Had a look about, an yes, Reserve and Collect from the two most amateurish, anti-PC, scum bag floor salesmen type, kiddy run stores on the planet, is the only option available. Why is it, these companies always insist on hardly ever delivery a thing to people?
I won't be getting that Laptop then, an you may think I'm mad but I'd rather not reserve a product which is most likely not there, (this has happened several times with those stores) only to arrive and hear them say "Oh sorry, Sir, but unfortunately that item isn't here" - he/she then thinks to themselves, *"Now we've coaxed him out, into our store and wasted petrol money and plenty of their time, they can browse for other products and hopefully spend some money in our store which for some surprising reason isn't already in administration"*.
Back at square one indeed, but part of me doesn't care. I really do despise those companies and every person who works in it.
Just need to look for some other reliable companies, with reliable, sturdy built hardware. I still can't believe why Toshiba UK, has teamed up with those two, an those alone for that particular model. That seriously limits the AMD platform for me, an Intel are miles over priced.
Might go as far as to pick previous gen i5's, with dedicated graphics. But that's one super super last resort and everything else in the Laptop must be superb, like screen, chiclet keyboard, audio, etc.
If anyone still fancies helping me on my crusade, I need the following:
Good Company with Helpful Support (telephone, hardware faults, etc)
Reliable assembly, hardware, etc
Build quality, sturdy
Good perfordmance
Good features,
Good keyboard
Good Screen
Good Audio
Good battery. 1-3 hours is laughable by todays standard.
Good selection of ports and layout
64bit OS.
I know this is possible for £450-500, but it's looking and comparing which is key. In these days, I want the best for my money, an there is a few laptops out there which ticks most of those boxes. I don't want old overpriced stuff.
Again, all I really intend on doing is playing Minecraft, maybe a bit of Sims 3, Sim City 4, Morrowind, listening to plenty of music, watching videos, chatting, sending e-mail, light video-editing, compression. Doesn't have to be a powerhouse no, but I want the most for my money, because there is a lot of old style Laptops out there with last gen stuff, bad build quality and poor features and terrible support, still in the £500 region. To those I say, I hope their company goes bust.
Thanks for pointing this out. I'm glad I was made aware of their lack of simply delivery products ordered online.
Peace
