[Will Smith]

http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/118116

even better at £90, i paid £140

[HopOnBaby]

Hello all - soon I should be re-entering the world of computer ownership, which will delight many, I'm sure.

Anyhoo - here be the specs:

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Pentium® D 925 Dual Core Processor (3.00GHz,800MHz,2x2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
MONITOR Dell™ 19" Value Flat Panel (SE197FP) - UK/Irish
MEMORY 2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
KEYBOARD Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
MOUSE Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
SPEAKERS No Speakers
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
MODEMS Dell™ v92 Data/Fax Modem
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Gedis Bundle Reference List D06E05a Dimension E520
Shipping Documents E520 English Documentation with UK Power Cord
Order Information Dimension Order - UK
Standard Warranty Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
SYSTEM MEDIA Dimension Resource DVD for Vista (Diagnostics & Drivers)

That's from Dell and costs a pint less than £500. Mainly for games and internetting. Thoughts?

[Starclaws]

Originally posted by Will Smith:
http://www.ebuyer.com/UK/product/118116

even better at £90, i paid £140

Cheers will - have a birthday coming up - will see if i can get it

[cutterschoice]

Originally posted by Starclaws:
2 questions please

1. I have a windows vista(basic) laptop. It came with a 90 day free trial of Norton Internet Security which I wont be taking up after the trial.

Question is I want a free Anti virus AND Firewall. I tried Zonealarm and didnt like it (personal thing really, didnt like layout)

2. I have in my desktop an AGP Geforce 6200. I want something with a bit more oomph (dont need the latest spec) but something that will perform better on the games I have such as oblivion and FEAR. But i dont really want to go over £100 if possible

The rest of my specs are:
Pentium 4 2.6Ghz
768 Meg Ram

Firewall is easy to sort out, go to pctools and download there free firewall, I’m using it on my laptop it's great fast and easy to use, I wouldn't recommend using there antivirus (you have to pay for it plus I didn't feel safe with it) but there firewall is great.

Loads on vista aol are using it with no problems either.

[Will Smith]

Originally posted by HopOnBaby:
Hello all - soon I should be re-entering the world of computer ownership, which will delight many, I'm sure.

Anyhoo - here be the specs:

PROCESSOR Intel® Viiv™ Pentium® D 925 Dual Core Processor (3.00GHz,800MHz,2x2MB cache)
OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium - English
HARDWARE SUPPORT Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
MONITOR Dell™ 19" Value Flat Panel (SE197FP) - UK/Irish
MEMORY 2048MB 533MHz Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM [2x1024]
HARD DRIVE 250GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 8MB DataBurst™ cache
GRAPHICS CARD Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
OPTICAL DRIVE 16X DVD+/-RW Drive
KEYBOARD Dell™ Enhanced USB Multimedia Keyboard - UK/Irish (QWERTY)
MOUSE Dell 2 Button USB Scroll Optical Mouse - Black
SOUND CARD Integrated Audio with Dolby Digital 7.1 capability
SPEAKERS No Speakers
FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVES Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader
MODEMS Dell™ v92 Data/Fax Modem
SECURITY SOFTWARE No Security/Anti-Virus Protection - English
MICROSOFT SOFTWARE Microsoft® Works 8.0 - English
Gedis Bundle Reference List D06E05a Dimension E520
Shipping Documents E520 English Documentation with UK Power Cord
Order Information Dimension Order - UK
Standard Warranty Collect & Return, 1 Year Service only
Dell Internet Order Dell Internet Order.
SYSTEM MEDIA Dimension Resource DVD for Vista (Diagnostics & Drivers)

That's from Dell and costs a pint less than £500. Mainly for games and internetting. Thoughts?

A dire specification for that sort of money how about:

# Microsoft Vista Home Premium

# Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 Dual Core Processor with 800MHz Front Side Bus and 1MB Cache

# 2GB DDR2 533MHz PC4200 Memory

# 250GB SATA300 Hard Drive with 8MB Cache

# 256MB Nvidia 8600GT Graphics Card

# 18x DVD+/-RW RAM Double Layer Drive

# 52 in 1 Flash Card Drive

# Black & Silver mATX Case

# 7 USB2.0 Ports (3 front, 4 rear)

# 10/100 LAN

# 19" LCD Monitor with 1440x900 resolution and 5ms response

# Microsoft Black Keyboard and Mouse

# MS Works 8.5

# 1 Year on-site warranty

£499.99

http://www.pcnextday.co.uk/products/...Code=3362-3423

[Will Smith]

http://www.meshcomputers.com/Default.aspx?PAGE=PRODUCTV...T=PRODUCT&KEY=197232

or even better

Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E4300 Processor
(1.80GHz ,2MB L2 Cache, 800MHz)
Hybrid TV Tuner - Digital & Analogue
Free Double Memory 1GB 2GB Memory
Now With 250GB Hard Drive
Now With 512MB nVIDIA Geforce 7200GS
19" Widescreen TFT LCD Display
LightScribe Super Format 18x DVD Writer
5.1 High Definition onboard sound card
PCIe Mainboard, 4 USB, LAN
33 in 1 Memory Card Reader
Logitech Cordless KB & Optical Mouse
1 Year Onsite Warranty (Home Service)
FREE Delivery*( Worth £40 )

[jerleat]

Hello again. Essentially I'm looking for a card reader, something to transfer files from a ps2 memory card to my hard drive. I've had a gander around play.com and the only thing I could find that resembled what I wanted was this. The only problem I have is that it doesn't specify PS2 compatibility. It does, however, list a whole load of magic gates (MS-MAGIC GATE, MS-MAGIC GATE PRO, MS-MAGIC GATE DUO, MS-MAGIC GATE PRO DUO, MS-MAGIC GATE PRO HIGH SPEED, MS-MAGIC GATE PRO DUO HIGHSPEED) and I'm pretty sure PS2 memory cards are magic gate? Would be fantastic if someone could clear this up for me. Thank you

[Ratinho]

You need a Max Drive to transfer from PS2 to PC.

This:

http://www.play.com/Games/PlayStatio...-/Product.html

You might need to hit ebay though.

[Ratinho]

I've used these guys before if it helps.

[jerleat]

I've got one of those, only recently discovered that I can't view the max drive files as videos or whatever, it's primarily a way of sending a ps2 file to someone else with a max drive. Cheers anyway though.