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Taf · 08-02-2006, 18:58

I bought a PC from PCWorld... Packard Bell DX100/ 250Mb HD/4Mb RAM/1Mb Video. What clinched the deal was a freefone support number direct to Packard Bell for 3 years!

I upgraded the RAM to 16Mb for about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£150, but it was soon blindingly obvious that PCs were moving ahead so fast that my new acquisition would be useless in the near future. After only a few months Packard Bell dropped the freefone support number and PCWorld did not want to know, Windows 95 arrived and my machine was effectively dead in the water.

By that time PCWorld was full of old, overpriced kit so my next PC came from mail order... and lasted me 6 years until it was itself overtaken by technology.

PCWorld has had its day as far as I'm concerned... I'm not even drawn to stroll around their local store whilst I wait for my car to be serviced a few yards away.

08-02-2006, 18:58	#48
Taf cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Kairdiff-by-the-sea Age: 70 Services: TVXL BBXL Superhub 2ac (wired) 1Tb Tivo Posts: 10,554	Re: The "I bought a computer from PC World, Currys or Dixons" Thread I bought a PC from PCWorld... Packard Bell DX100/ 250Mb HD/4Mb RAM/1Mb Video. What clinched the deal was a freefone support number direct to Packard Bell for 3 years! I upgraded the RAM to 16Mb for about ÃƒÆ’Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â£150, but it was soon blindingly obvious that PCs were moving ahead so fast that my new acquisition would be useless in the near future. After only a few months Packard Bell dropped the freefone support number and PCWorld did not want to know, Windows 95 arrived and my machine was effectively dead in the water. By that time PCWorld was full of old, overpriced kit so my next PC came from mail order... and lasted me 6 years until it was itself overtaken by technology. PCWorld has had its day as far as I'm concerned... I'm not even drawn to stroll around their local store whilst I wait for my car to be serviced a few yards away.