5punk

Nothing special by any means, but a nice low end box suitable for most things (though, not gaming really)

£150 if you remove the support stuff

I've just ordered one to replace my sister's fucked machine

£232.65 if you allow for tax and delivery

not that great a deal, can be made from parts for that i would think

You could probably put a machine together for about that, but once you take the cost of XP into account (yes, i know)

edit: yup, with the cost of xp home a self build works out dead equal really, and to be honest, the build quality of dells is way above that of a BIY.

Not to mention they're tough as fuck, i dropped bukkake down the stairs with no ill effects

I like it that you can choose not to save £50

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:i dropped bukkake down the stairs with no ill effects

On purpose?



Edit: £20 for a floppy drive!!!!!

Nope, the box broke.

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Nope, the box broke.

Ahh an out the bottom job!!*






*no jokes please it's too easy

hehehe

fortunately not that bad, just :D

Buh, Dells tend to be really fucked up inside and uberly messy.

Compaq/HP forevaaaaaaaaaaaaa :D

TezzRexx wrote:Buh, Dells tend to be really fucked up inside and uberly messy.

Yea dells usually come with motherboards which cant be upgraded, my friend bought a dell and he had a grand total of 3 pci slots for expansion

jeffclaw wrote:my friend bought a dell and he had a grand total of 3 pci slots for expansion

Which is two more than I have.

Michael Dell builds them himself in his shed.

I work (occasionally) in a school that recently bought a shitload of dells. Cant remember the exact model it is, but its got one of those cases with no screws, the whole thing is held together with tabs and buttons and so on. Rather funky, i like that aspect a lot. Also, they were quite cheap for the spec.

However, there is one slight problem with the design. The case hinges open, supported by a couple of metal...well, hinges. If you are not *really* carefull when closing it up again, its possible for the power cables to be sythed in half. Not so good.

once you know about it, its ok. But we did manage to bugger three power supplies before we worked it out.

Dr. kitteny berk wrote:You could probably put a machine together for about that, but once you take the cost of XP into account (yes, i know)

dude you can buy xp?

What?

for...money?

What madness is this!?

pah! in this case, i need a cheap machine fast, and it to be pretty much retard-proof. :D

Joose wrote:I work (occasionally) in a school that recently bought a shitload of dells. Cant remember the exact model it is, but its got one of those cases with no screws, the whole thing is held together with tabs and buttons and so on.

That's exactly the reason they were not bought at my university for general use - being easy to take apart was a big minus. That, and the fact that the components would not always be the same - hundreds of identical machines that stayed that way for at least a year were needed, not whatever bits were the cheapest at the time.

Not that I think they are bad machines, infact I've just ordered two (£4000) models for myself - their build strategy (of individualised, economical machiines) gives customers good service, it just wasn't compatible with our deployment method.

With the rapings that our computers get from the adorable kiddies, I'll be surprised if any of them last more than a year anyway. You would be *amazed* at the things we find rammed into every available orifice on the computers (and some of the teachers).

Because of this, its pretty much ok for us to buy whatevers cheapest.

As for seecuring them, thats pretty easy actually. Theres one little bit on the back that you can slip something secure through (like one of those security cable jobs that look like long thin bike locks) that holds the whole thing together.

Not that thats really an issue with our kids. I'd be quite impressed if any of them can operate the power button, let alone open them up and nick the innards.

Joose wrote:Not that thats really an issue with our kids. I'd be quite impressed if any of them can operate the power button, let alone open them up and nick the innards.

Heh. Our students are supposed to be the "Top 10%" so opening a PC case is almost within their grasp.