Went to an IT auction today in Manchester with loads of good P3 kit and servers there, the PCs selling for very very good prices. When it started we were told 'no PCs can be removed until Tuesday as the drives are not formatted'. I spoke to one of the goons about this formatting of the drives and...

Hi, Does anyone know where to get hold of a retail version of Windows XP Home? I read that OEM versions will only let you perform a clean install - I want to upgrade from Win98. I tried the usual suspects including redstore but haven't had much luck. Anyone have any pointers? Thanks!

Hi, After noticing poor stock levels of these items and seemingly one had been deleted from stock, does anybody know of any alternitive suppliers for these. Hopefully around the same sort of prices.I am in need of approx 50 of each pretty soon. Or if anybody from Ebuyer is around, could you give...

A year or so ago, I found a site that allowed you to enter computer products you were interested in and then that 'wish list' was sent to a number of suppliers who would come back with prices. Try as I might, I can't find it now. Does anyone know if it still exists, and if so, the...

Hi, Ebuyer have told me that the package was dispatched with the items in (based on weight, which I presume they kept a record of the original parcel weight). When the box was received it had obviously been open and taped up again. B*****d thieving couriers who didn't even steal the most...

In article , Andrew Hughes writes Hi my cousin wants to upgrade his cpu but his mobo can only accept the palomino core. Any vendorsd still have these avai;able preferably a 1900+ or...

Hi All, About to buy a 4x DVD burner, and am assuming that getting +R and -R is a Good Idea. I want it to burn DVDs of home movies. I was looking at either the Pioneer 106 or the Sony DWU10A. Couple of questions: I've got Adobe Premier and Sonic DVD-it - is the retail version worth it for extra...

I have a peculiar situation and am unsure of the steps I should (or can) take legally. Brief history: - Between 28/4/03 and 25/5/03 customer bids, wins and pays for around 3 pallets worth of Compaq servers and accessories from me on Ebay informing me he will collect. - He then proceeds to make 2...

Are they quite 'stable' at the moment or is another price hike/price crash due soon? Ta.

On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 15:12:02 +0100, K.C.N. wrote: Where do people look, for adverts, to buy computers on the web? Google seems a little to unspecific for me. As most of the online vendors advertise in the computer press, you could do worse than buying something like computer...

"tHatDudeUK" wrote in message ... http://www.cpucitystore.co.uk/catalog/ Good vendor? TIA tHatDudeUK

I need to buy a motherboard from one of the above, who would you lot say gave a good service IF I had any problems, thanks in advance

Have I am thinking of upgrading my GF Ti4600 to a FX5600 Ultra. Is that a good idea? I've heard somewhere that the FX5600 is not as fast (but it does support DX 9.0).

Anyone else having problems,money taken same day, no goods supplied one month later, no answers to e-mails, no answer to phone calls, will try writing to the registered address in Harlow.

I've decided to close my repair/upgrade business and have the following stock left. If you're interested in buying it, please make me an offer. I'm not interested in selling any items individually, and would prefer a face to face sale so that you're happy with what you're getting. (I'm in...

Previous ATI ng google post about this he http://tinyurl.com/jvsg Previous uk.comp.vendors thread about this: http://tinyurl.com/jvu9 Well, the engineer came at 11am, looked at the output on the TV (s-video) and said he could replace the graphics card but that it wouldn't make a blind bit of...

I'm looking to purchase a few base units but would like to be able to specify quiet components. Does anyone know of a vendor who can offer quiet PSUs and HSFs with their base units? Andy

Just received a FINAL NOTICE from Data Protection Agency Services asking me to fill out a form and send them £95 to register details of my business with the Information Commissioner. Fortunately Data Protection Agency Services, 64 Brownley Road, Smallthorne, Stoke on Trent, ST6 1PY is itself...

My Nisis G6 USB tablet pen packed up , so I ordered a replacement one. The new one turned up by return of post, but didn't want to play properly (it worked but thought it was a mouse, i.e. faulty transmitter). I gave 'em a phone call to check that was so and they said they would put one in the post...

Last year I bought a PNY Ti4200 gfx card from PC World. Eight months of gaming nirvana followed, but it developed a well known fault http://members.home.nl/marf/Infinite%20Loop.html The receipt got lost moving home but PNY offer a lifetime warranty on their kit, and duly agreed to send a...