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    #11
    Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
    If you go for e-buyer, please first see the thread on "Bloody Couriers"
    It's your own fault for rescheduling... you should know couriers/warehouses/ecommerce just can't deal with technical things like that!

    I bought something else from them the other day, dispatch date was the following thursday, then tuesday, arrived on the friday. How confusing is that?!?

    Must have been a female computer running the dispatch scheduler <duck>
    Eat Right, Exercise, Die Anyway.

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      #12
      Just don't get Vista if you can avoid it.
      "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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        #13
        Originally posted by MrRobin View Post
        If you go for e-buyer, please first see the thread on "Bloody Couriers"
        Mixed experiences then... I've never had any problems with them. Last item I ordered arrived just 12hrs after I paid for it.

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          #14
          The Toshiba that RH linked too looks a good buy.

          I go to PCWorld business - currently using a HP bought from there for £350 - and most of them come with XP as opposed to Vista
          Si posse, recte, si non, quocumque modo rem

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            #15
            Nothing wrong with Vista if you know what you're doing mate
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              #16
              Must agree, the only issue I have had with vista is copying files across the network. Definitely a bug in explorer because it works fine if you use another program to do the copying.

              If you try:

              http://www.gpsoft.com.au/Intro.html

              It works much better, but I'm not going to pay for an alternative program, MS can fix it.

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                #17
                Originally posted by Diver View Post
                Nothing wrong with Vista if you know what you're doing mate
                Enjoying it are we?
                "Is someone you don't like allowed to say something you don't like? If that is the case then we have free speech."- Elon Musk

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                  #18
                  Tesco have a very nice Fujitsu Siemens laptop with a healthy specification for £349.

                  http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.203-2719.aspx

                  The full specification can be seen on the Fujitsu Siemens website:

                  http://www.fujitsu-siemens.com/home/...o_pi_2515.html

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by rootsnall View Post
                    I'm after a bog standard laptop that is wireless enabled ( no need for fancy graphics - not played a PC game since Atari space invaders ). It'll only be used for tinternet and bits of admin. From the earlier thread I just had a scan at Misco and this one came up at £350 ( http://misco.co.uk/applications/sear...p?EdpNo=295619 ). My last two have been Dell and had problems so I don't want one of them.

                    ???

                    ps. what's the piece of kit I need to stop hissing on the phone line when using my newly installed wireless modem

                    "titernet"
                    Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyone

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                      #20
                      www.novatech.com

                      Free delivery and you can add create your own laptop

                      Also www.overclockers.com (based in Stoke) The elite in creating your own system. Also have a forum with plenty of helpers.

                      Register with the forum, tell them what your needs are and what budget you have, and they will quote you a system. Even down to what screws you should have !!!!

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