[access-uk] Re: News Desktop
- From: James Scholes <james@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Ibrahim Gucukoglu <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:10:18 +0000
Hi Ibrahim,
Yes, PC Specialest are very good, I called them, and asked if they would supply
me with only a driver CD, not an OS, as I already had XP Pro on a DVD. They
ablyged, and when I got my machine from them all I had to do was slipstream the
drivers from the supplied disk into my XP DVD, boot the machine, and in half an
hour the machine was up and running. I like PC Specialist because of all the
choices they offer, and of course the great price. I can't go into PC World and
ask for a PC with no OS, or even XP, all they sell is Vista, and strangely,
they seem to get a kick, at least at my local store, out of selling Linux.
James Scholes
http://www.jls-radio.com
-----Original Message-----
Sent by Ibrahim Gucukoglu on Monday, February 02, 2009 at 08:01 AM
Hi Steve.
Fair point, it depends on what work he had done though to make it user
friendly for him. If it was extensive in nature, then PC world only
charging half for the job sounds reasonable. I was under the impression
that they just booted up the machine and got through the windows start
screens, hardly a job I would have expected him to pay for. With PC
Specialist, when I bought my latest machine from them, I asked them if they
would ever so kindly get windows up and running, all the drivers installed
(standard practice anyway), but with the added benefit of launching narrator
so I've a talking machine out of the box as it were. Of course, I've
formatted my machine since, but they didn't charge me a penny for starting
narrator, it only took them a couple of minutes anyhow and that was all I
needed as I could then install my access tech and make sure the machine had
booted up properly with no errors.
All the best, Ibrahim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 5:43 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
> Hi Eleanor,
> I wouldn't agree with Ibrahim here. They charged Mark half the normal
> price, which is more than fair. Legally, they didn't have to do that.
> Give
> him some reduction because he can't do it due to disability, but why does
> everything have to be free, just because one is blind?
> I think Mark that sounds excellent, and I would go to them based on what
> you
> said.
> All the best
> Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of
> Eleanor Burke
> Sent: Sunday 1 February 2009 20:29
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
> I'd be inclined to agree with you Ibrahim only they are a business and not
> a
> charity and it is a job that the public at large do request.
> Eleanor
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ibrahim Gucukoglu" <ibrahim_gucukoglu@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:53 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
>> I'm disgusted they charged you at all never mind half price.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mark Threadgold" <m.j.threadgold@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:46 PM
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
>>> Paddy,
>>> I have had two machines from pc world, the latest being just last week.
>>> I received excellent customer service and the sales people knew about
>>> the
>>> products. Anything I asked the chap didn't know he went off and found
>>> out
>>> about.
>>> I asked for the first run of windows to be done and various settings to
>>> be
>>> made to the new vista eco pc I bought, and they did it for half price as
>>> I
>>> wanted the work done tue to my disability, not just for the sake of it.
>>> I
>>> thought that was very good of them. It was indeed set as I had asked
>>> for
>>> when it arrived.
>>> Both machines I have had from the same store at Brighton, and I would
>>> recommend them to anyone on the basis of the service I have had.
>>> Hth.
>>> Mark Threadgold
>>> Of all the things I have ever lost, The one I miss most is my mind...
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Dj Paddy
>>> Sent: 01 February 2009 19:37
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
>>> If it came down to cost I'd repair it myself.
>>> I'm only interested because it's much closer and less awkward in getting
>>> a
>>> box with a broke machien to the post office.
>>> Barry
>>> Tell me and I will hear, show me and I will see,
>>> involve me and I will understand.
>>> Chinese Proverb
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Chris Hallsworth" <christopherhallsworth71@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:35 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
>>> My father's been charged over £70 just for a basic power supply repair.
>>> --
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>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Brian" <firstup@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 7:33 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: News Desktop
>>> Hi paddy
>>> I have heard, and friends have had, bad reports of after sales service
>>> at
>>> PC
>>> world. They try and fob you off and quality of repairs isn't good. Staff
>>> aren't always knowledgeable about the products they sell. Just a
>>> warning.
>>> Brian
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Dj Paddy
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:36 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] News Desktop
>>> Hey folks.
>>> I'm looking at getting a Desktop for the house. I'm buying from PC
>>> World
>>> because I couldn't build a machine of some of their specs for the price.
>>> I
>>> generally don't buy components from them but they're PCs are at quite a
>>> nice
>>> price for what you're getting.
>>> Plus for me if something did go wrong in the warranty period I can take
>>> a
>>> 5 minute taxi to drop it in the store. I bought a machine 2 and a bit
>>> years
>>> ago from an online store
>>> http://www.cube247.co.uk
>>> Pain in the bum, components kept failing and each time I had to wait up
>>> to
>>> a month to get the machine back from England. having paid for carriage
>>> to
>>> the company in the first place.
>>> Anyho, I've been looking at the Packard Bell Iextreme 9610.
>>> I'll be using this machine for server related tasks and installing Win
>>> 7
>>> when it's out of Beta. I will probably throw another 4gig into it when
>>> I
>>> put Win 7 on it.
>>> Anyone know of a better spec machine from PC World for the same or
>>> similar
>>> price?
>>> Here's a link to view the machines spec and I'll be buying it without
>>> the
>>> monitor or added extra software.
>>> http://tinyurl.com/dgygbb
>>> Thanks
>>> Barry
>>> Tell me and I will hear, show me and I will see,
>>> involve me and I will understand.
>>> Chinese Proverb
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