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Topic: Buying a new PC - advice please. (Read 1909 times)
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Nick29
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You'll love Sky+, Jill..... another gadget that I really could not do without ! If you want to help Gordon out, why not go HD too ? 
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jc26red
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lol Nick!!!! 
we got our Sky HD+ installed on 20th Dec and had a replacement on the 21st  long story! but since then... its impressed everyone. The pre-Christmas install offer is on its way back if anyone is thinking about it.
Jill, think you're making the right choice with the pc. A replacement printer won't cost £100 if you need one.
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DianaM
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My new TV is HD ready (I know - more money spent!) but am I right in thinking that you have to pay so much a month extra to get the HD channels? If so, I'll stick to the Sky+ box. I keep waiting for offers but there don't seem to be any - unless you're a new customer to Sky of course. They never think of rewarding exisiting loyal customers with these offers, do they?
Jill
I believe they do offer some good deals if you threaten to leave! I suggest you call them ....
We've just bought a hard disk recorder with Freeview which does most of what the Sky+ does with no subscription fees and no money going to the Murdoch empire! It's wonderful ...
Diana
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Nick29
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lol Nick!!!! we got our Sky HD+ installed on 20th Dec and had a replacement on the 21st long story! but since then... its impressed everyone. The pre-Christmas install offer is on its way back if anyone is thinking about it.
We got Sky+HD when it first came out, and I love it. We had to have the box replaced at the end of August last year because it was failing to dial out, (we have two boxes, and you have to have them connected to the phone line).
Jill - Sky+ HD costs an extra £9.75 a month, and that upgrades whatever channels you have on subscription to the HD equivalents. So if you subscribe to the movies package, you get the HD movie channels.
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jillruss
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I'm back!!
I never did get round to buying that PC - things happened, long story...
Now, I'm hoping that some of you who helped me before will answer one last (I hope!) question for me and then I shall do it (honest!).
I've identified a couple of Dell packages from Tesco - sorry, afficianados, but I'm just not confident enough not to buy a pre-package. One is £548 and has blue-ray (whatever that is!) which I don't think I need, the other is £358.
As far as my feeble knowledge goes, the only relevant difference to me is that the more expensive one has Windows Vista Home Premium and the cheaper one has Vista Home Basic.
Is there a big difference? I'm basically on a PC to send & receive emails, do a bit of online shopping (but of course! ), and do my Family History. I'd also like to have a go at this DVD/CD rewriting, need to read the FH CDs I've already bought & run my Family Historian 3 prog.
Will the Basic do for me - oh ye experts? 
Is there anything important I'd be missing out on?
I don't play games (other than the odd game of minesweeper or solitaire!) so I won't be wanting to track the Hooded Impalor to his lair or shoot any of those irritating little skipping and jumping little hedghog things; and I don't see the point of watching films on my PC when I've got a perfectly comfy chair and TV to do that in my living room.
Could I always upgrade later to the premium system if I found I needed it after all?
Believe it or not, once the above has been answered and once Andy Murray has won Wimbledon on Sunday, I'm actually going to order my PC!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jill
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pjbuk007
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You do not need blue-ray but you do need Vista Home Premium rather than Vista Basic.
For 500 squid you can get this at John Lewis (with a free two year guarantee):
http://www.johnlewis.com/230575894/Product.aspx
See how that compares! John Lewis always comes top for after sales service etc in surveys.
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O1dgobbo
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Hi Jill
1. Go to John Lewis on a quietish shopping day and ask to speak to the computer sales expert.
2. When he/she appears (about 5 minutes is usual) tell him/her what you want to do and let him/her tell you what you need. I f you end up being pointed at the XXX, which is cheaper in Ar*os tell him/her and gracefully accept the discount you will be offered. (If you are really sneaky say you will have to think about it: leave John L and check prices at Ar*os, T*sco, etc. If they are coming in a lot less than John L ring J L and ask for a reduction because it is cheaper elsewhere but do not forget to allow something for the value of the J L guarantee and support.)
I went in three years ago convinced that I needed a £1000 laptop. After I explained what I was hoping to do he/she told me that I could have it for £700 and all the extra £300 would give me was less weight and more battery life: neither of these was important for me as it was my intention to keep the computer in one room and run off the mains.
Last year the OH went in and spoke to the man and came home very happy having paid 10% below the ticket price for a very nice computer that does everything she wants.
He/she will reassure you about the best operating system for your needs.
Good luck
Gobbo
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