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I'm potentially looking for a desktop replacement PC. I've got an HP laptop which I am very happy with and I'm wondering do they make good desktops as well, or should I go for something else? Also, I'm based in the UK so I need a supplier that does the UK.
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I have a HP dx2250 and a HP dc5700. For me it works like a charm. I tell you I won't have anytime soon a custom built PC. These PC's are silent, reliable and robust [no I don't work for them]. I like that I get 3 years warranty for the entire box. I have 2 monitors so I did put another VC, but that's it. It's well worth the 10-15% price over what you got by building your PC.
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I'm so frustrated with this... the owner of the company i work for (who knows nothing about computers by the way) insists the we ONLY buy HP computers. They payed +/- R10000(ZAR) for my dev machine(Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33Ghz, 2gig ram), that was in January, where as i paid less than a R3700(ZAR) for my new home machine (AMD X2 dual Core, 2.7Ghz, 4gig ram)less than a month ago. the frustrating bit is that when i NEED a stupid 8 port switch for my dev work, i cant get one because the IT Budget has been blown!!! sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now... The Dell's and HP's sell you useless crap for double the worth of it... but that's just my opinion I just remembered something else, i opened up one of these HP's the other day to get a motherboards model number so i can go find XP drivers for it(i took off vista) only to be greeted with a NO NAME board...
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)HarveySaayman wrote:
sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now...
And will you be providing support for it too? :rolleyes:
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HarveySaayman wrote:
sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now...
And will you be providing support for it too? :rolleyes:
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IronScheme - 1.0 alpha 4a out now (29 May 2008)if required yes :) but hardware support is rarely needed... i "support" most of the computer / network related issues anyway. and i cant see how HP's support can cost THAT much money... its retarded.
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Personally, I now build all PC's myself, and would recommend it. However, do not expect huge price savings. I have always managed to undercut Dell/Acer etc for a similar spec when I build, but by making some sacrifices. For example, The last 3 PC's I've built have all shared the same monitor saving some cost each time. I also tend to have much less hard drive space. I don't really have a need for 500gb, I'm just fine with my 80gb right now. You do get exactly what you want though, you don't ever have to worry about carpy unbranded hardware that you can't find drivers for, and no horrible pre installed trial software.
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Simon Stevens wrote:
You do get exactly what you want though, you don't ever have to worry about carpy unbranded hardware that you can't find drivers for, and no horrible pre installed trial software
very true I haven't been able to go below the prices of the dell/acer/hp pc's tho (the one I orderd now goes for 3000euro (with 2 24" screens in that price)) but I know that I'll be able to use my pc for at least 5 years without any significant problems (not like the one I have now with started to act up after 6months) maybe I should mention that there are 2 graphical cards in it, quad core (standerd these days), 4 gig ram, 750gig hdd, nice case (made for cooling) I got caried away a bit ;P
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Phannon wrote:
Considered an iMac?
Nope... Just had a look, but at a 30-40% mark up on the same spec PC I figured it isn't worth it.
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I'm so frustrated with this... the owner of the company i work for (who knows nothing about computers by the way) insists the we ONLY buy HP computers. They payed +/- R10000(ZAR) for my dev machine(Intel Core 2 Duo, 2.33Ghz, 2gig ram), that was in January, where as i paid less than a R3700(ZAR) for my new home machine (AMD X2 dual Core, 2.7Ghz, 4gig ram)less than a month ago. the frustrating bit is that when i NEED a stupid 8 port switch for my dev work, i cant get one because the IT Budget has been blown!!! sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now... The Dell's and HP's sell you useless crap for double the worth of it... but that's just my opinion I just remembered something else, i opened up one of these HP's the other day to get a motherboards model number so i can go find XP drivers for it(i took off vista) only to be greeted with a NO NAME board...
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
you.suck = (you.passion != Programming)HarveySaayman wrote:
sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now...
How much time would it take you to do that? What will the company pay you for that time? (Remembering that the cost of having you do that is greater than the cost of just your salary) All you are doing is shifting the cost into different budgets.
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HarveySaayman wrote:
sometimes i feel like walking to his office and tell him that ill build his PC's for 75% of the price hes paying now...
How much time would it take you to do that? What will the company pay you for that time? (Remembering that the cost of having you do that is greater than the cost of just your salary) All you are doing is shifting the cost into different budgets.
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
All you are doing is shifting the cost into different budgets.
perhaps, but then ill maybe get the hardware i need from the IT budget :)
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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if required yes :) but hardware support is rarely needed... i "support" most of the computer / network related issues anyway. and i cant see how HP's support can cost THAT much money... its retarded.
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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With a good supplier they don't. Does he know the supplier? :rolleyes:
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Trollslayer wrote:
With a good supplier they don't.
ive got one
Trollslayer wrote:
Does he know the supplier?
define "Know the supplier"?
Harvey Saayman - South Africa Junior Developer .Net, C#, SQL
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I'm potentially looking for a desktop replacement PC. I've got an HP laptop which I am very happy with and I'm wondering do they make good desktops as well, or should I go for something else? Also, I'm based in the UK so I need a supplier that does the UK.
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I've completely given up on big name brand pc's. Now I always go to the local gaming computer store (they always have the fastest hardware) and get them built to spec with ASUS motherboards. Far more reliable and far easier to upgrade and fix if necessary. Plus the service is usually great at the gaming PC store because I don't game and they find it refreshing to deal with someone who is not a gamer. :)
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I've completely given up on big name brand pc's. Now I always go to the local gaming computer store (they always have the fastest hardware) and get them built to spec with ASUS motherboards. Far more reliable and far easier to upgrade and fix if necessary. Plus the service is usually great at the gaming PC store because I don't game and they find it refreshing to deal with someone who is not a gamer. :)
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How badly did you shock them the first time by asking for a $1500PC with a $50 GPU?
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How badly did you shock them the first time by asking for a $1500PC with a $50 GPU?
Today's lesson is brought to you by the word "niggardly". Remember kids, don't attribute to racism what can be explained by Scandinavian language roots. -- Robert Royall
:laugh: Exactly right! Not that cheap but pretty cheap, the guy was mystified why I wouldn't put the top of the line graphics card in, I had to say three times that I had absolutely no use for anything beyond a decent graphics card.
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I'm potentially looking for a desktop replacement PC. I've got an HP laptop which I am very happy with and I'm wondering do they make good desktops as well, or should I go for something else? Also, I'm based in the UK so I need a supplier that does the UK.
Recent blog posts: * Introduction to LINQ to XML (Part 1) - (Part 2) - (part 3) My website | Blog
Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
...I'm wondering do they make good desktops as well...
The last HP desktop I had worked fine for the 5+ years I had it.
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