[access-uk] Re: ADVICE ON THIS PC
- From: "Graham Longly" <longly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2004 09:42:54 +0100
Hi Andrew!
I've recently done some tech support with a lady who recently bought an HP
Pavilion desktop PC and the issue with the recovery being on a separate
partition on the hard drive rather than on a CD still exists. The recovery
is on drive d and you access this by pressing f10. Also it uses an Intel
82845g graphics chip which uses the Intel extreme graphics driver which has
been a problem in some cases with people using lookout/dual! Cheers!
Graham
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Hodgson" <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 5:54 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: ADVICE ON THIS PC
Hi,
Ok Sorry to Steve - I didn't realise that the graphics was mentioned on =
this message.
Its ok, but there are some things to look out for:
1. HP used to have a reputation of not providing any recoverable media =
with their hardware, it was on a hidden partition on the hard drive =
only. This may have changed since last time I saw this (just after XP =
came out) but I would certainly check this before buying.
2. No monitor included, she will need one even if she has no sight.
3. No speakers also so you will need to get these.
4. Appart from Word on this machine none of the other software is =
really accessible, so you will probably need to get Office if you want =
to do anything like spreadsheets etc.=20
5. It looks like there will only be one drive in the unit for DVD/CDRW, =
meaning that if you need to copy disks you have to copy one disk to the =
hard drive then put the other disk to write the files back. I don't =
know the CD burning software you are getting here also so it may or may =
not be accessible.
Personally I would stear clear of this machine, go to www.aria.co.uk and =
build your own spec - their AMD systems with 512mb ram are very =
reasonably priced. If your friend is a casual user then fine, but with =
the addons etc you may need to purchase it may not be such a good deal.
Andrew.
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> Subject: [access-uk] ADVICE ON THIS PC
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