£400 Desktop Computer

pault123

Most review systems tend to run for 6 weeks and this magazine came out late December so its probably finished now

GoofyGAT

ey_up wrote:

Can anyone see the Fusion on the site? I've had a look and cant get to it. Knew I shouldnt have waited before ordering!
Thanks

Yeah, pault123's right. You may not have got it even if you hadn't waited, unless you spotted it much before we did.....

My neighbour ordered it on 16/01/07. She then received a call 10 days later infoming her that the order was cancelled because of non-availability of some components. Pure poppycock because all the components (or equivalent alternatives) were available on that day - see this. I've made a formal complaint, as well as posted one on the Computer-Shopper website below the review - click here, then on 'Read comments' at the bottom.

You may be interested in this Acer L100 for just under £400 from Tesco (courtesy of dudleyboy). Probably not a good idea if you want to upgrade to a better graphics card though - if you do, you'll have to buy a bigger case as well. G

P.S. I'd originally posted the Aria offer in this thread on 11/01/07 - may be my neighbour shouldn't have waited either!

pault123

The TFT that won the review was the Xerox, in the items you have specced a Yuraku which is a far cheaper TFT.

I'm pretty sure most review systems must be 100% identical spec or they can't sell it as advertised?

GoofyGAT

pault123 wrote:

The TFT that won the review was the Xerox, in the items you have specced a Yuraku which is a far cheaper TFT.

Yeah, I thought it wouldn't be anything special as it was bundled with a system & they hadn't specified it on the website review. Was the Xerox TFT mentioned in the C-S AXL Fusion mag review then?

I'm pretty sure most review systems must be 100% identical spec or they can't sell it as advertised?

You're most probably right, but a little commonsense flexibility/goodwill (especially in the customer's favour) wouldn't go down too badly, would it? G

thomas01155

computer no operating system http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Intel-Pentium-D-Dual-Core-5-6GHz-DDR400-18x-DVD-RW-80GB_W0QQitemZ160080009570QQihZ006QQcategoryZ179QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item160080009570
screen http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Pc+%26+Displays/Monitors%2C+TFT/TFT+17%22/17%22+Yuraku+MJ7C+TFT+Monitor+-+8ms+++?productId=25726#/Products/Pc+%26+Displays/Monitors%2C+TFT/TFT+17%22/17%22+Yuraku+MJ7C+TFT+Monitor+-+8ms+++?productId=25726
speakers
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-X-230-multimedia-speaker-system/dp/B00069ZEA6/sr=8-1/qid=1170188716/ref=pd_ka_1/202-4683270-0015056?ie=UTF8&s=electronics
mouse and keyboard
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-Cordless-Desktop-Keyboard-Optical/dp/B00064A0VE/sr=1-2/qid=1170188770/ref=sr_1_2/202-4683270-0015056?ie=UTF8&s=electronics

pault123

GoofyGAT wrote:

Yeah, I thought it wouldn't be anything special as it was bundled with a system & they hadn't specified it on the website review. Was the Xerox TFT mentioned in the C-S AXL Fusion mag review then?

You're most probably right, but a little commonsense flexibility/goodwill (especially in the customer's favour) wouldn't go down too badly, would it? G

Yes in the magazine it reviewed it quite well.

GoofyGAT

pault123 wrote:

Yes in the magazine it reviewed it quite well.

Thanks for that pault123. C-S have now pulled the online review - the entire £399 PCs article is gone! At least they didn't delete my thread in their forum but no one has replied to it yet. G