Re: PC - which would be best ?

[Chris Hunter <cjhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yep ... I was really really surprised when I someone suggested Time
...
then again, I thought they might have changed ... anyway, a particular
offer was only being used as an example of the sort of machine we might
go-for ...

Chris



Ho yin Ng wrote:

> Time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>
>
> I thought they had gone into liquidation?
>
>
>
> I bought one years ago as a cheap PC for my cousin who was just about
to
> start university. It was the biggest pile of dog pooh that I had ever
> seen.
>
>
>
> There were problems with it from the beginning, the design was
> appalling due
> to the curved front, when you ejected the floppy disk you could not
> physically remove it! You had to tip the machine forward to get your
> fingers
> on the diskette!
>
>
>
> I had huge problems getting it to run as a stable machine, so I
> requested a
> refund and returned it. It took them 6 months to return my money!
>
>
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> I then bought a Dell and it proved to be a much better choice.
>
>
>
> Perhaps the only choice now is too do a selfbuild? You therefore
guarantee
> quality components.
>
>
>
> There are other companies though such as Mesh, Armari? Who have been
> around
> for a long time.
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>
> Ho yin
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>   _____
>
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Chris Hunter
> Sent: 03 April 2006 22:16
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] PC - which would be best ?
>
>
>
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> OK ... if not Mini-ITX (too low performance), not Hush(too hot), not
> Dell (gone-off) ... then what ... ????
>
> Time (I've heard they're not reliable ... no idea if that's true), or
> ... ?
>
> It'll have to run 24/7 ... so I need to be fussy !!
>
>
> Chris