blinkpip
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« on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 16:44:00 » |
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My mother wants to buy a new PC, and after hearing everyone advice on here to avoid PC World. I need to know where is the best place to buy one?
Online? A family PC, between £300-500
Any advice would be grateful
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #1 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 17:04:42 » |
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Avoid PC world, Currys, Comet, Compaq and Dell (sorry Sussex!) Buy online at somewhere like mesh computers www.meshcomputers.com are very good and have a good reputation, if you do not wish to go down the route of having one built for them specifically (a fair bit cheaper). |
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Sippo
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« Reply #2 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 21:03:02 » |
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I find hp's very reliable. is that bad?!!  |
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #3 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 21:07:48 » |
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« Reply #4 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 21:08:07 » |
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Mesh used to have a terrible reputation for customer service a couple of years ago, have they got better recently jjedmunds?
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blinkpip
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« Reply #5 on: Tuesday, April 1, 2008, 21:32:02 » |
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Mesh used to have a terrible reputation for customer service a couple of years ago, have they got better recently jjedmunds? Hope not, just bought one. :? |
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ee the trick is only pick on those that can't do you no harm
Like the drummer from Def Leppard's only got one arm
I annoyed Yeovilred 28/01/06
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Peter Venkman
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« Reply #6 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 10:14:47 » |
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Yeah they have improved a lot in the last 2 years...they had to!
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From the station at Colchester
To the cells of Warrington
From the services at Leicester
To the slums of Northampton
We travel over England
And one day Europe too
Cos we all follow the Swindon
We're the famous Town End crew.
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Sussex
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« Reply #7 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 10:19:45 » |
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My Dell laptop's working fine thanks.  |
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« Reply #8 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 15:32:46 » |
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I find hp's very reliable. is that bad?!! Yeah HP's (Compaq) are reliable - don't get Vista though...it's shit ! |
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« Reply #9 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 16:32:52 » |
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i got mine from pc world and it has been fine.
its a packard bell
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« Reply #10 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 17:18:39 » |
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I personally think that for Laptops, new, PC world is pretty good, provided you can deal with them trying to sell extended warranty. Do they still do that? The worst place i have ever seen for rip-offs is some second hand laptop shop in Cheltenham, it must be owned by the most delusional cunt, either that or his shop's on a street full of extremely thick cunts and he's very wealthy. Just found his shop. His prices have come down alot, but still pretty steep. He used to have laptops you could buy in PC World for about £500, within his shop as second hand at £1500 and the like. Most of his stuff was several years old and priced and the amount it cost when new, plus a bit more. http://www.notebooksuk.com/ |
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Simon Pieman
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« Reply #11 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 20:54:31 » |
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Our firm uses HP laptops. They break very often.
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« Reply #12 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 20:56:33 » |
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Our firm uses HP laptops. They break very often. We use HP notebooks and haven't had a problem... Can Vista Business run with server 2003? I've ordered a new pc for work with business. Someone has to try it... :x |
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If my calculations are correct, when this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious shit...
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« Reply #13 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 21:02:32 » |
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if your in swindon check out PC Medic, hes based in stratton just off greenbridge road,
He'll build you a decent machine for you price range, and does a good job.
type in PC Medic in google it check out his site.
Save with the hassel of buying online if anything goes wrong.
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« Reply #14 on: Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 21:05:44 » |
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Our firm uses HP laptops. They break very often. We use HP notebooks and haven't had a problem... Can Vista Business run with server 2003? I've ordered a new pc for work with business. Someone has to try it... :x Really? About 1 in 4 of ours goes wrong within 2 years! |
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