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Advantages: Excellent Customer Support
Disadvantages: Slightly pricy but worth it

...brief history as to why Evesham are a Top Class Company (and, No, I don't work for them!) I first bought a PC in 1996 after studying the PC magazines for months. I chose a (then) Evesham Vale Platinum TX with a Pentiun 233MMX chip. I've had a few problems with it (the only hardware fault being a graphics card which was replaced without quibble). They have NEVER refused to help with technical queries or even with general questions about my PC. I ...
...bought a second PC from Evesham - an Origin PC with AMD Duron 650 processor. That has also worked faultlessly ever since. The only call I made to their technical department was a query I had about the motherboard and the maximum processor speed I could use on it(both were answered). I have been so happy with the PC (I work in the IT industry and have built my own PC's too) that whenever I know somebody is looking for a PC I refer them to Evesham. ... Read review

Advantages: Good combination of bits well put together
Disadvantages: Noisy fan, limited software supplied

...a little and finally selected Evesham for three reasons: First, it seemed to offer the maximum bang for each buck. Compared to its competition most components were of slightly higher specification. Second, the various magazines I read gave Evesham high marks for its machines and during my period of research it won various monthly awards for being best in class, which I saw as positive. Third, it was offered with a three year warranty, the first ...
...my latest acquisition on the Evesham website when I noticed that there was a new top of the range machine available, and at a price not greatly dissimilar from the spec I had ordered. A panic phone call followed and with absolutely no fuss the salesman agreed to modify my order. I ended up with an 1800 processor for another £40. The machine arrived without notice on 21 November in an assemblage of boxes of varying sizes and weights. Fortunately ... Read review

Advantages: None I can think of!
Disadvantages: Loads!

When I got my Evesham computer just under a year ago I immediately had problems! The CD Writer produced poor results, the system locked up and crashed. Phoning their customer support is a nightmare. You hang on endlessly until you may if you are lucky get hold of an operator. The person on the other end of the phone is obviously trained to be rude, abrupt, and making sure the blame is placed on the user. Any faults must be the software and is therefore ...
...isn't covered, unless you use their separate £1 a minute phone line (clever of them!). Eventually after reinstalling the operating system myself and dumping all their supplied software did I get a reasonably stable machine. Now almost a year on the hard drive is dieing on me. The engineer took 7 hours to phone me back, and of course blamed my software for causing this latest problem. He said that sending an engineer down to replace it would cost ... Read review

Advantages: Stylish, sexy, excellent performance
Disadvantages: none as yet

...I hear you ask? An HP 7946. Now as I am not really into detailing technical specifications (boooringggg!)! You can view all those here: http://www.hp-expo.com/uk/eng/products/homepc/7946.html?id=6996 (This isn't a cop out - Regular Ciaoers will already know what I'm like!!!) What I will tell you, is how this machine caters for my needs, how it runs, and what it does in everyday language! This computer is silver and black - the tower casing resembles ...
...This model of HP Computer comes with a super doopa keyboard which enables you to control volume, visuals, email and Internet with one touch buttons; no need to open stuff via the desktop here matey! A laser mouse comes as standard too - this kind of mouse is much more efficient and precise, but I have found that these mice work better WITHOUT a mousemat - perhaps this is just down to the fact that my kids cover my mousemat with gunk! A cool feature ... Read review

Advantages: not a bad machine
Disadvantages: Mesh support

...VFM 40GB ATA-100 EIDE HDD MESH 3 YRS UK ONLY WARRANTY (1YR ON SITE+2YR RTB) £1,155.03 I didn’t understand a lot about computers, but all the reviews I read seemed good, so I thought I would give it a go, and I phoned them, I told the guy on the phone I wanted to buy a new computer, and waited for the usual sales pitch and advice, but all I got was….. ‘yes?’ I told him which one I was thinking about, and he replied …. ‘OK’ I asked him if it ...
...soft, so I phoned Mesh again. After 45 minutes of; “All our operators are busy. Your call is important to us, please hold” When they answered, I was very abruptly told, “This is a software issue, call our software help line. (Calls are charged at 50p per minute”) I told him, ”That it may be a soft ware issue, but it was one they created” I was told “if you don’t like it, phone customer services, and complain.” This I did. I was told to try reinstalling ... Read review