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[Auto Addict]

My old Dell Dimension 5000 gave up the ghost yesterday morning.

As I only need something cheap and cheerful, I went out and bought a Packard Bell base unit, good spec.

Set it up, wouldn't communicate with the router.

After several phone calls to my telephone support (TB ) who must have been sick to death of me in the end , we decided it must have a faulty network card.

Going back this morning for a refund.

[millwall]

unfortunately cheap and cheerful is not always the best option   hope you get it sorted

[Webby the Bear]

yup, cheap 'n' cheerful generally is just a false economy

[Lizzie_Zoom]

I thought Dell was good quality

I have used them so often in business and in higher education

[aaronjb]

Ahh, Packard Hell!

(and Lizzie, a Dell Dimension 5000 is pretty old so it probably had a good life already Dell have gone downhill a bit though, and their service technicians - at least for business use - seem to break more than they fix. The last one to visit me at work handed me back the bit he snapped off inside the laptop!)

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Ahh, Packard Hell!

(and Lizzie, a Dell Dimension 5000 is pretty old so it probably had a good life already Dell have gone downhill a bit though, and their service technicians - at least for business use - seem to break more than they fix. The last one to visit me at work handed me back the bit he snapped off inside the laptop!)

Right!    I will avoid those in future then

[hercules]

im like that nowt ever goes smooth and i never get any luck in fact ive always said if i fall in a barrel full of nipples id come out sucking my thumb,i usually buy something and the next day someone says ive got one you could of had.i hate technology and why the hell cant you just buy a printer plug it in and it works on any pc/laptop

rant over

[feeutfo]

I'd pay a considerable sum of money to have that as my only problem ATM. Assuming that's your only problem generally of course.  :-/

[Lazydocker]

I'd pay a considerable sum of money to have that as my only problem ATM. Assuming that's your only problem generally of course.  :-/

Bathroom still giving you grief then?

[feeutfo]

I'd pay a considerable sum of money to have that as my only problem ATM. Assuming that's your only problem generally of course.  :-/

Bathroom still giving you grief then?

Yes, well, no it's the tradesman generally with that. Plus a loong standing water leak in a kitchen, discovered just as new tenants move in, insurance assessor can't see it for 10 days. So de humidifier is all we can do ATM. Very patient tenants thank god. Work talking about banked hours, me backs killing me and now me knees are playing up, probably related. Leaking conservatree job tomorrow, with hole in guttering directly above it. How the hell am I going to get to that? Probably up and over from the front and tie meself off.... By the neck probably.  .   

Apart from that.... 

[Lazydocker]

I'd pay a considerable sum of money to have that as my only problem ATM. Assuming that's your only problem generally of course.  :-/

Bathroom still giving you grief then?

Yes, well, no it's the tradesman generally with that. Plus a loong standing water leak in a kitchen, discovered just as new tenants move in, insurance assessor can't see it for 10 days. So de humidifier is all we can do ATM. Very patient tenants thank god. Work talking about banked hours, me backs killing me and now me knees are playing up, probably related. Leaking conservatree job tomorrow, with hole in guttering directly above it. How the hell am I going to get to that? Probably up and over from the front and tie meself off.... By the neck probably.  .   

Apart from that.... 

...life's pretty good

No easy access to the guttering unfortunately, unless you want to hire a cherry picker

[TheBoy]

Ahh, Packard Hell!

(and Lizzie, a Dell Dimension 5000 is pretty old so it probably had a good life already Dell have gone downhill a bit though, and their service technicians - at least for business use - seem to break more than they fix. The last one to visit me at work handed me back the bit he snapped off inside the laptop!)

I think Dell (desktops) have been pretty good for the past 3 or 4 years. Currently, I tend to buy Vostro desktops for people for general use now, unless they have specific needs, or need excessive expansion capabilities.


Which reminds me, I really must buy my brother 8 of the little tinkers.  *sigh*

[Varche]

im like that nowt ever goes smooth and i never get any luck in fact ive always said if i fall in a barrel full of nipples id come out sucking my thumb,i usually buy something and the next day someone says ive got one you could of had.i hate technology and why the hell cant you just buy a printer plug it in and it works on any pc/laptop rant over

Because we live in what is euphemistically called a consumer society. The manufacturers deliberately design hardware and software NOT to work on the next generation of equipment. The end result vast amounts of waste of perfectly good stuff but it apparently makes the world go round!

[TheBoy]

im like that nowt ever goes smooth and i never get any luck in fact ive always said if i fall in a barrel full of nipples id come out sucking my thumb,i usually buy something and the next day someone says ive got one you could of had.i hate technology and why the hell cant you just buy a printer plug it in and it works on any pc/laptop rant over

Because we live in what is euphemistically called a consumer society. The manufacturers deliberately design hardware and software NOT to work on the next generation of equipment. The end result vast amounts of waste of perfectly good stuff but it apparently makes the world go round!

Not quite.  The (low cost) printer manufacturers actually make a loss on the printers. Why on earth would they spend considerable amounts of money developing, debugging, supporting and distributing new drivers.

You will find more business oriented printers do get driver updates - there are Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2 drivers for my trusty old Laserjet 4000. Business printers are sold for profit, so scope for ongoing development (which is what businesses want (and pay for)), but home users obviously only want to pay £29 for a printer.

[Taxi_Driver]

im like that nowt ever goes smooth and i never get any luck in fact ive always said if i fall in a barrel full of nipples id come out sucking my thumb,i usually buy something and the next day someone says ive got one you could of had.i hate technology and why the hell cant you just buy a printer plug it in and it works on any pc/laptop rant over

Because we live in what is euphemistically called a consumer society. The manufacturers deliberately design hardware and software NOT to work on the next generation of equipment. The end result vast amounts of waste of perfectly good stuff but it apparently makes the world go round!

Not quite.  The (low cost) printer manufacturers actually make a loss on the printers. Why on earth would they spend considerable amounts of money developing, debugging, supporting and distributing new drivers.

You will find more business oriented printers do get driver updates - there are Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server R2 drivers for my trusty old Laserjet 4000. Business printers are sold for profit, so scope for ongoing development (which is what businesses want (and pay for)), but home users obviously only want to pay £29 for a printer.

But they do make a huge profit on ink carts...