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After an evening of PC shopping I eventually returned home last night, fired up this ancient PC and went over to Dell's site, customised a set up, and went through to checkout.
All the usual stuff, credit card details, address etc. I keep scrolling down and filling in.
Then I reach Section 4.
It reads something like this; "Dell is a US Corporation and as such must monitor the usage of the equipment it supplies to private individuals etc.
"q1 - Will this equipment be exported to any of the following countries ?"
I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not on there.
I tick "No"
Q2 and 3 escape me, but were not that entertaining.
"q4 - Will this equipment be used in the manufacture, development or deployment of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents, material, weapons systems ?"
Part of me wonders what happens if I tick "Yes", but the thought of the possible complications that may occur, such as delaying my order, prevent me from seeing the results. I tick "no", and then confirm the order.
Weird, non ?
On a side note I'd recommend anyone who wants a new PC to try Dell, what you lose in their £49 delivery charge you make up on spec for your money.
With their discounts and offers I got;
2.6 Ghz Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading
17 Digital Flat panel LCD monitor
Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card
ATI Radeon 9800 128MB 250mhz AGP 8X Graphics Card
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD rewriter
Seperate DVD Drive
Cordless Logitech optical mouse and keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer
512 MB Ramm running at 800Mhz
Windows XP Home and Works 7
Other software
1 years warranty
Delivery
Free printer promotion
50 off with promotion
double memory for free promotion
75 off PC Format promotion
for little under 1200 :)
All the usual stuff, credit card details, address etc. I keep scrolling down and filling in.
Then I reach Section 4.
It reads something like this; "Dell is a US Corporation and as such must monitor the usage of the equipment it supplies to private individuals etc.
"q1 - Will this equipment be exported to any of the following countries ?"
I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not on there.
I tick "No"
Q2 and 3 escape me, but were not that entertaining.
"q4 - Will this equipment be used in the manufacture, development or deployment of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents, material, weapons systems ?"
Part of me wonders what happens if I tick "Yes", but the thought of the possible complications that may occur, such as delaying my order, prevent me from seeing the results. I tick "no", and then confirm the order.
Weird, non ?
On a side note I'd recommend anyone who wants a new PC to try Dell, what you lose in their £49 delivery charge you make up on spec for your money.
With their discounts and offers I got;
2.6 Ghz Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading
17 Digital Flat panel LCD monitor
Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card
ATI Radeon 9800 128MB 250mhz AGP 8X Graphics Card
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD rewriter
Seperate DVD Drive
Cordless Logitech optical mouse and keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer
512 MB Ramm running at 800Mhz
Windows XP Home and Works 7
Other software
1 years warranty
Delivery
Free printer promotion
50 off with promotion
double memory for free promotion
75 off PC Format promotion
for little under 1200 :)
Unbeliever wrote:
> Practical Magic, have you got a link to the Dell site? I'm currently
> scoping out all decent offers.
Yup, www.dell.co.uk
BUT if you act before 9/7/2003 you get an extra 50 off, and if you use this link and follow the instructions exactly www.dell.co.uk/pcformat then you can save an extra 50 - 100 , double memory and printer offer runs to 23/07/2003.
I ordered last night around 9:30 ish and they've already processed it and started making it.
> Practical Magic, have you got a link to the Dell site? I'm currently
> scoping out all decent offers.
Yup, www.dell.co.uk
BUT if you act before 9/7/2003 you get an extra 50 off, and if you use this link and follow the instructions exactly www.dell.co.uk/pcformat then you can save an extra 50 - 100 , double memory and printer offer runs to 23/07/2003.
I ordered last night around 9:30 ish and they've already processed it and started making it.
Practical Magic, have you got a link to the Dell site? I'm currently scoping out all decent offers.
Practical Magic wrote:
> I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every
> troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not
> on there.
---
Possibly because Iraq isn't a threat/danger/terrorist nation/troublespot?
> I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every
> troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not
> on there.
---
Possibly because Iraq isn't a threat/danger/terrorist nation/troublespot?
After an evening of PC shopping I eventually returned home last night, fired up this ancient PC and went over to Dell's site, customised a set up, and went through to checkout.
All the usual stuff, credit card details, address etc. I keep scrolling down and filling in.
Then I reach Section 4.
It reads something like this; "Dell is a US Corporation and as such must monitor the usage of the equipment it supplies to private individuals etc.
"q1 - Will this equipment be exported to any of the following countries ?"
I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not on there.
I tick "No"
Q2 and 3 escape me, but were not that entertaining.
"q4 - Will this equipment be used in the manufacture, development or deployment of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents, material, weapons systems ?"
Part of me wonders what happens if I tick "Yes", but the thought of the possible complications that may occur, such as delaying my order, prevent me from seeing the results. I tick "no", and then confirm the order.
Weird, non ?
On a side note I'd recommend anyone who wants a new PC to try Dell, what you lose in their £49 delivery charge you make up on spec for your money.
With their discounts and offers I got;
2.6 Ghz Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading
17 Digital Flat panel LCD monitor
Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card
ATI Radeon 9800 128MB 250mhz AGP 8X Graphics Card
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD rewriter
Seperate DVD Drive
Cordless Logitech optical mouse and keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer
512 MB Ramm running at 800Mhz
Windows XP Home and Works 7
Other software
1 years warranty
Delivery
Free printer promotion
50 off with promotion
double memory for free promotion
75 off PC Format promotion
for little under 1200 :)
All the usual stuff, credit card details, address etc. I keep scrolling down and filling in.
Then I reach Section 4.
It reads something like this; "Dell is a US Corporation and as such must monitor the usage of the equipment it supplies to private individuals etc.
"q1 - Will this equipment be exported to any of the following countries ?"
I look at the list out of interest, and it's a list of every troublespot, terrorist nation etc on the planet, strangely Iraq is not on there.
I tick "No"
Q2 and 3 escape me, but were not that entertaining.
"q4 - Will this equipment be used in the manufacture, development or deployment of chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents, material, weapons systems ?"
Part of me wonders what happens if I tick "Yes", but the thought of the possible complications that may occur, such as delaying my order, prevent me from seeing the results. I tick "no", and then confirm the order.
Weird, non ?
On a side note I'd recommend anyone who wants a new PC to try Dell, what you lose in their £49 delivery charge you make up on spec for your money.
With their discounts and offers I got;
2.6 Ghz Pentium 4 with Hyperthreading
17 Digital Flat panel LCD monitor
Soundblaster Live 5.1 sound card
ATI Radeon 9800 128MB 250mhz AGP 8X Graphics Card
80GB Hard Drive
Floppy Drive
CD rewriter
Seperate DVD Drive
Cordless Logitech optical mouse and keyboard
Altec Lansing speakers and subwoofer
512 MB Ramm running at 800Mhz
Windows XP Home and Works 7
Other software
1 years warranty
Delivery
Free printer promotion
50 off with promotion
double memory for free promotion
75 off PC Format promotion
for little under 1200 :)