Wadders
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 07:24 PM |
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Cheap new computer
The missus has decided to buy her mum a P.C for chrissy, P.C world are advertising them for £269, trouble is they don't have any stock at any of
the stores near us. what a con. Anyone got any recommendations? I'm in Leeds BTW
TIA
Al.
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russbost
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 07:29 PM |
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iank
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 07:33 PM |
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They got caught by trading standards a while back for something like that IIRC, presumably they are bright enough to have the right small print in
place now.
I got my parents a laptop a while back - they like to put things like that away being tidy sorts.
Dell's cheapest (Inspiron 1300) is £349 inc vat and shipping which sounds good value (but not she wants to join a clan and go fragging  )
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Wadders
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 07:40 PM |
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Hi Chris, being an idle sod i tried ordering it online , but when you get to the checkout, its a collect from store only deal, which would be ok, but
when you type in your postcode to find the nearest store, guess what, no stock within 50 miles, cheeky blighters.
i]Originally posted by chris mason
just order it online Al, it's meant to be a web exlcusive from what i can see
Chris
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indykid
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 08:03 PM |
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take the add to CCL in Tong. i'd guess they'd be able to build you one to the same spec or better for the same money.
don't think you need to be some techy sort to go there either. they were really helpful when we went, chatted about what we wanted, then went
through all the components. it was a few years ago now, but they've given good service all the times i've visited since.
tom
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Avoneer
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 08:24 PM |
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Get the cheapest dell.
There internals and components are much better than most budget systems for not much more money.
Pat...
No trees were killed in the sending of this message.
However a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
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Kook
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 09:03 PM |
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Love the way Pc world just add on Norton for you and make it hard for ppl to remove it.
Like someone said pop in to a local Comp shop the will be able to match or come close to that Price or even maybe a 2nd hand unit.
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owelly
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 09:05 PM |
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Another vote for DELL.
IIRC they are not too upgradable but for the price, when technology hurtles past your machine, bin it!!
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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Rek
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 10:01 PM |
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Dell Outlet sell off stuff on Ebay with cosmetic damage if you can live with the odd scratch they are cheap. and they come with a warranty.
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JoelP
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 10:04 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Kook
Love the way Pc world just add on Norton for you and make it hard for ppl to remove it.
Like someone said pop in to a local Comp shop the will be able to match or come close to that Price or even maybe a 2nd hand unit.
thats what they did on mine! A few months free then you have to subscribe for updates. Got AVG instead.
Alan, i got mine from PC world, i guess you mean the Beeston one? They seemed good when i got mine, bit of a mess about getting them to find the right
deal but got there in the end. Have you tried going in and seeing what they can do?
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shades
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 10:37 PM |
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Get a dell and un check the option for onsite warranty. You get a call from dell to discuss, but it saved me £90
Thanks
Adrian
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 10:47 PM |
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Got a Dell leaflet in front of me at the moment and on certain models they're giving you double memory for free on certain models. Font page has
an inspiron 1501 with amd sempron, xp home, 512mb 533mhz ddr sdram and a 60 Gb serial ATA HD price of £399 includes VAT and shipping.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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bob
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| posted on 1/12/06 at 11:26 PM |
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I might go and have a lok at that medion joby in aldi's on sunday,sorry its friday night and i'm too lazy to do a link.
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muzchap
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| posted on 2/12/06 at 01:16 AM |
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I'd go Dell - I've been around the block a few times with PC's and have built many of my own systems - mostly with components far in
advance of hitting the retail shelves.
My old company has gone extensively Dell and they produce some of the best driving games money can buy! Trust me - if I have to replace my PC -
it's going to be a DELL.
As others have said - the components are second to none and are very good quality. Trust them over PC world or Medion any day of the week.
Good luck whatever you choose - but the extra £50 quid now could be well worth it in the long run...
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RazMan
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| posted on 2/12/06 at 11:07 AM |
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Another vote for Dell here.
I recently bought a basic office system complete with 19" lcd monitor and XP for £329 inc vat & delivery! Beats me how they can make any
profit on that price.
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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graememk
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| posted on 2/12/06 at 12:46 PM |
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on the other hand i have a computer shop here in lincs and i see alot of the "cheaper" dells in for psu, new roms etc etc etc silly
faults.
at the end of the day you need to spend 500 to get a system of resonable quality, also look at the recovery side of things as well some only have a
recovery partition on the hard drive no good if you want to upgrade
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 4/12/06 at 10:34 AM |
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I got a Dell laptop cheap , but you have to look carefully 'cos they really strip the spec down to the bone on those desktops to do the price,
even removing a floppy drive, no DVD drive, which is a bit petty as they cost pence.
Mesh Computers do some great deals , they where doing a dual core setup a few weeks ago for £399.
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Taz Surfleet
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| posted on 5/12/06 at 08:39 PM |
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As an IT consultant I cant fault Dell however be carefull if you take out their finance some of the options tie you up in Knots and you will end up
paying for insurance etc. I gave up building machines cos I couldnt compete with them.
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