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Colin Phillips

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I believe my PC is on its way out, when I leave it on for any length of time it gets very slooowwww.

Looking at the budget end, maybe even the super-budget end of the market. The only thing I use for really is the internet, mainly chatting on forums such as this one. I think I would prefer a flat screen as opposed to a CRT monitor.

I was toying with buying a Mesh but was googling yesterday and came across some severe criticism of their customer service.

If anyone has been surveying the market recently I would be grateful for any input.

Thanks,

Colin
 
Colin are you talking laptop or PC here? There are some great deals around at the moment depending on what you are looking for. Shove up a few more details if you can, and how much you are looking to spend, and I am sure people will be able to point you in the right direction of some bargains for you to have a look at. Be good if people could tell you which ones to avoid as well.
 
Kathy, the clue is in the thread title. :D

I can appreciate that there are good deals out there, but it is actually spotting one is the problem.

I would rather spend 500 rather than a thousand.

I am assuming there would be a DVD drive I don't think I need a re-writer, I don't use the computer for game-playing so no need for anything fancy in the graphics department. As I said above I would prefer flat screen and I would go for speed and memory if asked for proirities.

I'll try the defrag now simmo, says he confidently, I haven't found how to do it yet but I shall try now.

Colin
 
I'd start with Dell, they usually have offers like double memory or free printers, and in my experience their stuff is solid and their support is ok. (Cue horror story about them!).
 
I'm no expert in this (or any other) area, but my guess is that if the PC works ok when you switch it on then you don't need a new PC. That it gets continually slower as you proceed would seem to indicate some sort of setup problem.
 
I had loads of similar problems with my old PC and tried everything - surface scan and defragment wouldn't work properly even if left on all night - tried Spybot, Adaware and updated virus and firewall protection.

In the end I gave it up as a bad job.

My new PC (as of January) was from Dell - and it's been great, does everything I need and cost me £540 including delivery. No problems at all!

I'm being ultra careful with firewall protection and anti virus though, in order to try to preserve this one as long as possible!

I know some people are worried about buying from Dell and online shops can be troublesome if there's a problem - but in my experience major electrical and PC retailers can be worse.

Hope this helps.
 
I agree with Melendez and if you use it for very little you'd be better saving your Favourites and documents to disc and then trying to reformat the hard drive.
 
Only bad thing I can say about Dell is this: living in Northern Ireland, their technical support require the computer to be returned in the event of a problem during the warranty period. This involved it being packaged and sent to Manchester, and took 2 weeks to return. If you live on the mainland, they provide on-site support for a fixed period.

The problem was a faulty P.S.U. (which I knew, and would have been more than happy to fix it myself) but that would have broken my warranty agreement and left me with no cover.

Having said that, Dell produce solid computers which are good value if you get one of their online deals. I am the only person that I know to have ever had any sort of hardware problem with a Dell, so they must be doing something right.

Try this section of Dell Online: http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/default....c=uk&l=en&s=dfo

It sells refurbished Dell Computers, which are computers which were either returned due to incorrect specifications or changes to specifications, or that had a minor fault which has been repaired. They all come with warranties and the usual Dell add-ons, and are very good value IMO.
 
To defrag properly you have to close down all other programs running in the background such as ZoneAlarm or Norton, otherwise it will keep restarting because the defrag process is being interupted.
 
Dell do good deals onlien as suggested and www,morgancomputers.co.uk are good for end of line stock or US models. Just bought a nice Advent from them - pleased to punch with it.
 
Colin, I got a lovely flat screen Compaq (Proview EM170TFT Monitor) with Windows XP, Compaq Presario Processor, 256MB, 60GB Hard Drive, DVD Writer, MacAfee Security pack, batteries, cable, surge protector, Lexmark Z816 colour printer, books, and 5-year maintenance agreement for £716.51 from PC World.

Everything fine and dandy, except that one of the colour ink cartridges was dried out. They chucked in a number of freebies, including a box of of print paper, which'll take me 10 years to use up!

A friend set the gubbins up for me, and got me Windows XP for Dummies, which helped!
 
A totally different subject but I have just (well he indoors has purchased for me) a lovely 30inch LCD flat screen TV for £589.00! I thought it was an absolute bargain.

Now I can watch TV in bed on a lazy Sunday morning! :D
 
Originally posted by trig@May 25 2005, 05:59 PM
I think you mean F8 Latey :)
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That's what I said !! :wacko:
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good, the edit line isn't showing on the other post

:shy: :shy: time for an eye test for me.
 
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