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PC World May Day Mega Deals! (merged threads) [CLOSED]

Father_Christmas
Father_Christmas Posts: 298 Forumite
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in It's gone, but was it any good?
7 or 8 things on there. 1 desktop pc and 1 laptop. a sat nav system and some other stuff.

I particulary interested in the laptop.


Fujitsu Siemens Intel Pentium 4
532 Processor 3.06GHz Laptop
with HT Technology

- 256 Mb RAM
- 40 Gb Hard Drive
- DVD ReWriter Drive
- 15.1 TFT Display
- Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
- 128Mb ATi Mobility 9000IGP graphics
- Built-in Wireless 802.11b/g

£569

Does this look any good?

Only drawback i can see is 256 ram instead of 512. will this make any differance
Am i here to save money or spend money......hmmmmm
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  • TLJester
    TLJester Posts: 88 Forumite
    Father_Christmas wrote:
    Only drawback i can see is 256 ram instead of 512. will this make any differance
    Yes deffinately - a min spec of 512 is really needed these days. however the cost of buying and installing another 256 should be around £20-30

    Got a linky for these deals ? :)
  • VH
    VH Posts: 501 Forumite
    Try here.

    Laptop looks decent although the screen's a bit small and a memory upgrade needed as suggested. Bit of a stingy hadr drive as well. Decent price though for the spec.
  • Jeff121
    Jeff121 Posts: 430 Forumite
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    MCAFEE PC-CD Virusscan 2005
    Product Code - 653862
    price inc vat £17.49

    HALF PRICE! May Day Mega Deal. Usual Price £34.99. Offer Ends 03/05/05
    PC World

    http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/seo/653862
  • simonkirkland
    simonkirkland Posts: 397 Forumite
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    AVG is just as good and it's free.. go to www.download.com and search for AVG...


    Simon
    If at first you don't succeed... CHEAT...
  • blue_max_3
    blue_max_3 Posts: 1,194 Forumite
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    AVG Pro (about the same price as mcafee) gets a similarly good review. If they make a pro version and charge for it, I would imagine the free version had some limitations that would make the fee worth the cost.

    Can a free product really compete with a paid for subscription?

    I have downloaded a few of these free versions (not AVG) and they just tend to advise you upgrade to sort the problems out – or don't find them at all.

    The PC world price does seem good – not half price as no-one sells it for the suggested price anyway. It's a little cheaper though. You do have to pay the £4 delivery charge though, which is a bit of a downer. If we could get free delivery, that would be just the job!

    Graham
  • amancalledchip
    amancalledchip Posts: 760 Forumite
    try here.


    http://www.savapoint.com/savapoint/productinfo.php?prodid=3749&gid=&cid=102242

    they do loads of them, norton 2004 internet security is only 19.99 ( shipping 3.49)

    The mcafee internet security 2005 v7.0 is the same price.
  • honestDave_2
    honestDave_2 Posts: 114 Forumite
    Looking at the PC World sale webpage, both:

    Fujitsu Siemens Intel Pentium 4 532 Processor 3.06GHz Laptop with HT Technology

    and

    Packard Bell Intel Pentium 4 Processor 530 3.00GHz PC & 17" Proview TFT

    are NOT bargins.
  • davidriley
    davidriley Posts: 30 Forumite
    Probably going of topic but.....I would strongly recommend AVG from GRISOFT. There is no charge for a licence if you are a private home user only. The limitation is that there IS a licence fee if you want to use it in a commercial environment. IE there commercial arm subsidises their private arm.

    I've worked with Sophos. McAfee, Dr. Sols etc and AVG is a good as the rest.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
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    Before you rush off take a look at the Novatech clearance:-

    http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/clearance/

    Good company especially for components.
  • simonkirkland
    simonkirkland Posts: 397 Forumite
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    I've used Grisoft's AVG for some time and it's fantastic virus software, it notifies you if you have downloaded or tried to open a virus infected file and cleans it if possible, if not it put's it in a vault... It still has all the usual features (PC scan, updates, etc...) and there are no limitations (for personal use only and not business use)

    It works exactly the same as norton and mcafee but they don't rip you off by making you pay for it...

    Direct link to download (free): http://www.download.com/3001-2239_4-10342876.html

    Don't pay get it free...

    Simon
    If at first you don't succeed... CHEAT...
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