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On Wed, Aug 05, 2009 at 02:11:29PM +0100, pavithran wrote:
> 2009/8/5 Philip Stubbs <philip@???>:
> > 2009/8/5 pavithran <pavithran.s@???>:
> >> Disclaimer: PC world might have been doing this for long time . This
> >> is the first time I ever set foot in a big computer shop . I know that
> >> I can buy cheap netbooks online but I would like to touch and feel it
> >> on a shop before buying .
> >
> > Do what we all do. Go to PC World to touch and feel it. Then go buy
> > the same thing, for cheaper, on-line.
>
> Maybe you didn't read my mail completely :P
>
> There is no PC err netbook in PCworld to touch and feel just because
> of the reason ( acoording to employee ) that those cheap netbooks come
> with linux .
Last time I went into a PC World (here in Reading), they had a good
20 feet of display space for "Netbook" laptops. It wasn't explicitly
labelled as such, but they had a comprehensive range. I'd be surprised
if any other PC World was significantly different.
> I can go online but I would like to check in a shop as said earlier
> how the netbook screen is and how usable the keyboard is because they
> are very important points while buying a netbook .
Indeed. This was my reason for going into the Reading one.
> Looks like PC world is more for " PC" or enterprise customers cause ll
> the products which I saw today are very costly . ( including PC's )
I doubt any "enterprise" of any size would even consider going to
PC World. It's very much a consumer-level place, selling to people who
don't know the technology, and probably don't want to know about it.
> Yeah better off buying at amazon or ebay and trust the manufacturer
> or some online review of the product huh .. but can I get to see cheap
> laptops in london stores or do even they speak the same " PC world "
> lingo ?
I would suggest that either you have an extremely unusual PC World,
or the assistant you spoke to didn't know his arse from his elbow, or
you were simply looking in the wrong place in the shop...
If all you want to do is handle the goods, try going to John Lewis.
They may not have as large a selection as PC World (the one here has
about 8 feet of shelf space assigned to netbooks, not 20), but they'll
definitely have them.
Hugo.
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