Recent content by SimonM

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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Should you buy a laptop from PCS?

    Short answer - yes a) the laptops are fine b) if there are any problems, PCS will look after you. Much longer answer - you only know how good a company really is when things go wrong. I bought a Vortex in May 12. It was my 3rd PCS machine - 2 earlier desktops still going strong, despite one...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST New Vortex - super fast before it's even switched on

    Collected this from the guys this morning. Nothing special - just a business use notebook that will do some fairly serious multi-tasking, but only of the normal browsing, email & business application type of stuff. I discovered on Thursday afternoon that I had to go more or less past the PCS...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Cost of phoning PCS

    In another thread, a customer complained about having spent an hour on PCS's premium rate phone line. Maestro responded with Now in practice, both the above statements are true. 0844 numbers were given the title Lo-Call in the days when most calls to any landline that wasn't designated as...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Win 7 Retail copy

    I am going to have to order my new PC without an operating system. I need the full retail system which comes with both 32 & 64 bit versions. PCS only supply the OEM version, where it's a one time choice when you order the PC. I have to use the 32 bit version for now, but expect to be able to...
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST TV Cards

    Has anyone any experience of the TV Cards supplied by PCS? Any thoughts on why one might chose any particular one over the others?
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    PCSPECIALIST, PCSPECIALIST Spec check please - Multi-tasking Office + TV card

    Hi guys. The last desktop I speced up was in 2004, so I'm a little bit out of date. Any suggestions you can make would be very welcome. My usual approach is to move up from the most basic spec, but not to pay silly money for the very latest (& expensive) tweak that returns little real world...
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