Comments on: The £250 Challenge: Vote for the High Street http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/ Blogging in the real world Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:02:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: The £250 Challenge: Vote for the self-build PC | PC Pro blog http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/comment-page-1/#comment-48396 The £250 Challenge: Vote for the self-build PC | PC Pro blog Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:18:39 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5276#comment-48396 [...] David Fearon’s machine, at least, is new. And it has a warranty and, as he’s pointed out, a screen. Even though a screen wasn’t part of the recipe for this particular challenge. But, of course, it’s a laptop: so it’s slower than my machine in both practical applications and games, not overclockable and not really worth considering as a main system if you want to more than have a few browser windows and Office applications open at the same time. [...] [...] David Fearon’s machine, at least, is new. And it has a warranty and, as he’s pointed out, a screen. Even though a screen wasn’t part of the recipe for this particular challenge. But, of course, it’s a laptop: so it’s slower than my machine in both practical applications and games, not overclockable and not really worth considering as a main system if you want to more than have a few browser windows and Office applications open at the same time. [...]

]]> By: Bernie Bushell http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/comment-page-1/#comment-48331 Bernie Bushell Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:47:04 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5276#comment-48331 Acer is a good buy. COmplete with monitor, it is read to use, not likr some of the other entries. Acer is a good buy. COmplete with monitor, it is read to use, not likr some of the other entries.

]]> By: hjlupton http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/comment-page-1/#comment-43264 hjlupton Mon, 16 Mar 2009 14:27:43 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5276#comment-43264 I would tend to agree in many ways, it's advantageous that the machine is a laptop, and to my mind there's no point in buying a pc at £250 unless you have a spare monitor, if not then you're looking at a few extra quid on top. i think you got a good bargain, and being an Acer laptop it's likely to be a reasonably solid machine for a while yet. I would tend to agree in many ways, it’s advantageous that the machine is a laptop, and to my mind there’s no point in buying a pc at £250 unless you have a spare monitor, if not then you’re looking at a few extra quid on top.

i think you got a good bargain, and being an Acer laptop it’s likely to be a reasonably solid machine for a while yet.

]]> By: The £250 Challenge: Vote for the High Street « Nifty Spot Gadgets http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/comment-page-1/#comment-43231 The £250 Challenge: Vote for the High Street « Nifty Spot Gadgets Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:59:48 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5276#comment-43231 [...] Read more from the original source: The £250 Challenge: Vote for the High Street [...] [...] Read more from the original source: The £250 Challenge: Vote for the High Street [...]

]]> By: David Wright http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/2009/03/16/the-250-challenge-vote-for-the-high-street/comment-page-1/#comment-43230 David Wright Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:57:33 +0000 http://www.pcpro.co.uk/blogs/?p=5276#comment-43230 Buying a PC with a monitor included in the price seems to be a curiously English thing... Here, on the continent, Dell is about the only manufacturer to bundle monitors with there machines in Germany and that only covers a very small percent of "special offer" bundles. Buying a PC with a monitor included in the price seems to be a curiously English thing… Here, on the continent, Dell is about the only manufacturer to bundle monitors with there machines in Germany and that only covers a very small percent of “special offer” bundles.

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