Buying a computer
Jan. 12th, 2004 04:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ciphergothMy desktop isn't fast enough to play DVDs. I think I want to buy a computer. Whole. I'll dual boot between XP and Linux; I guess I want about half a gig of memory and a nice big hard drive (120Gb or more). It doesn't have to be fast, you can't buy one that isn't way fast enough these days. I don't need a monitor; I already owe ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
conflux £50 for a very nice one (or did I ever pay you? If not, are you at Bisexual Underground tomorrow?)
Who do you prefer to buy from? Recommendations so far include
http://www.scan.co.uk/
and of course http://www.dell.co.uk/ (but they insist on throwing in a monitor and speakers and suchlike)
UPDATE: Two people so far have suggested I buy an Apple. No further discussion of this possibility is needed. Thank you. Update to the update - the same goes for PS2s, thanks...
(PS I didn't do what I said I'd do - I went to Alternator. Blame goth peer pressure. Had a damn fine night though!)
conflux £50 for a very nice one (or did I ever pay you? If not, are you at Bisexual Underground tomorrow?)Who do you prefer to buy from? Recommendations so far include
http://www.scan.co.uk/
and of course http://www.dell.co.uk/ (but they insist on throwing in a monitor and speakers and suchlike)
UPDATE: Two people so far have suggested I buy an Apple. No further discussion of this possibility is needed. Thank you. Update to the update - the same goes for PS2s, thanks...
(PS I didn't do what I said I'd do - I went to Alternator. Blame goth peer pressure. Had a damn fine night though!)
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Date: 2004-01-19 03:29 pm (UTC)i have a dell that i absolutely love. Took some time getting used to the XP though since i had 98 before. my S.O.'s brother has a dell and a friend of ours we see frequently has a dell also. i've never had a problem. And someone else mentioned shipping ... Here Dell offers "free shipping" from time to time. Worse comes to worse, it can't hurt to call and let them know what you want to do and what you want w/o all the speakers, monitors and such and see if you can get a workable price.
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