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~Craig~ replied

15 May 2007, 09:09
Originally posted by Barriebazg

I actually picked up the COMPAQ V6314EA LAPTOP last week, got a good deal as get 10% off the price. Great for what I need it for. Would recommend it. PC world's aftercare is rubbish though, but everyone knows that. Only thing about it is that it does not come with a resource disc, got the recovery software built into it. Just dont roll it back to XP as there is no support for it on this laptop, no drivers no f**k all.

I think there is the option in one of the programs to create the media. Also I did see some bit of paper in the box that said you could get the CD's too. I didn't look at either too closely.

I might set it up to dual boot sometime; once I work out how....
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Barriebazg replied

14 May 2007, 11:14
I actually picked up the COMPAQ V6314EA LAPTOP last week, got a good deal as get 10% off the price. Great for what I need it for. Would recommend it. PC world's aftercare is rubbish though, but everyone knows that. Only thing about it is that it does not come with a resource disc, got the recovery software built into it. Just dont roll it back to XP as there is no support for it on this laptop, no drivers no f**k all.
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The Coal Man replied

14 May 2007, 10:11
Originally posted by ~Craig~

did you try the dixons website? they did have it at the same price.

Ive changed my mind about it now - think I'll be going for this little baby instead:
http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...126831&_LOC=UK
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~Craig~ replied

11 May 2007, 20:42
did you try the dixons website? they did have it at the same price.
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The Coal Man replied

11 May 2007, 09:20
Originally posted by ~Craig~

just been out and bought one of these £479 Compaq jobbies from PC World.

Overall i'm very impressed with the look and performance of it. Vista is a bit of a pain in the arse and i'm in the process of trimming down all the crappy resource-hogging features it installs

Nice one - when i went down to my local store, theyd sold out, f*** it never mind.
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~Craig~ replied

5 May 2007, 19:35
just been out and bought one of these £479 Compaq jobbies from PC World.

Overall i'm very impressed with the look and performance of it. Vista is a bit of a pain in the arse and i'm in the process of trimming down all the crappy resource-hogging features it installs
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~Craig~ replied

4 May 2007, 19:52
it's not the newer Core 2 Duo though.
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cojak replied

4 May 2007, 16:00
Right you are - tell us how you get on...
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The Coal Man replied

4 May 2007, 11:46
Originally posted by cojak

I would also suggest buying laptops and PCs from the internet - even reputable sellers are cheaper than PC World.

This doesn't apply to Macbooks however as Stevie has firm control on resellers...

More often than not I would agree with you all, PC World does tend to overprice, but I think a HP Dual Core for 450 quid including 120gb drive is pretty good going, think I'll go for it.
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cojak replied

4 May 2007, 10:36
I would also suggest buying laptops and PCs from the internet - even reputable sellers are cheaper than PC World.

This doesn't apply to Macbooks however as Stevie has firm control on resellers...
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Kyajae replied

4 May 2007, 09:31
Originally posted by The Coal Man

Thinking of getting one of the following from PC world, am after a spot of advice pls, this one has an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core processor:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/673381

This one :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/690380

...has an Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor albeit with a higher spec etc, anyone has either of these, any good??
I've had a 6 yr old Compaq Armada laptop for a few years, been good to me, but showing its age now, hence the u/g to a new one.
Ive seen that Intel beats other branded processors in performanc tests etc, but is this true??

Cheers in advance!

PC World's mark up on PC's and laptops constitute a legalised rip-off. Their after sales support is sh1te. Avoid!!!!
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The Coal Man started a topic Compaq laptops - PC world

4 May 2007, 09:23
Compaq laptops - PC world

Thinking of getting one of the following from PC world, am after a spot of advice pls, this one has an AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual Core processor:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/673381

This one :

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/690380

...has an Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor albeit with a higher spec etc, anyone has either of these, any good??
I've had a 6 yr old Compaq Armada laptop for a few years, been good to me, but showing its age now, hence the u/g to a new one.
Ive seen that Intel beats other branded processors in performanc tests etc, but is this true??

Cheers in advance!
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