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gromituk

Search this forum for "currys broadband" and you'll see it's been discussed already, several times. Considering the continuing fall in prices for broadband subscriptions, it might not be all that wonderful.

grayme-m

gromituk wrote: »

Sounds like a fairly esoteric (but nevertheless important!) bug. Did you submit a bug report? Without doing that, it's quite possible no-one else will notice and the bug won't be fixed. If you do, the bug very likely will be fixed. Just because the software's free doesn't mean you get no support. Has there been a later version of OO since?

By the way, some of the formula definitions in the new OOXML formats MS is desperately trying to get "standardised" are completely wrong: see http://www.robweir.com/blog/2007/07/formula-for-failure.html.

No I didn't, to be honest I was in a hurry to get some figures done and was just rather annoyed that I'd wasted time trying it at the time and needed to find an alternative; I should give it another go.

lorraine wrote: »

can anyone help, i'd be extremely greatful :beer:

Can't you just search for 'Vostro' and find it (the one listed with free delivery), they add VAT at the end but shipping is free?

miss_not_alotofmoneypenny

shane8961 wrote: »

Anybody got any idea how this lappy (with TK53 processor) would stack up against a:

Inspiron 6400,
Core 2 Duo Processor T5500,
1024MB 667MHz DDR2 SDRAM (2x512)
Intel Media Accelerator 950 Graphics Up to 256MB
Everything else more or less the same (same size screen, Hd, battery etc)

Whichever machine I get I will be upgrading to 2gb RAM after purchase.

Main things its going to be used for is Photoshop and converting divx to dvd aswell as general net usage.

Cheers, Shane

For movie coding in particular you will defintly notice a decrease in the time it takes to encode, but for this spec your going to have to pay decent money from dell. Also the processor you mention is Core 2 duo(t5500 is of the higher range and beniits with a 667mhz front side bus which is a major advantage which basically means it runs 32 and 64 bit systems(no real advantage running 64bit Operating system at the moment and probaly few a good few years there wont be) However my laptop uses the same processor and munches through encoding quick(For me it encodes a 700mb divx movie to a dvd5(4.7gig) in about 45min(about a whopping 30mins less than my old laptop) using a program called CONVERTXTODVD which is a really good program and it encodes virtually anything to dvd. Once you've upgraded to ram to 2 gig you wont have a problem running even the largest images with the highest resoultions.

Its all about cost, How much has youve been costed for this with what operating system? because ive seen the same spec that comes with 256mb ram and a fairly decent price, that way you save on the cost of the ram as if you purchased the dell youd have 1 gig thats no good to you.

wannafly

lorraine wrote: »

Hi all, I'm trying to buy this but doing it through quidco, but when I click on the link I cannot find it, any ideas

Go through Quidco, click "Shop by E-value Code" and key in 305-n0710002.

lubava

Hi everyone.
Just friendly piece of warning. I've recently (2 month ago) bought desktop computer from DELL. When I ordered everything seemed OK -than I had 2 computers delivered (their mistake - never admited). It took 3 weeks for them to collect it. Charged my account twice and it took 6 weeks to get my money back after about 6 hours spent on the phone to them. Customer service non-existant. Up until today trying to get refund for the cost incured because of double charge which cost me over £150 in bank charges and cost of phone calls.
As to actuall computer - it came with Vista and I have no problem at all with it. And it was great value for money before it went wrong. But I wouldn't buy from DELL anymore though.

sarab66

gromituk wrote: »

Use OpenOffice - it's as compatible as they can possibly make it with MS Office without MS revealing how its file formats work (which it will never do while it retains its monopoly). Thunderbird is just as capable as Outlook but I don't know about Nokia compatibility - try Googling for that.

Cheers, I'll definitely have a look at openoffice again - I recently downloaded it for someone who I helped set up a Mac.

gromituk

Great. OpenOffice on the Mac is still a bit odd (running inside an X-windows emulator) so I hope you'll find OO on a Windows machine to be a breeze.

gromituk

Another alternative to the overpriced MS Office might be the own-brand software that Tesco and Woolworths are apparently selling, for about £20 a shot.

ukdutypaid

gromituk wrote: »

Another alternative to the overpriced MS Office might be the own-brand software that Tesco and Woolworths are apparently selling, for about £20 a shot.

That's got to be(?) StarOffice then..... Open Office is the open source, i.e. free version...supported by Sun...... StarOffice is the bought version, produced by Sun....
http://www.staroffice.com/ (you'll see a link to Open office on the page)

gromituk

I thought StarOffice was more expensive than that. "Formjet" is the company concerned: http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/07/19/tesco_home_software_apps/