Need to buy a new PC, please help

[cojak]

Evesham have a good reputation for quality of build and service.

They'll be on my shortlist the next time I need a desktop.

[Jog On]

I'm looking to get one of these HP/Compaq's with a 19" screen.

This one comes with XP - it's a got a PCI express graphics port though - at a glance for £319.97 inc VAT:

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 651 with HT Technology 3.40 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz front side bus
Windows XP Professional SP2
Windows Vista Premium ready
ATI Radeon Xpress 200 chipset
Standard memory 1 x 1 GB
DDR2-Synch DRAM PC2-5300
Memory slots 2 DIMM
Expandable to 2 GB through two industry-standard DIMM slots
HD 160 GB
Hard disk drive speed 7200 rpm
External drive bays 2 external 5.25 inch and 1 external 3.5 inch
Internal drive bays 2 internal 3.5 inch
DVD+/-RW 16x LightScribe and HP Media Card Reader 16-in-1 (3.5" with PCI)
Hard disk controller SATA 3.0 Gb/s
No Floppy Disk Drive

I'm thinking of getting 2 - one for me and one for the company secretary

[ChimpMaster]

Evesham is very pricey even compared to Dell.

Am still thinking Mesh - very good value and although they had service problems that was a couple of years back and now they have on-site engineers within 3 days.

Dell also looks good.... I already have a Latitude so might just become a Dell shop lol.

[timh]

Dell's next-day onsite warranty is, from my experience, great. (As a business customer, anyway.)

My experience of Evesham was a bit iffy, a few years ago - might have got better now. My current client apparently had a nightmare with Mesh, last year. For reliability I'd stick with Dell (because if it breaks they fix it) or IBM/Lenovo (because it probably won't break).