Budget priced pc

[steve bee]

After installing AOL 9.0 on my pc yesterday and by the time technical support in India had finished my pc is now F**cked.
I have about £ 500.00 to spend on a basic budget new pc.
Anyone have any recommendations please.

[Gaz_Thomas]

www.bitznpcs-online.co.uk :)

[Alex]

Originally posted by steve bee
AOL 9.0

This is the cause of all your problems and they won't be solved if you are intending putting it on the new PC.

Gaz's site is ok you could try PMing Walshie too.

[Banana]

£500 will buy you a quality PC these days. Just take Alex's advice and don't let AOL near your PC.

In fact you could install........... :WhyWasteMyBreath: :)

[Nigel Brooks]

Originally posted by Banana


In fact you could install........... :WhyWasteMyBreath: :)

Is that WWMB1.0 or the one with the 147 Microsop patches?

Seriously, I only have three words to say about AOL9.0 (or indeed any version).

DON'T DO IT!

Blimey, agreeing with :banana: I must be mellowing :D

[Bigbee]

I can get some thing with out monitor for about £150

[Edmundo]

Originally posted by steve bee
Anyone have any recommendations please.
Yes. Don't ever ever EVER even think about putting AOL anything.anything in your computer again, or you will have no sympathy from me.

Bigbee's £150 machine, plus your old monitor (which has probably survived the encounter with AOL unscathed) sounds like the best plan to me. Just make sure that you have burned all your AOL CDs before you do anything else.

[RitchBee]

How about me building you one ?

[steve bee]

Thanks for the info and the offer on the computer Bigbee. I have a spare computer same spec as the old one and a techy at work is going to install windows etc. I have been with AOL for 4 years and have always thrown the upgrade cd's away, but i must of had a brainstorm and the rest is history.:cry:

So can anyone recommend another isp?

[Banana]

Originally posted by steve bee
a techy at work is going to install windows etc.
:nono:

[Jezybee]

If you have an ntl phoneline, you can get ntlworld 56K connection for free. No phone charges, no monthly fee.

Its what we have back home in London.
Got ntl broadband here in Oxford.

[steve bee]

I would'nt touch NTL with a proverbial bargepole:nono:

[Jezybee]

Never had a problem with them.

[Alex]

For what you were paying AOL you can get DSL connections for now with plusnet. www.plusnet.com

[nocoat]

Originally posted by Bigbee
I can get some thing with out monitor for about £150

You could get something without a monitor for £20 in Soho :)

[CJC]

Recently bought my dad a PC; £400 from PC World, eMachines with a TFT monitor. You will need to spend £40 odd on buying some extra RAM though, the rest of the specs are fine if you're not fussy about graphics (they're integrated).

Bigbee could you post some specs for the £150 machine I could do with something for uni, the student loan money I'm getting is about £2k less than I thought cos you have to be on the poverty line to get any support these days and I can't afford a laptop and/or a holiday rofl rofl