In absolute ridiculous love
with my new PC. It is a beast and well worth the wait. Another day of fine-tuning and listening to all my music tomorrow I think!
( Maladicta, Sat 30 May 2009, 22:46, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Mmmm
Makes me think of the lovely new component smell. Which one did you get?
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 30 May 2009, 23:02, Reply)

As much of a beast as my payslip would allow.
To quote the lovely spec:
Inspiron 545 Minitower with Black Bezel
4096MB Dual Channel DDR2 800MHz [4x1024] Memory
256MB ATI® Radeon™ HD 3450 graphics card
500GB (7200rpm) SATA Hard Drive
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 processor (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache)

And when I came home, it was all set up and updated by my flatmate with everything installed (well, I pulled McAfee off it and put AVG back on with HijackThis and Spybot, but aside from that perfect).
( Maladicta, Sat 30 May 2009, 23:15, Reply)

Mmm
Shiny! Very nice of your housemate too.

Need to get a new desktop.
/goes off to peruse Dell refurbished
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 30 May 2009, 23:18, Reply)

He wanted to play with it too :)
I was on track and trace all morning at work to see if they'd delivered it or if I was going to have to go Customer From Hell at Dell. When it popped up that he'd signed for it I was so relieved!
( Maladicta, Sat 30 May 2009, 23:34, Reply)

Most excellent
We used to use the same carrier (Lynx) at work a couple of years ago - they really are awful. Dead cheap though for getting stuff to and from Ireland. Then when they delivered my laptop... reminded me why I always go and buy things in person. Four attempts at delivery, before they laft it in my greenhouse (and squashed my tomato plants too).

Got £100 off Dell though, which was nice.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sat 30 May 2009, 23:38, Reply)

Walsh Western, to my knowledge.
When I googled them, because I'd never heard of them, I found a whole site of cases of their crapness. Speaking as a customer relations monkey, I'm horrified Dell don't offer compensation or goodwill gestures in cases like these...
( Maladicta, Sun 31 May 2009, 0:12, Reply)

You have a go at them hard enough, they will
It's like getting blood from a stone though.

I'm familiar with Walsh Western too - they're on my blacklist as a part of Lynx. I'm very picky as to who I use as a carrier at work - I'd rather pay more and not make the money than it not get there at all and have an unhappy customer. Who will then shout at me. I dislike being shouted at.
(Potty Jag har smör i min rumpspringa, Sun 31 May 2009, 0:36, Reply)