PCs made in UK?

[JackT]

What kinds of Windows boxes do they use over there in the U.K nowadays? I know there used to be UK-based computer manufacturers (I had a Timex-Sinclair waaaay back in the day) and my brother has something called a "Tiny" PC of somewhat recent vintage that is a Windows box. Do you guys run Dells and Gateways or what?

[Dr Cheese]

We have the usual shite over here, HP, Dell, Packard Bell, Medion, Mac etc etc. I've always preferred to build my own however.

[JackT]

Never heard of Medion. Used to be that building your own was cheaper, but it's hard to beat prices on PCs nowadays. There's a website called Sharkyextreme that occasionally describes the best bang-for-the-buck PC you can build for $1000. It's interesting to follow how quickly performance increases.

[fat cherry]

almost everywhere I've worked in the last couple of years have used dells (though aren't they based in ireland, if you want to be picky), occasonally HP. Gateway stopped their UK operation a few years ago. Who was it bought compaq? was that PB?

[JackT]

My understanding is HP owns Compaq.

[Frank The Bunny]

My understanding is HP owns Compaq.

That's true. I have proof.

[Dr Cheese]

Me too, I used to be Compaq Proliant server accredited, now I'm HP Proliant server accredited.

[Frank The Bunny]

not to mention when you type "http://www.compaq.com" into the address field, you're directed to http://h18000.www1.hp.com/

I think HP's owned Compaq since around 2001 or 2002

[kook]

(though aren't they based in ireland, if you want to be picky)

We do, we do.

We would like to have a capital "I" in there Mr Cherry, if you please.

[JackT]

Dell is International, with HQ in the U.S. I don't doubt they have significant presence in Europe, especially Ireland.

[zabird]

Dell is International, with HQ in the U.S. I don't doubt they have significant presence in Europe, especially Ireland.

Aren't they based in Round Rock, Texas, or somewhere else near Austin? All my PCs at work and at home have been Dells. Before the late '90s, at work, they were all funky newspaper text editing systems, including SII Coyotes, may they rest in peace -- bright green text on a black screen, included.

[kook]

Dell is International, with HQ in the U.S. I don't doubt they have significant presence in Europe, especially Ireland.

Depends on what you describe as significant. They have 17,500 employees in Europe, headquarters in the UK with manufacturing and customer care facilities in Ireland.

[JackT]

I guess I thought it was significanter than that.

[fat cherry]

sooo, why the interest at all jt?[/img]

[JackT]

sooo, why the interest at all jt?[/img]

A friend and I were talking about the old door-stop Timex Sinclair computer. Mine had the 16K RAM expansion.