ChatterBank1 min ago
new laptop
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I'm lookign to buy a new laptop and don't really have a clue where to start, or what i'm looking for.
at the moment i have a Packard Bell igo. I want something better than this, but i don't want to pay a fortune.
Any tips on what to look for? and where i am likely to get a good deal (internet or which stores?)
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my bets are windows XP, right? In which case, take a look at dell:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx /notebooks?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
my bets are windows XP, right? In which case, take a look at dell:
http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx /notebooks?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1&l=en&s=dhs
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you realise that most computer industry manufacturers are american brands? apple, dell, microsoft, HP, etc.
sure, the indian call centres are a bad deal. but you'll find many companies now have indian call centres. and i've not known someone with a dell to have to call their call centres anyway. shipping from ireland is no bad thing is it? and if you buy the computer with a good deal, their delivery charge is usuall waived. and they tend to double RAM for free, things like that. also, the three people I know that have dells all received their machine when they expected to.
sure, the indian call centres are a bad deal. but you'll find many companies now have indian call centres. and i've not known someone with a dell to have to call their call centres anyway. shipping from ireland is no bad thing is it? and if you buy the computer with a good deal, their delivery charge is usuall waived. and they tend to double RAM for free, things like that. also, the three people I know that have dells all received their machine when they expected to.
FO3NIX....... Surely your not so nieve to believe that Dell computers do not go faulty or are indestructable. You know a few people who have them (as opposed to the millions of Dell pc equipment on the market). I would certainly hope the few people you know have not contacted the Indian call centre, probably wouldn't understand them anyway.
I am indeed not that nieve no. But I've heard a lot more good about Dell than bad. You don't become a world leader in computer manufacturing by making bad products.
I believe you should buy the best computer about at the time. Regardless of whether it's designed by people in the UK, US, China, or Taiwan.
You say you should buy British or things built in Britain; care to give an example of a British product you'd recommend?
I believe you should buy the best computer about at the time. Regardless of whether it's designed by people in the UK, US, China, or Taiwan.
You say you should buy British or things built in Britain; care to give an example of a British product you'd recommend?