Buying a new PC

[*Bob*]

I'm currently in the process of making my own breakfast.

The main reason for me making my own breakfast is so that I can tick all the boxes for my requirements. For example, the bowl must be round, the milk must be quite cold and not 'on the turn' - and the spoon must be made from high quality metal.

Kelloggs, Nestl? and Quaker are just some of the higher-end companies producing cereals for breakfast.

[Jeremy]

I thought you liked square bowls, bob.

[*Bob*]

Jeremy, square bowls come with an added premium on top and for me, lost their coolness quite some time ago and now appeal to the don't know any better crowd.

[katie1997]

*Bob* Wrote:

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> Kelloggs, Nestl? and Quaker are just some of the

> higher-end companies producing cereals for

> breakfast.

I see you've opted for the aesthetically pleasing yet expensive 'all in one' approach to breakfast cereals. I, on the other hand, source my breakfast components individually. in doing so, I can pick out exactly what type of californian-flamed raisins, hazelnuts, jumbo oats, dried banana and so on that I want.

(PS Otta, hope you find something that suits, I'm in the same position as you and my colleagues suggested the ipad but I will just go to John Lewis as that's where I got my laptop from before and it was fine until it got to 4 years old. The staff there are really helpful. I will probably not be brave enough to try a mac but will have a look anyway).

[Cassius]

Otta Wrote:

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> Having read back over the thread, I've cone to the

> conclusion that I am very happy to not know

> better.

reading this thread has exhausted me - I was going to ask for advice on a laptop but I don't think I could cope with the answer.

[Jeremy]

Cassius, just make sure you don't try anything as absurd as actually going into a shop. Shops are for losers who don't know any better.

[Undisputedtruth]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> > The main reason for building a PC Zzzzzzzz is

> so that I

> > can tick all my boxes for my requirements. For

> > example, the fans must be whisper quiet, the

> > computer must be ZZZzzzzzzzzzz

>

> Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz ideal PC speakers and PC sound

> > system.

>

> http://7reasons.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/soc

> ks_and_sandals.jpg?cda6c1 Indeed.

Sorry the sandals thingy is just too shocking for me. I can't stand sandals. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I love my trainers though but that is another subject. B)

John Lewis is okay and their stainless steel pots are still going strong in my kitchen after 16 years. If my memory serves me right, John Lewis have a very limited range of computer equipment and seems to have a much wider range of Dell laptops. Not so long ago their TV sales staff didn't know the difference between TN, IPS & PVA panels. Shocking really as I considered this an important but basic piece of information when weighing up a tv purchase.

@Jeremy, interesting pictures though the designs are not to my taste. PC cases have moved on and comes in different shapes and sizes. The Lian Li case, second from bottom, is part of their special design where each year they would do something different. In one year a case had a spider design. The Thermaltake case featured in the second picture has hot-swappable drive bays.

Personally, I like my cases to be made out of metal rather than plastic with an understated design. Sorry Jeremy but those pictures doesn't represent my tastes. Maybe yours?

@Katie. Sometimes sourcing individul products usually turns out to be the cheaper and superior option since you're bypassing the costly marketing nonsense.

[Jeremy]

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> Personally, I like my cases to be made out of

> metal rather than plastic with an understated

> design. Sorry Jeremy but those pictures doesn't

> represent my tastes. Maybe yours?

I must confess, I am quite keen on the wooden one.

[Otta]

http://www.robinmalau.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/drumpc.jpg

Now we're talking!

[katie1997]

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> @Katie. Sometimes sourcing individul products

> usually turns out to be the cheaper and superior

> option since you're bypassing the costly marketing

> nonsense.

I'm sure you are absolutely right about that UDT. I was only having a laugh at the amusing breakfast analogy. Its easier for some of us to source individual components for muesli than it would be to piece together a computer. Well, one that worked anyway. You know, with internet, email and all that jazz.

[david_carnell]

This would be more my taste....

http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/M19.jpg

[red devil]

katie1997 Wrote:

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> Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> > @Katie. Sometimes sourcing individul products

> > usually turns out to be the cheaper and

> superior

> > option since you're bypassing the costly

> marketing

> > nonsense.

>

> I'm sure you are absolutely right about that UDT.

> I was only having a laugh at the amusing

> breakfast analogy. Its easier for some of us to

> source individual components for muesli than it

> would be to piece together a computer. Well, one

> that worked anyway. You know, with internet, email

> and all that jazz.

Please try not to mention ja*z when *Bob* is in the thread, we don't want him having a relapse...

[Undisputedtruth]

@Katie, I was just slightly correcting your analogy to include the cost aspect. Anyway, building a PC isn't difficult at all as long as you have good analytical skills to choose the components and able to follow instructions. Any reasonably intelligent person should be able to build a PC from instructions.

[Otta]

Pleased to announce that I've sourced the perfect PC for my needs.

http://www.2dayblog.com/images/2007/october/guitar_computer_1.jpg

[Undisputedtruth]

Now somewhere to grow my Basil

[maxxi]

This... http://gadgetsin.com/uploads/2011/05/computer_case_made_of_lego_bricks_1.jpg and this... http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTF0iOxEUHYxQCnR_XyxNeBuS2mdlnJVdjGoMA5qMN5nX30bLJYEA with a bit of this...http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTiyZvTuyxUcm0bZ_r3QSxxT6rbr8GgKHGkmoDf307P7EX16Folyg

-makes add-ons so much easier

[Annette Curtain]

Undisputedtruth Wrote:

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> @Katie, I was just slightly correcting your

> analogy to include the cost aspect. Anyway,

> building a PC isn't difficult at all as long as

> you have good analytical skills to choose the

> components and able to follow instructions. Any

> reasonably intelligent person should be able to

> build a PC from instructions.

UDT

The forum's very own "Doc Martin"

Netts:-S

[maxxi]

Annette Curtain Wrote:

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> *Bob* Wrote:

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> > Fun, fun, fun!

>

> I think there should be another "fun" in there

> *Bob*

>

> As in Fun, fun, fun, fun!

>

> ( coz he was doing 4 things )

>

>

> NETTE:)

no, no, no... UDT was listening to bouncy music, eating a bowl of KTnumbers' bespoke cereal "flouncy", beating all comers to the best speakers in a trouncy fashion and seizing on them in a pouncy manner so it was obviously - Fun, fun, fun, fun, FUN!!!

[Undisputedtruth]

Absolutely maxxi, I'm always having fun even when others are trying to insult me. To be honest, I tend to take the view that their insults says more about them than me.

Anyway, if they can't get a simple purchase of a PC right then what else can they get right.