JoelP
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 11:34 AM |
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i need a new computer!
this one is pretty much what i need as far as i can tell, ie right sort of use. Can anyone see anything obviously flawed with this one? Suggest any
better suppliers? Ive checked a few others but the price seems good. 
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/958866
cheers!
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trogdor
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 11:45 AM |
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it looks pretty good, the only things i would change is the XP home to pro, thats just because i prefer pro, the home edition is ok. and maybe
increase the RAM, but it depends what use the comp is for, for normal use thats fine. if its for computers games or any high mem usage then u will
prob want to upgrade.
It looks to be a reasonable deal, especially with a 17 inch monitor!
[Edited on 10/6/06 by trogdor]
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 12:04 PM |
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nice one mate, i was wondering about the xp home and also the works 8, cant find what that includes?! cheers!
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joneh
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 12:19 PM |
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Good luck trying to find a store that has it in stock!
I have these:
F1008V901GBA04, FUJ ATH64 3200+512MB 160GB XPP, DVD-RW 17" TFT, 3 yr on-site warranty
£529 inc VAT & Del.
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Jasper
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 12:39 PM |
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Check Dell out as well, great prices and their service is superb. I call up their techy support about 3 weeks ago becasue a laptop I had from them 3
years ago (on a one year warranty!) kept crashing. They answered the phone straight away, the Irish chap was extremely knowledgable and helpful, and
even offered to call me back in a week to make sure everything was still ok. Now that's what I call service. And Compaq from wot I've
heard have a bad repuatition for service....
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Rek
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 12:55 PM |
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Try Dell outlet (off the main website) They have some good bargains on machines that were ordered and canelled so usually someone has already taken a
hit on the memory upgrade etc.. And yes I can vouch for how bad Compaq service is, it's all Hp's fault, they sacked all the UK staff and
offshored them...
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trogdor
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 01:49 PM |
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Dell are a good place, my housemate has had a laptop for 2 years now from them and it still working well, like people say they have good service and
if ur lucky they often have offers, such as double memory at no extra cost.
EDIT works 8 is aload of rubbish, u will want office if u want to do any speadsheet or document work. altough if u don't want to pay for it i
believe open office is a good altenative, it is basically the same as word etc and will open microsoft word files and save to them too. I have a copy
of office from uni so i don't know much more than that about it, but my housemate does use it so will ask him about it when he turns up if u
like?
[Edited on 10/6/06 by trogdor]
[Edited on 10/6/06 by trogdor]
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trogdor
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 01:58 PM |
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for anyone interested in open office can find me info here:
http://www.openoffice.org/
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Pezza
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 04:28 PM |
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I wouldn't buy from PC world tbh, few mates work there.
Components are cheapest possible and are pretty shite realy.
Dell is a far better bet and probably cheaper too. Or get someone to build one for you, that way you can build to exactly what you want/need.
Pez
You couldn't pwn your way out of a wet paper bag, with "PWN ME!!" written on it, from the "pwned take-away" which originally contained one
portion of chicken tikka pwnsala and the obligatory free pwnpadom.
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joneh
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 05:04 PM |
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Dell turn out some shite too though - at least with a Compaq you know its made by HP. Fujitsu Siemens are good.
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gazza285
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 05:28 PM |
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I bought the same computer about 3 weeks ago, been using it about 10 days now. Seems ok so far. Most annoying thing is that its faster, got more
memory, got more RAM, more connectors, comes with a flatter screen and takes up less space than the computer I bought five years ago at three times
the money. I guess that's what they call progress.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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Hellfire
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 08:50 PM |
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I would avoid HP and/or Compaq... nothing wrong as far as reliability goes. But if you need to upgrade you're pretty much shafted as most
components are specific to this make.
I have a Dell laptop; as well as my home built 57 variety; and it's super spec and reliable.
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trogdor
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 09:11 PM |
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thats true, HP is a very good make but they do charge for it. printers are a good example new cartridges can be very expensive, i remember once we had
a printer that cost £30 and a new cartridge was almost that much!
[Edited on 10/6/06 by trogdor]
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mookaloid
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 10:56 PM |
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Hi Joel
I would avoid PC world their backup is cr*p. have you seen the queues of people on a saturday for the service department?
Dell may not make the most sparkling performing computers but thier customer service is about the best.
Better than that build your own - you can hold it together with cable ties like you do with your car
Cheers
Mark
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JoelP
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| posted on 10/6/06 at 11:12 PM |
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lol mark, i suspect component form would probably cost as much as that! My bro also recommended dell, im sure i checked the website earlier but he
says i should get a paper for the ads....
cheers for the pointers all, muchos appreciated.
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gazza285
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 12:27 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mookaloid
I would avoid PC world their backup is cr*p. have you seen the queues of people on a saturday for the service department?
When my old computer broke down they sent an engineer out the next day and fixed it no trouble.
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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bimbleuk
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 06:17 AM |
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I've got a lot of HP/Compaq PCs in my training centre and it was true that Compaq used to mod hardware to make them specific to their PCs. Now
though they just sell branded desktop clones like everyone else.
Personally I've always built my own and for most people I deal with! Including Omex who supplied my electronics, Mech Repairs who do my rolling
road work and even RAW after I bought my kit car from them
Anyway yep I would never claim to be able to compare on cost to a mass produced bundle. I prefer to produce a system matched to the users
requirements/budget while cutting out all the fluff which gets bundled with shop bought systems.
The other appeal of a custom system is running factory crippled hardware back to the full potential. This maybe re-flashing a graphics card to
re-enable memory bandwidth or more usually running a cheaper processor at premium processor speeds.
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locostv8
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 06:53 AM |
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I don't know what is available in the UK I agree with the need for XP Pro and would double both the memory and hard drive size.
http://wrangler.rutgers.edu/gallery2/v/7slotgrille/hssss/
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natehall
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 08:06 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locostv8
I don't know what is available in the UK I agree with the need for XP Pro and would double both the memory and hard drive size.
that was exactly what i was going to say
and another pcworld hater - i went for a job there (it pays money) in there service department - and got turned down because i knew how to fix
computers
If it aint broke, uprate it
if it is broke, uprate it
http://www.modders-uk.co.uk
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robertst
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 09:10 PM |
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get a mac.
Tom
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indykid
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 10:05 PM |
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since you're only in leeds, try CCL in Tong. they built us a pc to better spec than a dell one from an ad in the paper, and was at least £100
cheaper (though it was about an £800 package, a couple of years ago).
good phone back up when stuff's gone wrong, or for upgrading. they're real people that you can stand infront of to talk to, which was a
big plus for me.
tom
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JoelP
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 10:28 PM |
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my pal recomended a mackmini, but its a bit bare....
[Edited on 12/6/06 by JoelP]
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trogdor
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| posted on 11/6/06 at 11:30 PM |
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if u can afford it i would deffo get a mac, alot of my lecturers have them, they are really good machines. but u do pay for it tho! double mem would
be very useful as nowadays u really need a gig of ram.
hard drive space is not as important, the more the better, but it depends on what u need, i only have 30 gig but would like more, don't need it
just yet as my housemate has over 800 gig and is connected via a router so i can use all his media, if u do want to have media on ur comp, music,
films tv series then u will deffo want to double the hard drive! it will get used up very quickly!
it takes me back to our first comp when my dad got a comp that didn't even have a hard drive! u booted it off one of those huge floppies that
atcually are floppy!
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