Just after downloading Athene's newsletter I asked my box of wonder to print it off. You'd swear i asked it the fcuking meaning of life :mad:went crazy and froze for the millionth time. I've got an old compaq which i bought second hand 5 years ago and it's now time for the bin.

 

So Fcking sick of this, I won't even go to the pics/media section anymore because it's in danger of blowing up if i do. If there was a competition for slowest computer of the month i'd sure win that too :(

 

First thing tomorrow i am going to pcworld to be annoyed by rude salespeople, ripped off because i won't know what i'm buying, but come out with a big box containing a decent laptop..I hope. If anyone's got advice on laptop's nows the time

what sort of money you wanting to spend, as in a max figure.

1K euros (£650-£700)

i would recommend either one of these. i bought the wife an advent one, but the bloody letters on the keys have wore off some of them, so wont recommend those. lol

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0405968303.1191276258@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgeaddmdlkgifgcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=193065&category_oid=-27751

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0405968303.1191276258@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgeaddmdlkgifgcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=575075&category_oid=-27751

i would recommend either one of these. i bought the wife an advent one, but the bloody letters on the keys have wore off some of them, so wont recommend those. lol

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0405968303.1191276258@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgeaddmdlkgifgcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=193065&category_oid=-27751

 

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@0405968303.1191276258@@@@&BV_EngineID=ccgeaddmdlkgifgcflgceggdhhmdgmj.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=575075&category_oid=-27751

 

 

cheers Mario,that's a big help :)

no probs. and whatever you do, DONT let them try and con you into buying an EI SYSTEMS laptop. they are an absolute pile of shyte. they have had more of those back in the service department than they have sold.

Don't go to PC World ffs! Rip off city IMO

 

Try http://www.ebuyer.com

 

Cheers,

 

Andy

ok gona do you a favor.

 

all watching

 

http://www.scan.co.uk

andy. not a lot of difference now between ebuyer & pcworld. also, if it goes wrong, at least with pcworld you have somewhere to take it back to, ebuyer is internet sales only. thats the way i would look at it anyway.

PC World you have to take it back to the store, ebuyer come and collect it for you :D Yes, I'm lazy :rofl: ;)

You can do a lot worse then Dell. Assuming that your PC will run for long enough to order from their web page !

You can do a lot worse then Dell. Assuming that your PC will run for long enough to order from their web page !

 

LOL a very VERY valid point!!!

You can do a lot worse then Dell. Assuming that your PC will run for long enough to order from their web page !

Seconded, dell's support is very good. I recommend dell's to anyone who just want to use a computer out-of-the-box.

 

You can call them on 0870 152 4699

 

Pete

Seconded, dell's support is very good. I recommend dell's to anyone who just want to use a computer out-of-the-box.

 

You can call them on 0870 152 4699

 

Pete

I disagree Pete. I've just had a customer who has been told to restore their PC to factory settings because they had a faulty modem FFS. Most of their tech people seem to just follow a script and have no real knowledge IMO. They're reasonable machines, until they go wrong and with the quality of components used (especially in the Dimension range) they usually do in my experience :(

 

Still, you get what you pay for and if it's a cheap PC it's got cheap or end of line components..

 

Steve :)

I disagree Pete. I've just had a customer who has been told to restore their PC to factory settings because they had a faulty modem FFS. Most of their tech people seem to just follow a script and have no real knowledge IMO. They're reasonable machines, until they go wrong and with the quality of components used (especially in the Dimension range) they usually do in my experience :(

 

Still, you get what you pay for and if it's a cheap PC it's got cheap or end of line components..

 

Steve :)

I think the standard answer from large pc manufacturers these days is "reinstall and see if that fixes it" mainly because most of the time it would. The problem then gets escalated if that doesnt work :rolleyes:

I recommend dell's to anyone who just want to use a computer out-of-the-box.

 

You can call them on 0870 152 4699

 

Pete

 

 

I have a couple of Dell Dimension PC's and they've been no probs at all. Worked straight out the box first time. Delivery was quick and exactly when specified.

 

Never had to use their Tech Support so can't comment on that.

Don't go to PC World ffs! Rip off city IMO

 

Try http://www.ebuyer.com

 

Cheers,

 

Andy

 

Too late Andy, got myself a compaq presario (or something like that) from pc world with a 3 year guarantee :rolleyes: yeah i know. But I have the warranty, covers accidental damage and all that.

 

Very happy , nice bit of kit ,only thing is it's windows vista, but i'm sure i'll get used to it. I'm still on my antique for now, fun for the weekend transfering all my stuff over.

Unless you have bought a high end laptop you can garuantee it wont have enough RAM to run Vista properly, go to crucial.com and get at least 2 Gb imho

 

should only cost about £60

Unless you have bought a high end laptop you can garuantee it wont have enough RAM to run Vista properly, go to crucial.com and get at least 2 Gb imho

 

should only cost about £60

Reckon i'm ok there, can't remember exactly the spec but it's fairly high from what i looked at in the shop.