Desktop PC @ £246 (15"TFT/512MB/80GB/CELERON D 2.66GHz/DVD+CDRW) [CLOSED]

andreboyle

b44rch wrote:

Umm, I think you'll find they're pretty rare these days - unless you've got one lying around ofcourse, but then you might have a problem finding a driver to work with XP...

The 'old' serial modems are a sqoosh to get working on just about any OS as they're either USR or Hayes compatible at the end of the day.

If modems are your hang-up with this machine there are plenty of options, be they internal PCI, external serial, USB or even network based modem dialers such as the Netgear analogue routers (about a tenner in eBay).

Support for analogue modems is superb on Windows XP. I think someone else said about using the 'Standard' driver which is a safe bet. But specific drivers are many and varied.

I still love the old Hayes Accura kit, with it's funky late seventies design. First modem I ever used was a 2400 baud modem, now that was amazing at the time.

Dre

Trowa_Z

I keep getting £340 for the PC, what's wrong?

charlie12

You have to change the warranty to the basic one - it then takes off about £100

doubledark

Just make sure when you spec the machine to remove the Basic Support package (- £105.75) and go with 1 Year Collect and Return Service instead.

Voila!

Howdie

tonyg wrote:

Howdie - did you get teh free printer or a free optical mouse may I ask? And which machine did you order - the £246 one?
Thanks

I actually went for a laptop and got both the optical mouse which should still be a valid offer, and the all in one printer (this offer has expired)

alared

You can get an internal modem for this computer from Maplins for £11 plus £2-50 P&P.
Personally I would just add the Dell option it`s only £17 and saves all the hassle.
Of course,if you`re on BB you don`t need the modem anyway.

tonyg_2

No-one managed to get the printer or optical mouse on the basic £234 machine?

swapmeetpete

tonyg wrote:

No-one managed to get the printer or optical mouse on the basic £234 machine?

I think I just got the printer. It has to processed separately as a goodwill gesture after the original order arrives. But be warned, it took nearly an hour of patient negotiation!

Flimber

swapmeetpete wrote:

I think I just got the printer. It has to processed separately as a goodwill gesture after the original order arrives. But be warned, it took nearly an hour of patient negotiation!

Phone number ? And you spoke to ... ? This is the 722 printer presumably ? What was the gist of your argument ?

Mike.

redfox

swapmeetpete wrote:

But be warned, it took nearly an hour of patient negotiation!

If you were using the 0870 number, and it is the 720 printer,that probably cost more than the printer is worth:eek:

Impressed by your tenacity though