Computer Fair

[wazztie16]

There's one on near me today, it's just opened.

Samsung 40in LED tv's from £100
Ipads from £89
Student laptops from £70 etc etc

Am I just over thinking that there's something amiss, somewhere?

Or if this how they genuinely work? It's at a sports venue, so not some run down warehouse or anything.

I'm tempted to go and have a look, my brother who informed me of it is going.

Just wish I had the cash lying around to pay rather than card, my worry is card cloning, or getting a brick in a box, rather than what I've paid for.

Anyone been to one and can put my mind at ease?

[mmm-five]

Those cheap prices are possibly for one-off items that were sold before the event started...or are 10 year old, 2nd/3rd hand versions which you can get from CEX/ebay for similar.

Nothing wrong with them per se, but don't expect a £70 laptop to be much good at running the stuff that a student of today would like to run (i.e. not just basic internet access, but most would want to run software (e.g. basic games, MS Office, photo/video editing software, etc.) at a decent pace, rather than wait 20 minutes for the device to start up.

[wazztie16]

Well, brother was back after less than an hour, he's bought a pc and seems happy enough.

Said the best deals had gone, only really accessories left. So I'm not bothering going.

Probably for the best

[Ynox]

They used to be rife with pirated software and movies.

I used to quite like a trip to one, not sure if I'd go these days. I've built a couple of computers in my time with stuff from them.

Surprised they're still going personally!

[2Btoo]

There used to be a huge one on Tottenham Court Road. I bought several computers from there as a student and they were much much cheaper than anything anywhere else.

I wonder if it is still going. >HeadsOffToGoogle<