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basa · 24-02-2006, 13:43

I bought my first PC from PC World about 6-7 years ago.

Being permanently pennyless I soon learned to delve inside it and fix things as required (with a few minor disasters I have to say). That was in the days of Cable & Wireless dial up !!

Soon I was into upgrading and then building my own (I've built 4 moderate spec PC's now). One day I'll convert to XP !!! (when Vista is released and the price of XP drops)

Now I would NEVER buy bits, let alone a PC from PC World and would never buy a ready assembled PC from say Dell, Packard Bell or god forbid those 'emachines' things (are they still going ??).

I like to know what is in my PC, where it goes and what it's for !!

I'm also now generating a very small income repairing other peoples PCs .. malware etc. Although the last repair was over the phone when a young lady wanted to know how to increase the brightness of her Siemens lappie display (Fn + -->)

24-02-2006, 13:43	#53
basa Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: S Manchester Age: 78 Posts: 1,766	Re: The "I bought a computer from PC World, Currys or Dixons" Thread I bought my first PC from PC World about 6-7 years ago. Being permanently pennyless I soon learned to delve inside it and fix things as required (with a few minor disasters I have to say). That was in the days of Cable & Wireless dial up !! Soon I was into upgrading and then building my own (I've built 4 moderate spec PC's now). One day I'll convert to XP !!! (when Vista is released and the price of XP drops) Now I would NEVER buy bits, let alone a PC from PC World and would never buy a ready assembled PC from say Dell, Packard Bell or god forbid those 'emachines' things (are they still going ??). I like to know what is in my PC, where it goes and what it's for !! I'm also now generating a very small income repairing other peoples PCs .. malware etc. Although the last repair was over the phone when a young lady wanted to know how to increase the brightness of her Siemens lappie display (Fn + -->)