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Got a shed load @ £599.99

Spec:-

Time HomePro
AMD Athlon 1333Mhz
128 Memory
40 gig HDD
CDRW/DVD combo drive (Cyberlink PowerDVD movie playback Software)
56K Modem
15" Monitor
Epson C40 Colour Printer
GT Software Package
DK Educational Software Pack

Aint bad if ya got 600 quid to spend! !

Alas - Time`s build quality is known throghout the industry as less than brilliant. Personally I`d resist the temptation and avoid.

Time bought Tiny when they went under. These could be bankrupt stock left over. I would avoid like the plague from either of these anyway.

I used to work for time, and the kit isn`t the worst in the world, I`ve seen shabbyer.
However the thing that used to majorly let them down was the Support or lack of it available from the Head office.
SO if you don`t think you`ll need any support then it could be an ok buy, but be warned most systems used to have integrated sound and graphics.

MiniG

A mate of mine bought a Time pc about 3 years ago. During that, er time, it had so many problems that it had to be returned about half a dozen er, times. (this isnt deliberate). I`d avoid. Those medions that Lidl/Aldi seem like a better bet. A good place for pcs on the web is http://www.novatech.co.uk. Good people, and good range of pooters.
Bb
ps, cheers for the heads up though!!!

I am not a fan of Novatech either - I bought a PC from them a year ago. It had a design fault where the graphics card did not have time to initialise properly before it completed loading windows.

I sent it back and after a week of hearing nothing I chased them up and was told that they were aware of the design flaw but had not figured a way around it. I then asked why were they still selling them. As they had no answer to this I got a refund.

I hate pc manufacturers who give 128MB ram or less because thats what I got with my pc 3 years ago and they should double the RAM they give every year so 512MB is sound enough for me.

I would definitely avoid TIME, during the 2 months since ordering a system from them, it has been sent back for repair due to a manufacturing fault on the motherboard and carted around the country so much, the box is falling to pieces ! I am currently awaiting my money back. Please avoid them at all costs !

I decided to take a chance with time and bought their package for £699
3 months ago.

The reason i bought from them was simply for the hardware - i couldent build the same spec pc for the same money. As soon as i got it i took all their crap off, took xp off, formatted the drive, removed their recovery partition and i have had no problems whatsoever.

Machine is damn fast and build quality is also very good. I used to build pc`s and really cant fault it.

I knew all about their reputation but took a risk and so far it has paid off.

Just my tuppence worth

I could build a better spec machine than that for the money they want. Onboard graphics/sound, crap modem, bog standard 15" screen, the only good thing is they bundle a printer - who uses the software the bundle with it anyway?

Not to bad if you don`t build them yourself though :)