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| Thread ID: 34028 | 2003-06-02 01:25:00 | Warehouse Stationary compac presario offer | leonidas5 (2306) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 149180 | 2003-06-02 23:15:00 | Ha Ha Robbie,I only have a sharp tongue when wrongly accused. | Thomas (1820) | ||
| 149181 | 2003-06-03 02:52:00 | Now that's funny $1100!!! Just purchased a Celeron 466MHZ with 6GB hard drive and 128MB RAM for $210 off Trade Me site and that was my upper limit too re: price wise!! Of course the seller didn't have the motherboard drivers which took several hours of web scouring to locate and get to work. |
lardass (262) | ||
| 149182 | 2003-06-03 02:54:00 | Compaq don't make equipment as solidly as they used to. They started by aiming to beat IBM on quality. But they still have standards. That "Compaq" brand has a value. The price of this one is low .. probably because there will be a new model soon, and also because the Warehouse buys things by the container load, not by ones or tens. That lets them offer lower prices. They are not a computer specialist. That keeps their prices down. Some "computer specialists" aren't computer specialists, and charge high prices. :D The goods are still covered by guarantees. If a computer doesn't fail in a short time, it will run for a long time. If it's not being "fixed" and "improved" all the time. :D Abuse, either of members here, or companies' business methods or products doesn't make for calm and rational discussions. It has no place here. It is totally pointless and a waste of time. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 149183 | 2003-06-03 03:12:00 | Good post there Graham,untill you decided to tell us what is good and not good,like you we old enough to decide. Compaq was taken over by H/P was it not? |
Thomas (1820) | ||
| 149184 | 2003-06-03 05:37:00 | Hehe :) yea, I do remember, but I think metla does know a bit of computering stuff . To be honest, I started with about one or two computer terms, now, I can rebuild a whole computer :p I do hope the original author of this thread has not ran away . I have seen many instances of this on this forum as other have, I, myself, have left and rejoined months later at times . Hopefully, the original poster (sorry, I can't remember your name) will be able to decide for himself . We shall just let the "argument" go, forget about it . . . . . No more . P . S . Metla> You mention the phrase "screw you", is this appopriate here? Maybe you've come to the wrong place, we're here to help . You "feel" you have helped enough? I do not believe everybody does, we're also excited to be here, helping others out continually and also learning for ourselves, continually . I myself have learned a lot through this . We shall all go for a walk :D |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 149185 | 2003-06-03 10:44:00 | i always remember you get what you pay for! and it depends on what you want it for! I brought a similar deal comp and it was brilliant cause i was use to a 486 but inreality it has a lot of bugs and it is not what it should have been. Over all though, it was all i could afford and i had had more than my moneys worth from it. i wouldnt swap it for my 486 anyday...lol...!!! (Its a athlon 1200). |
sandyb (3901) | ||
| 149186 | 2003-06-03 12:09:00 | > From what ive read Thomas I think he learned it from > you. I've not been here long and maybe i shouldnt say > it but you have a sharp tounge yourself. I thought > we south Islanders were meant to be friendly people? > Why cant we all be nice to each other? All turned to custard when the Blues beat the Crusaders... ;) Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 149187 | 2003-06-03 14:11:00 | Keep buying those brand name machines folks, I make quite a good living from repairing them. They are cheap for many reasons, as has been gone over here enough already. They are a reasonable buy for the dollar but don't expect miracles. If it needs any major sort of repair, be prepared to box it all up send it away & watch TV for 3wks to 3months. If you want to do any sort of gaming, have an extra $150-$300 for a decent graphics card handy. Don't expect any sort of decent backup from the store you bought from. I've been asked to look at 2 of these this week alone. One was locking up continually & the other kept shutting down sporadically. But to be fair other new PC's can have problems also, not just Compaqs. Another friend of my wifes bought one & wanted to hook up with his old HP for the kids to game on. He went back to Warehouse Stationary & asked what he needed. He was sold 2 network cards, an 8 port hub, a patch lead & 20m cat6 all for $260.00 I took them back on his behalf to return them & was told by the manager that the salesman was their top computer specialist, knew what he was doing & assured me I needed all the gear. When I told him one of the PC's (the new pressario) already had an onboard NIC & that we only needed one card for the old HP & 20m of cat6 crossover & no hub or patch lead, I was told it would never work. I got the money back, went down to Dicky Smiths, grabbed a card & some cable for $45.00 & an hour later we were playing UT on the lan. A saving of $215.00 I wonder how many people actually get stiffed like this. |
Stumped Badly (348) | ||
| 149188 | 2003-06-03 14:33:00 | > I suggest you use better phrasing, and better > words. Currently, you don't sound very professional. Well, Im not proffffffessional, nor am I intending to pretend to be, but I still believe I know a lot, and am willing to share :-) "Its not the size or your car austin.. its how you use it", and the same can be said for your knowledge. Metla has provided some valuable insight on many occasions, and just because PressF1 doesnt have a grammar checker doesnt warrant that little speach. As for Quality vs. Price, I work for a CyberCafe who are part of a Compaq FactoryShop program. Things went a bit up the creek when HP took over Compaq, but things are back on track. The PC's we use in the Cafe are all Compaq, except for the server we run which is an IBM PC which AFAIK was already owned before the shop started around 1 1/2 years back. Now, my employers (Two ladies) have a Compaq and a Toshiba Laptop. I know the Toshiba laptop was purchased with the idea that 'quality is #1 and price is not much of an object', the IBM along the same lines... Now, I can safely say that there is much less problems with the Compaq PC's which have customers using them all day every day doing who knows what on them, than the two laptops have! Hardware-wise, we've had no problems at all, and Compaq are still a good quality company. Now, which ever way you want to dice it, there's always a bigger fish out there, but the thing is do you really want it? There comes a point where you simply have to say "I dont need it, my wallet will thank me later", and purchase the best you can for the amount of money you have. I made a PC with what is supposed to be a rather cheap motherboard, yet Ive found it fine.. it hasnt melted on me, so it has to be good, right? Anyways, that's my ramble for the night.. Im off to sleep :-) Cheers Chill. |
Chilling_Silently (228) | ||
| 149189 | 2003-06-04 06:34:00 | If anyone does buy 1 of these systems.....install Ad-aware & Spybot as soon as you can. I was given 1 of these new computers last night to set up for a co-worker. Installed the spyware programs once I had sorted out the common faults with preloaded systems & found lots (& I mean lots) of spyware. Was possilbe that some arrived from being demo in store ? I don't know, but be warned. |
Breezzee (2913) | ||
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