Val .... Vaaaaaaaaaal !!

Got yer new Dell yet ??

I've *almost* decided to order a Dell .... *almost* :-)

Might do it tomorrow .. or might not. I'm strange :-)

Aries...

YEP :D and it's fabulous. Still in the process of setting up the way I
want it tho. I declined the 3 year insurance and opted for the 90 day
return to base warranty, I already fantastic surround speakers so didn't
need those, and I didn't need the 56k modem as I can always use this lappy
for that if need be, or a stand alone modem I have sitting on the shelf.
There are so many interesting helpful options too as you will find out if
you order one - good luck with whatever you decide to do :D

Troy's Human...

I've got it all customised on Dell's website :-)

Am having trouble thinking of my wallet being emptied :-(

Aries...

Life is too short to worry about wallets :)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Why is it everyone seems to needing new computers all of a sudden?

Troy's Human...

I desperately need one because if Sandra ever visits it'll need to match
the colour of my new desk :-)

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Thought it must have been something really really important. LOL

Rabbit...

But of course dahlink not colour coding it sooooo non U :-)

Aries...

It's probably contagious LOL In my case I really needed a new desktop as
my old one is kaput but it wasn't a very good one anyway so not sorry.

Flyiñg Ñuñ 2°°6 +...

Well I got my new earlier last year 'cos it was slow and wouldn't really
cope with new stuff like GoogleEarth. Sothe cheapest remedy was a new one
with XP Home Edition pre installed. Kept the old one and netw*rked it
with the new one. I still use the old one for things like correspondence
and banking etc.

Jeff Gaines...

Must be the New Year, I'm looking for a new laptop to put Linux on :-)

Did you find any really good deals? I've been looking at their site but
it seems incredibly sloooooow.

David C...

Just to add to the confusion, I've just orderd a new laptop from
Tesco's!!

Obvious place to buy a PC........

£ 499, for an Acer 4021WLMi

Jeff Gaines...

They do have some good deals :-)

I found a Toshiba L20 for £499 but it has a Celeron and I can't quite
make my mind up on that....

David C....

I was getting hung-up on the "it's only a Celeron" issue too, but £399
for Medion M350 from Wollies was really tempting.
Strangely all the local stores ran out of stock last week until their
£50 price increase, when they magically re-appeared on the shelves!

I did spend some time plowing through the Dell site, looking at all
the time-related special deals, but it was too easy to spend £700+,
which is too expensive (IMHO) for a PC to take on holiday & use around
the house for a little surfing.

Anyone fancy my old Laptop?

Cost £799 new from Curry's, it's a Hi-Grade Notino, boasting a whole
96 MB memory, (up from the original 32MB!), a 4.7 GB H/D & a CD
reader.

Currently running XP, ( a big mistake ), but I'll re-install Win98SE.
I'm not serious about offering it for sale here, but I can't imagine
it's worth more than £50-60, if that.

It was purchased for my late wife to take to hospital & use for
entertainment, mostly playing basic games.
I'm glad she got some use from it, but it's never been much use for
anything else.

I hope the Acer, which is much cheaper & far better specified will see
more use.......

Other thunks, I never managed to "slip-stream"a new Win2K installation
disc for my Dell desk-top, the new owner collected it before I had
time to do so.

He seems to be thinking about giving a new, larger, H/D, so I'm going
to send him a copy of Norton ghost 9, so he can clone his existing H/D
O/S onto his new drive.

I'm going to try the same process for myself on my main PC, so that I
can run the 'pooter from a 40GB "C" drive, with two, partitioned, 80GB
drives, & a "removable drive bay" for data storage & O/S backups.

I've had a couple of drive bays "in-stock" for a while & I've finally
found a use for them & my collection of smallish H/D's.

TTFN, it's past my bed-time, ( stayed up late, watching a Status Quo
DVD ) regards, David C.

BunnyHare...

Great! Did you have the volume turned right up and were you head
banging?

David C...

I do have neighbours to consider.........
As for head-banging, it's too easy to get a still neck!

BunnyHare...

I know - shame isn't it :-((

I'm only a recent convert to S.Q., but I do admire their determination
to keep doing what their fans want.
They seemed to have survived the last 40 years in much better shape
than the 'Stones, or Cream, but I get the impression that they are

Ali...

That's because they have been maintaining the Status Quo.

still not rated as on of the best bands of the time.

BunnyHare...

Yes, they just seem to go on and on even though not rated by some
people. Don't go to that many dances nowadays but when I have been to
the odd dinner/dance it seems that as soon as a Quo record is played
everybody gets up to dance

David C....

It's a sign of aging when one doesn't recognize any of the current
"chart" music, or when Radio 2 is stored in the car radio, & Radio 1
is discarded !

Jeff Gaines...

Oh dear, I discarded radio 2 for Prime Time a while back, where does
that put me :-(

David C...

Q? Prime Time Q?

Be that digital radio then?

SQ seem to appeal to a wide age range, perhaps that's why people dance
to their music, or, it's difficult no to be infected by the beat?

Cheers, David C.

Any comments?

Did anyone see the "Still Crazy" movie on UKGold, a few nights back?

For me, much better than the other reincarnation of a 70's rock band
films.
Written my the Auf Wiedersehn Pet team, featuring Jimmy Nail, Bill
Connolly, Bill Nighey & Tim Spall, ( I wonder if he can really play
the drums?)

Amazon.com have the DVD available for app. $16 inc postage, I might
be tempted.......

Cheers, David C.

Probably last year's model, but it does have a Pentium M processor &
enough connections for my needs.
I imagine that I'll be replacing the 256 Mb RAM quite soon but the 40
GB H/D will suffice for now, I do have a spare Archos (Hitachi) 40GB
Mini H/D which will fit in a laptop bag & give me all the archive
capacity I'll need for holiday snaps & music!

If Woolworths hadn't increased the ptice of their cheapie Medion
laptop last week, ( £399 > £449 ) I'd of had one instead, & the extra
RAM would already be installed.

Before anyone asks, I know that I don't really "need" a laptop, with
three other PC's in the house, but it's an Xmas pressie to
myself........

Aries...

congrats and enjoy :)

Cheers, David C.

Aries...

It's never been slow for me ??

Jeff Gaines...

Perhaps it detects if you're using a Dell and gives you priority :-)

Aries...

I very much doubt that LOL

pmj...

But why doubt it?
That's *exactly* the sort of thing that many Websites *do* do,
actually!!!

Most Commercial Websites these days are made from (Served up using)
*Dynamic* Pages - in other words different Viewers get Served different
Content, depending on all sorts of things, such as what Browser,
Operating System & type of Computer they are using, as well as what
other Sites they have been Visiting etc.

That sort of thing is big business - tailoring the Offers to specific
customers circumstances.

Aries...

OK I spect you're right but when I bought this first Dell - this laptop -
I accessed the site via my Novatech pc and it was just as quick then as it
is now ;)

The main page was OK this morning but branching off anywhere was a
disaster. Perhaps it's a sign that I should stick with dual-booting the
Toshiba :-)

Troy's Human...

I'm finding the same as you Jeff. Better today than yesterday but not as
fast as it normally is.

Aries...

this morning I found the internet extremely slow for some reason :(