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Saw an ad on Prime tonight, the Warehouse (where everyone gets a bargain!) are
selling a 2.4 Celery for $999.99. Wonder who'll handle the money back guarantee

"Invisible" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Saw an ad on Prime tonight, the Warehouse (where everyone gets a bargain!)
are
> selling a 2.4 Celery for $999.99. Wonder who'll handle the money back
guarantee
>

At a rough guess the same outfit that guarantees their $1,000 TVs and now
$2,000 Sanyo video projectors. Was such a deal possible over 10 years ago
when the cheapest PC was about 3 grand?
Better for some people to go there than to pay far too much for a basic
system from Noel Leeming.

E. Scrooge

Dell = No FDD,

though for some this isn't an issue.

BB
NZ

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"Invisible" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Saw an ad on Prime tonight, the Warehouse (where everyone gets a bargain!)
are
> selling a 2.4 Celery for $999.99. Wonder who'll handle the money back
guarantee
>
>
>
>

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:55:13 +1300, "BB" <> wrote:

>Dell = No FDD,
>
>though for some this isn't an issue.
>
>BB
>NZ

Only $25 if you need one, haven't ever used mine since I got my new
system.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:33:06 +1300, sal <> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:55:13 +1300, "BB" <> wrote:
>
>>Dell = No FDD,
>>
>>though for some this isn't an issue.
>>
>>BB
>>NZ
>
>Only $25 if you need one, haven't ever used mine since I got my new
>system.


Yeah, but try asking the Warehouse if you can have a floppy drive added. DIY
will void the warranty.

"sal" <> wrote in message
news:...
> On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:55:13 +1300, "BB" <> wrote:
>
> >Dell = No FDD,
> >
> >though for some this isn't an issue.
> >
> >BB
> >NZ
>
> Only $25 if you need one, haven't ever used mine since I got my new
> system.

Not an issue for me either - I haven't used one for over 2 years now (and
that was only to carry assignments / Powerpoint presentations etc across
from varsity to home pc and vice versa).

Floppies are dead in my eyes. I want a dual-layer dvd writer instead )

"Invisible" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Saw an ad on Prime tonight, the Warehouse (where everyone gets a bargain!)
are
> selling a 2.4 Celery for $999.99. Wonder who'll handle the money back
guarantee
>
>
>

I see they have a shitty integrated video card that is shared with the 256mb
of main memory - a stupid idea since XP really does need a minimum of 256meg
to kick some mild-mannered ass. What's going to happen when someone tries to
play a game on it? Slide-show city. Hmmm.

Does anyone know if these Dell systems from The Warehouse have an AGP slot?
If yes, I could recommend this system to a friend who is currently in the
market for his first home computer, but if no, I can advise him to steer
well clear of it.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:19:21 +1300, "Lebowski" <> wrote:

>
>"Invisible" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Saw an ad on Prime tonight, the Warehouse (where everyone gets a bargain!)
>are
>> selling a 2.4 Celery for $999.99. Wonder who'll handle the money back
>guarantee
>>
>>
>>
>
>I see they have a shitty integrated video card that is shared with the 256mb
>of main memory - a stupid idea since XP really does need a minimum of 256meg
>to kick some mild-mannered ass. What's going to happen when someone tries to
>play a game on it? Slide-show city. Hmmm.
>
>Does anyone know if these Dell systems from The Warehouse have an AGP slot?
>If yes, I could recommend this system to a friend who is currently in the
>market for his first home computer, but if no, I can advise him to steer
>well clear of it.
>

Probably not. Someone was looking at a Dell as a lease to own deal, but they
wanted an AGP card in. I checked online and that particular model had no AGP
slot. This could be the same model.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:04:47 +1300, Invisible <>
wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 11:33:06 +1300, sal <> wrote:
>
>>On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 10:55:13 +1300, "BB" <> wrote:
>>
>>>Dell = No FDD,
>>>
>>>though for some this isn't an issue.
>>>
>>>BB
>>>NZ
>>
>>Only $25 if you need one, haven't ever used mine since I got my new
>>system.
>
>
>Yeah, but try asking the Warehouse if you can have a floppy drive added. DIY
>will void the warranty.
>
>
If it is installed by a computer professional, it shouldn't be a
problem, as long as you have documentation that it has been done using
a professional. I mean computers are made to be upgraded, and it isn't
as though you can take the computer into a Dell shop and get it done.
I had an issue with getting a new card added to my computer, and then
something going wrong with something else in the computer, and the
computer shop weren't going to honour the warranty, until I showed
them documentation that the new card had been installed by a
professional with the right qualifications.

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 12:58:03 +1300, sal wrote:

> I had an issue with getting a new card added to my computer, and then
> something going wrong with something else in the computer, and the
> computer shop weren't going to honour the warranty, until I showed
> them documentation that the new card had been installed by a
> professional with the right qualifications.

Who decides what the "right qualifications" are?

donald