Sony were far more powerful for playing games.
Have owned Emachines, Lenovos, Acers and HPs, never preferred any brand over the other, they are circuit boards thrown together by third party manufacturers with a name on them.
I have
always preferred AMD chips for no other reason, then the perception of greater horsepower for less cost in my budget machines but dont get me wrong, price always won and have my share of Intel, when I say budget desktops I never bought so low budget that I would the baseline processors, such as a celeron etc.
You see up until recently, midrange machines could only go as fast as your internet connection , which wasnt that fast!
Anyway, hope this help, search for REAL sales, brand doesnt matter in your price range and as far as I am concerned I MUCH rather have AMD processors which brings me to my newest, greatest and latest, most powerful computer I ever bothered buying.
The reason being is now that I have 100Mbps internet speeds I want a lightening fast, this darn thing is so fast, I access webpages as fast and I can snap a finger and its fully loaded on the screen. So I am at the point now, with a super fast connection, that I like my newest latest and greatest, with a catch for the first time in my life.
I got from my wife for Christmas in DEC 2017 an
HP - Pavilion Desktop - AMD A12-Series - 8GB Memory - 1TB Hard Drive.
She asked me for ideas around Thanksgiving, saw this computer in Best Buy on sale for $399.00
By far the most powerful computer I have owned and the only computer I will need for years now, again, since I do not play games on it.
Ok, the catch, for the first time in decades I have had issues, first one would not let me sign into windows (software issue, guess not HP fault, locked out) Best Buy gave me a new one, Got the new one home but have noticed it was really noisy and to the point that I felt the vibrations through the keyboard, brought it back to another Best Buy, Geek squad plugged it in, agreed with me 100%, something not right, they gave me ANOTHER new one.
Let me stop here and say I was SHOCKED at the fantastic service from Best Buy and its employees, Im mostly an order online guy, my wife too, but this year truly was a Best buy Christmas, good prices and super easy for us, again, I was shocked on how nice they were regarding this issue.
Ok, so I am on my third HP computer now, one month later, the darn thing starts rebooting on its own, sometimes a few times in a day, sometimes not for a week or more. Let HP Support have remote control of the computer while online chat with them, both case they did a number of things but the second attempt they said they need me to send it in, I also did a chat with Microsoft and downloaded and installed a fresh copy of Windows 10, problem arouse a week later.
Anyway, I was VERY impressed with HP service, at no cost, they sent a prepaid shipping box to my house, dropped the computer in into the box and dropped it off at Fed Ex. Computer was repaired and delivered to my home in less then 10 days. Arrived yesterday and using it as I type this.
Repair sheet came back - Defective Processor - Replaced CPU
My experience with this HP computer issues will not stop me from buying another in the future, again, computers are a commodity more so in this price range, just a bunch of mass produced parts formulated to meet a demand, like a Mcdonalds hamburger, this one for some reason was "overcooked'.
The feel good part was how quickly it was repaired at no cost to me, though they did at first try to get me to agree to a $50 "fast track" handling and shipping charge which I said now way to and thought was typical SLIMY corporate [censored].
Shop price and processor. I have had HPs in the past with Intel but last few years our desktops we have chose AMD and Intel in our laptops, for no other reason then price/value.
This is the computer we bought for $399 at Christmas, click
..and I would buy it again, despite my unfortunate resolved problems...hopefully!
CR+P ... I just notice, your post is about "All In Ones" ugh, nope, all in ones ... not for me, just another cost saving measure for the manufacturers.