stevie300online

In all honesty, building your own PC may give you a certain level of satisfaction but often leads to problems further down the line. Economies of scale dictate that companies like Dell will be able to produce a PC for less than you will be able to, unless you want to reuse old monitors, operating systems (which incidentally often will be not strictly legal if using existing OEM versions).

You have to ask yourself 'why do the majority of companies use Dell'? Well, in my experience, a Dell machine with whatever spec you choose will have been strenuously component tested to ensure total compatibility and 'should' be more reliable than PCs built using a mixture of components that you choose.

I'd agree with the posts that recommend that you to look at the Dell Outlet store, but be advised that the deals change daily. One day, you can be lucky and get a good PC for around £250 ex VAT and delivery, whereas the next day you can expect to pay £400 for a similar PC.

I've been advising clients to buy Dell for the last 7 years and I've had no complaints so far. Can people who recommended Tiny, Time, Packard Bell (to name a few) say the same?

Remember that you don't know who you are dealing with when you buy off Ebay. For all you know, your 1000 star supplier could be a 17 year old kid building PCs in his bedroom - it's easily done

Good luck with your final choice!

Christ it's been a long time since I submitted a post, but hey...doesn't this kind of story make you think 'why the hell do I play these stupid machines in the first place?' I know that you shouldn't be bullied out of doing what you want, but is it really worth it?

Either give them up or learn Jujitsu ;-)

Bloke comes home from work one day and says to his wife;

"Tomorrow, you me and the dog are going fishing"

"But I don't want to go fishing" replies the wife

"Well tomorrow, you me and the dog are going fishing " insisits the husband

"But I don't want to go fishing" replies the wife again

"OK, if you don't want to go fishing, either give me a blowjob or let me f**k you up the ass" says her husband

The wife thinks about this for a few minutes and although she doesn't want to do either, she also doesn't want to go fishing. "Very well" she replies, "I'll give you a blowjob then"

Within seconds of starting the deed she exclaims "Oh god that's disgusting, your dick tastes of shit"

"Yeah I know" replies her husband with a simle, "the dog didn't want to go fishing either"


Now that's a joke!!

Double-click My Computer.
On the View menu, click Folder Options.

Actually that should have read;

Double-click My Computer.
On the TOOLS menu, click Folder Options.

Sorry!

Just do a 'search for file' which can be found by clicking the Start button on most of the operating systems. Tell the search to scan your C drive for *.zip files. When it is done, all your downloaded zip files can be easily navigable and you'll also be able to tell the location of each of these files.

Sounds like you've cleared the 'Always ask before opening this type of file' check box. If this is the case, read the following to fix your problem

SYMPTOMS
When you download a file from the Internet, you may not be prompted for the location in which to save the file that you are downloading. Instead, the file may be opened.

CAUSE
This behavior can occur if you clear the Always ask before opening this type of file check box when you download a file. If you do this, files of this type are automatically placed in the Temporary Internet
Files folder and opened by the program that is associated with the file type.

RESOLUTION
If you want to be prompted for a download location for the file type, follow these steps:

Double-click My Computer.
On the View menu, click Folder Options.
On the File Types tab, click the appropriate file type in the Registered File Types box (for the Fruit Emu site, these will be .zip files).
Click Edit.
Click to select the Confirm Open After Download check box.
Click OK, and then click OK.

Now when you click a file to download, a dialog box will appear asking you for a location to save to. You should create a folder e.g. C:Fruity for your downloads - much easier

Hope this helps