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Old 03-08-2003, 16:37   #1
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Ohhh........my...........God.........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/3120495.stm

Just when i thought it couldn't get any worse.......

I'm gonna put in a request for free dishing out of Asprins for all the headbutting of walls im gonna be doing


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Old 03-08-2003, 19:23   #2
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I think its kinda fitting...

c**p computers bundled with a c**p ISP

and before anyone says otherwise...


Median systems sold with Nova series motherboard.
Anything at ALL by Packard Bell

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Old 03-08-2003, 20:15   #3
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The sort of people that buy their computers from Dixons deserve all they get. But saying that I like AOL's style.
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The sort of people that buy their computers from Dixons deserve all they get. But saying that I like AOL's style.
Where would you suggest people go to get a pc then?
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Old 03-08-2003, 20:22   #5
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Where would you suggest people go to get a pc then?
Build your own...

Maplin do a book on building your own computer

Soltek Golden Flame mobo £60 (according to another site)
AMD CPU £50
Case £30
DVD Drive £15
CD WRiter £30
Ram £100
Hard Drive £100
Decent Graphics card £100
Mode £10

Operating system - ranging from Free to £200

Also Office package - Super Office, Star Office etc, both MS complient, but a LOT cheaper - ie FREE

Monitor - take your pick
same for kb/mouse/speakers.

Nuff said
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Build your own...

Maplin do a book on building your own computer

Soltek Golden Flame mobo £60 (according to another site)
AMD CPU £50
Case £30
DVD Drive £15
CD WRiter £30
Ram £100
Hard Drive £100
Decent Graphics card £100
Mode £10

Operating system - ranging from Free to £200

Also Office package - Super Office, Star Office etc, both MS complient, but a LOT cheaper - ie FREE

Monitor - take your pick
same for kb/mouse/speakers.

Nuff said



I would prefer as many people do to get one already built
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Dell,
Mesh,
your local computer retailer.....

Anywhere but not Dixons/Comet/PCWorld

PLEASE:p
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Each to their own, but by building your own machine you can be assured of the quality of the parts you fit.

so many companies make a machine with an impressive looking spec which performs abysmally by installing low quality hardware with poor performance characteristics.

Having said that, of the machines I have here at home, I do like the build quality of Dell (not so impressed with some of the others but Dell are EXCELLENT)
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usually build my own stuff but just bought a laptop from pcworld online!!

Athlon XP 2500
512mb RAM
40 GB HD
64MB Geforce 4
15" Screen
DVD Writer!!!

All for £899

Bargin if you ask me!!! cant find anything of that spec that cheap!!!
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I used to be against PC world, but now i find they are alright for buying the machines as long as you dont listen to the bull**** from the salesperson.
Know what you want BEFORE you go into the store, Dont let a salesman talk you into anything.......DO NOT buy the extended warranty, its never worth the paper its written on and limits upgrades to be done solely by the supplier.
However I do like the prices, and recently persuaded my mate to buy an Emachines P4 2.4 from there.

Time I used to like for their laptops, but now they joined in a shop with Tiny I wont touch them.

If I want anything these days I use mail order or my small local independant computer shop.
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usually build my own stuff but just bought a laptop from pcworld online!!

Athlon XP 2500
512mb RAM
40 GB HD
64MB Geforce 4
15" Screen
DVD Writer!!!

All for £899

Bargin if you ask me!!! cant find anything of that spec that cheap!!!
but did you get the extended warranty?

i also think people are overly unfair on pcworld etc sometimes, obviously sometimes they deserve the stick (90% of time) but that otehr 10% they arent that bad... i will be going there to get my laptop in the future...
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Firstly IS it a DVD Writer or is it a DVD/CDRW combo drive? [EDIT[ found the machine its DVD-RW

IPC Notebook PC

· AMD 2400+
· 512Mb Memory
· 40Gb Hard Drive

· DVD/CDRW
· No O/S

Price: £699 Ex. VAT

n21online at http://www.n21online.com

Specific model page http://www.n21online.com/powernotem.php
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I used to be against PC world, but now i find they are alright for buying the machines as long as you dont listen to the bull**** from the salesperson.
The only problem is people who shop at PC world generally DON'T know what they want before they go in. They speak to the (spotty) kid behind the counter and go home with an expensive computer that is already obsolete and an extended warranty thats not worth the paper its written on.

Thats commission based sales for you, and when something goes wrong with your new door stop well thats another story.

If I was to advise someone where to go my fist place would be www.dell.co.uk. But then again I'm biased, I worship my Dell and the ground it sits on.

These are only my experiences of PC world so don't shoot me down for ****ging them off. :p

Oh in todays times there was a leaflet for dell offers. I'm sure I remember seeing a lappy of that spec for roughly the same amount only with an intel 2.6Ghz and combo dvd/cd +rw drive

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512mb RAM
40 GB HD
64MB Geforce 4
15" Screen
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its definalty a DVD writer!! im usiing it now!!!

and thats what swayed it for me!!

Ive got a digi video camera and with the software that came with it (power DVD producer) I can bore all my friends with a holiday DVD later this year!!

Thought it would look a bit cheap and crappy but suprisingly it looks rather smart!! (silver rather than the murkey colour shown on their website!! )

Now my laptops faster than my pc upstairs!! :'(
Time for an upgrade!!

oh and dells???? I spend half of my time fixing them (we've got 100s of them at work!! ) but always top support from dell when they do go wrong!!!!
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yes i have a dell dimension 8100. beast of a machine...

dream to play around with inside too when i want to tinker... everything nicely tucked away etc
the only gripe is that the processor is hidden behind this gross lime green air duct thingy...
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