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Well I got fed up with my self build PC. One of the IDE ports was dodgy, and it wasn't possible to fix. So I bought this one from ebuyer.

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Intel Pentium D 945 3,40GHz
1024MB DDR533 Memory
250GB SATA II Hard Drive 7200RPM
DVD-RW 16x Dual Layer Optical Drive
64MB / 256MB VGA Onboard
7in1 Card Reader
Dimension:180 (W) x 360 (H) x 420 (D) mm
Microsoft Windows XP Home
Nero Express 6
Norton Anti-Virus 2006 (90 day trial)
Power DVD 6
On Board 10/100 LAN
Firewire and USB2
Warranty: 3yrs RTB

I got an extra 250GB drive, and the whole lot came to about £450, inc vat and delivery.

Not a bad deal, eh?

I need a decent graphics card suitable for DV editing, so I can spend a few quid on that as an extra.
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That sounds like a great deal... where did you buy?

I'm looking into a laptop at the moment. Was going to go for the Dell Inspiron 640m with 1GB of RAM, 80GB HDD and a Core 2 Duo processor for £689, but maybe I can get a better deal than that!
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Gavin Scott wrote:So I bought this one from ebuyer.
Welcome to metropol pad... :roll:
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pad wrote:That sounds like a great deal... where did you buy?

I'm looking into a laptop at the moment. Was going to go for the Dell Inspiron 640m with 1GB of RAM, 80GB HDD and a Core 2 Duo processor for £689, but maybe I can get a better deal than that!
ebuyer.

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/116034

They're down to 47 left, and there were 130 odd on Sunday morning when I purchased.

I added an extra 250GB drive so have an alarming half a terrabyte now (not including all the other IDE drices floating around). Handy for video editing.

I got my sums a bit wrong. It came out nearer £500, but I still think I got a great deal.
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eBuyer are fab. The only compaint I have is that they sent me 3 nice antec "silent" cases, and all 3 had fucked PSUs. I gave up trying after the 3rd.
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Sput wrote:eBuyer are fab. The only compaint I have is that they sent me 3 nice antec "silent" cases, and all 3 had fucked PSUs. I gave up trying after the 3rd.
they are fab aren't they. I've got one of those cases btw. They're fantastic.
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Antec P180, best case I have ever seen/had/used. Also from eBuyer, as most (all bar soundcard) came from them.
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Sonata II, in fact. With a thermaltake tr-2 psu :) Gutting thing is that the second and third were replacements for the first!
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we brought a few pcs for work the other day and they came in at £210 and £90 for a 19" tft monitor.

it's just getting silly now though: http://www.misco.co.uk/HPSinfo/~122788~ ... p%20PC.htm

i know it doesn't have an os, but still, a bargain and for people like my mum and dad who just use the internet and surf every so often, even a freebie os like freespire would do nicely.
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What does everyone think about this laptop then?

http://www.acernotebooks.co.uk/Acer_Asp ... sion-1.asp

It seems reasonable?
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Alarsne53 wrote:What does everyone think about this laptop then?
Does anyone actually LIKE laptops?

If you ignore the simple issue of size (sorry, madam!), I find them very difficult to use.

The keyboard's only got half the keys you're used to and that stupid, so-called, mouse thing where you rub your finger around, never finding the thing you're looking for, is about as easy to use as a clitoris!
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