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Andrew |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 14:54 |
quote: Valid argument that it is the same or similar branded hardware. Just from my experience over the past 6/7 years of working in IT. You buy decent, you are unlucky to have problems. You buy cheap and you will be replacing sooner due to spec or build quality. It's also down to personal preference and experience. For example, a guy called me up a few weeks back and had bought a Dell PowerEdge 2950 off eBay. Because i've put a few of these in and knows parts are available i'm happy to install. If this was a hp or Fujisu i wouldn't touch it because i'd spend days fucking around with old kit with no support and it's likely to fail before something new. It wouldn't be worth my time as i'd lose money away from other jobs. I personally am not a fan of hp but a few lads i work with will use nothing else. Dell's support is awesome! Even available through live chat. | |
LeeM |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 14:50 |
oh i know yeah, but i specced up a desktop on pcspecialist and for a similar price (£430) youd only have an i3, a massive case and no resale. my 21.5 acer screen was only £80 and it looks ace | |
DaveyLC |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 14:19 |
True BUT Then if the pc is that old you'd want a new screen etc. | |
LeeM |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 12:32 |
quote: mini is reasonably well specced at £450 tbh | |
Balling |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 12:04 |
quote:Dell are good, but that argument is a pet hate of mine. Dell PC's don't have better hardware than other manufacturers. RAM, drives, processors, everything is well known brands, just as if you bought an HP desktop. I can't see any logic in Dell's being less faulty. The argument to be made for Dell is the one John has put forward. Their service is top notch. I've had both personal and business desktops and laptops through Dell and when something goes wrong, which it does, of course, they get it handled. | |
DaveyLC |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 11:54 |
quote: Even second hand macs will be shit for that budget :( | |
LeeM |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 10:06 |
Have a look on that pcspecialist.co.uk seem to be popular at the minute | |
Archie |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 09:48 |
Thought about building as i done a Higher level computing course at college after leaving school but to be honest i've forgotten 95% of what i learnt and would probably end up buyin a load of shite or making a cock of putting it together. | |
deano87 |
posted on 8th Jan 13 at 06:50 |
www.BigPockets.co.uk is half decent for refurb stuff. I bought an IBM laptop from them for uni. Just word processing stuff. Still going strong. | |
Andrew |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 23:55 |
Dell or Apple if your budget stretches. I'm working for a 150 user company at the moment and they only use Dell. Rare if anything hardware wise goes wrong. Before that, working with smaller companies and just opening a box you would find failed hard disks, RAM & motherboards. Mostly budget hp kit. | |
deano87 |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 22:31 |
My Dads PC pre-dates mine which is 2004. | |
John |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 20:03 |
Dell are hard to beat and not many other manufacturers will send somebody out with the part next day, without too much arguing. | |
Sam |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 20:02 |
:lol: all you lot bumming Dell, they aren't the only desktop manufacturer in the world you know! | |
deano87 |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 19:46 |
Dell. | |
fiestakidda |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 19:19 |
If you are happy at building a machine you could use the following set up and add the extras which you want: | |
Simon_16v |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 18:07 |
Better off building one yourself, can have a nice system for £500 | |
Dom |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 17:33 |
Dell or build your own (not exactly difficult). | |
andy_mk3 |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 17:20 |
quote: This. Avoid the shit from PC World/Currys like the plague. | |
DaveyLC |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 16:59 |
DELL website and buy the best spec for your budget :) | |
WATSON |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 12:22 |
Was looking at buying a pc for the home myself for pretty much the same what you'r after. | |
Archie |
posted on 7th Jan 13 at 09:24 |
Seriously? | |
Archie |
posted on 3rd Jan 13 at 08:23 |
After my desktop packed up a couple of years back my Mum gave me her old laptop as it needed the power supply input repaired. |