Need a new computer - quick!

[carlyb]

I am going to be buying a new computer within the next couple of days. Needs to be quite cheap. I have seen one on Dell for £500 that looks quite good. Anybody had any dealings with Dell?
Any other good deals around at the moment?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions/help

Ours is Dell, we got it in May. Have only dealt with them once so far - the Lexmark printer stopped loading paper and they said it wasn't their problem (bit of a blow as we paid extra for 3-year on-site service) and we haven't got organised to sort that out yet. (DH has borrowed one from work.)

However on Saturday the screen suddenly went black so I will be having to get on to them again - we'll see how that goes.

Don't think you'll get one from them within the next couple of days though - ours took about a week - if timing is crucial you may have to go elsewhere.

do check out PC world- at least with them you could take to a store and yell at them to sort it out if sth goes wrong. having said that, we have a dell and over 4 years have only ever had one thing go wrong, and the customer service/help desk was very good over the phone. it's a good time to buy a pc at the mo apparently as for some reason memory and parts are particularly cheap at the moment. hth

We use Dell at school quite a bit. The technicians and Head of Department (ICT) are really pleased with them and say their service and after care have been good. Also seem to be good value and decent quality.

I am looking at Dell for my new computer int he summer.