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disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 10-11-2015

had an update about a faulty laptop & desktop.
Laptop will need rebuild or replacement. Pity, I liked my red Dell a lot. Dodgy
Desktop will need replacement HDD & O/S.
ho-hum Doh


RE: disappointing news. - Danny Wideboy - 10-11-2015

Disappointing thread.


RE: disappointing news. - toseland - 10-11-2015

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RE: disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 10-11-2015

at about 5 yr old, tis prob the end of their useful lives.
will get a cheapo XP laptop in due course - -
onwards & upwards Smile


RE: disappointing news. - welshpug - 10-11-2015

you make it sound like you believe Dell are good...


RE: disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 10-11-2015

almost lol.
ive had HP/Lenovo, and Panasonic Toughbooks as well.
all much of a muchness.


RE: disappointing news. - Matt - 10-11-2015

I expected so much more from this thread


RE: disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 11-11-2015

it is titled 'disappointing' Wink


RE: disappointing news. - Matt-Rallye - 11-11-2015

(11-11-2015, 07:15 AM)Magenta Sunset Wrote: it is titled 'disappointing' Wink

Such a valid point lol


RE: disappointing news. - Redordead89 - 11-11-2015

Still, news like that that would cost me hundys would gut me too!


RE: disappointing news. - Toms306 - 11-11-2015

5 years is a long time for tech tbh...when I bought my laptop I was only expecting 3 years from it!


RE: disappointing news. - tigerstyle - 11-11-2015

(11-11-2015, 09:47 AM)Toms306 Wrote: 5 years is a long time for tech tbh...when I bought my laptop I was only expecting 3 years from it!

Buy cheap buy twice Smile

£600 5 year old Sony laptop here still better than most you can buy today, 256Gig SSD upgrade helped a lot! 
9 second boot into Win10. 
1080P 15.6" screen a beauty to work on.
Blu-Ray upgrade 10 second job if  I want it. 
Battery is knackered though! 

fwiw Dell do make good laptops, just don't get sucked in thinking the cheap ones will last forever, XPS line and above are great machines.


RE: disappointing news. - Toms306 - 11-11-2015

Lol, I bought 'cheap' due to ridiculous offers though... It was a £500 HP machine for £300. I still don't believe it'll last more than 3 years without upgrading parts, that said, we're on 2.5 years now I think about it!

Same with cars though, tech soon becomes outdated. And definitely phones, the tech in them is out of date after like 2 years!


RE: disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 11-11-2015

mine was a good spec one, (£500 worth back then).
Intel i5, 500 Hdd, 4g ram, etc
the cheapo one i'm interested in is to install PP2000


RE: disappointing news. - Niall - 11-11-2015

(11-11-2015, 09:47 AM)Toms306 Wrote: 5 years is a long time for tech tbh...when I bought my laptop I was only expecting 3 years from it!

Decent tech its not. My old Macbook is still going strong at 8 years old. My old girl uses that daily for stupid use of Facebook. 
My business line HP is 9 years old and in all fairness is failing now but tbh the amount of abuse it gets I'm surprised its not dead yet. Always been chucked about, slammed about, coffee spilt on it is a regular occurrence lol


RE: disappointing news. - Eeyore - 11-11-2015

this was a weird thread...


RE: disappointing news. - Magenta Sunset - 11-11-2015

weird is relative Wink