Time Computers?
Simon Arnold
>I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
>like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
>had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
>avoided or not. I know they were regarded as reasonably dodgy a few
>years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
>reasonable...
I ordered a time machine last January on a buy now pay later schem, no
deposit required! i elected to pay a deposit of around £600 leaving
around £1000 to pay. Time never ever delivered the machine. I got my
money refunded after about 4 months and bought an Advent computer from
PC World. £1300 cash off the shelf. It has had a couple of faults both
of which where fixed at "my" convenience and without quibble. I
should recommend these machines to anyone. Plus the upgradeability is
second to none, no on board graphics or sound, easy access and simple
setup. Time can keep their computers,
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Simon Arnold
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~arnold
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Nick Wagg
>
> I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
> like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
> had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
> avoided or not.
They seem cheap to start off with but then the bundle does not
include the CDs (so I've heard) so you can't reinstall stuff yourself
or easily reconfigure the system. Guess who you have to pay through
the nose to do it for you...
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Kelvin Fagan
>
> I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
> like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
> had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
> years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
> reasonable...
>
>
> Mike
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> MIKE W. MILLER
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> Before you buy.
A friend of mine bought one, & its been nothing but trouble,
and the customer service/repair has been useless.
On my friends experience I can offer no good points.
Kelvin
Mark Goodge
for null string, issued a statement claiming:
>j...@durge.org (Jon) wrote in <873vv1$eb1$1...@fof.durge.org>:
>
>>They especially didn't like the way video and
>>sound were integrated onto the motherboard.
>
>That's not inherently evil. Dell do this too.
>
>You'd have to avoid lots of other people too, in that case (there's a
>flurry of cheaper computers based on Intel's 810 chipset that have this
>integration. They seem to be disliked in reviews I've read).
It's fine if you're unlikely to ever want to upgrade the sound/video
independently of the motherboard. For a budget system, I suppose
that's reasonable. Otherwise, it can be a pain.
Mark
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Rob Harle
Tiny.
Rob
Paul Hudson
>They especially didn't like the way video and
>sound were integrated onto the motherboard.
That's not inherently evil. Dell do this too.
You'd have to avoid lots of other people too, in that case (there's a
flurry of cheaper computers based on Intel's 810 chipset that have this
integration. They seem to be disliked in reviews I've read).
P.
Jon
: I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
: like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
: had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
: avoided or not. I know they were regarded as reasonably dodgy a few
: years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
: reasonable...
Avoid Time. I have this advice straight from a bunch of people who are
forced to use their PCs at their work and none of them have ever said
anything nice about them. They especially didn't like the way video and
sound were integrated onto the motherboard.
Jon
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Byron Hinson
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> I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
> like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
> had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
> avoided or not. I know they were regarded as reasonably dodgy a few
> years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
> reasonable...
Avoid them, the support is awful, the components they use in there PC's are
no where near the best you can get for the price either. One of my friends
worked for them for just over a year and they had nothing but complaints
from customers and the staff couldn't even get through to the head office
support most of the time.
Unless you plan on building a machine yourself, I would go for Evesham
Micro's.
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Colin Rosenstiel
> Avoid Time. I have this advice straight from a bunch of people who are
> forced to use their PCs at their work and none of them have ever said
> anything nice about them. They especially didn't like the way video and
> sound were integrated onto the motherboard.
While this does seem to be a general view of Time, I have to say that a
good friend of mine, well known on the web in the City, has been happy
with them.
I suppose one can be lucky with them. Their stuff has tended to look
under-specced and over priced (or over-bundled). But I've never bought any
of their stuff.
Colin Rosenstiel
mikew...@hotmail.com
like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
avoided or not. I know they were regarded as reasonably dodgy a few
years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
reasonable...
Any help appreciated! Thanks!
Nick
mikew...@hotmail.com wrote:
>>I'm about to buy a new computer for myself, and I've seen what looks
>>like a really good system from Time. I'm just wondering if people have
>>had any (negative) experience with them and whether they should be
>>avoided or not. I know they were regarded as reasonably dodgy a few
>>years ago, and that their warranty is pants, but beyond that they seem
>>reasonable...
>>
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire's Mark Williamson recently said on the
morning show that there was one computer company which was the
subject of more complaints than all the others put
together....and it was Time. Allegedly, one customer who did
manage to get through to Time's "customer service" to complain
was told to f*** off !
Nick.
Roland Perry
<ma...@good-stuff.co.uk> writes
>It's fine if you're unlikely to ever want to upgrade the sound/video
>independently of the motherboard. For a budget system, I suppose
>that's reasonable. Otherwise, it can be a pain.
This us history repeating itself. When we designed the Amstrad 1512 (in
1985) it was slammed in the reviews for having non-upgradeable
motherboard video [1]. So the 1640 and all subsequent machines had a
switch to disable it [2] and allow video upgrades.
[1] Although the fact that there are still many of these machines in
daily use 15 years later rather destroys the argument.
[2] Actually, it's worse than that. The 1640 still had the core logic
video circuitry of the 1512, disabled. The EGA, although on the
motherboard, was wired as if it was on the ISA bus. So disabling it was
actually a virtual-unplug from that bus; at which point the machine had
*two* sets of disabled motherboard video circuitry! But it was still
cheaper to build them that way.
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Mark Goodge
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>>
>>It's fine if you're unlikely to ever want to upgrade the sound/video
>>independently of the motherboard. For a budget system, I suppose
>>that's reasonable. Otherwise, it can be a pain.
>
>I've not seen a system where the onboard stuff can't be disabled. They may
>well exist, I suppose.
Unless you physically disable it (which is harder than simply pulling
out one card and slotting a new one in), Windows has an annoying habit
of trying to resurrect it when adding any other new piece of kit.
Paul Hudson
David Damerell
>>independently of the motherboard. For a budget system, I suppose
>>that's reasonable. Otherwise, it can be a pain.
>I've not seen a system where the onboard stuff can't be disabled. They may
>well exist, I suppose.
Typically, however, expansion slots are in short supply because of an
assumption that you won't want a video card, etc.
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Tisza
I ordered a PC from Time and paid with a cheque which they couldn't get
authorised straightaway (probably because it was a company cheque). They
said they'd process the order when the chqeue cleared, which seemed
annoying but fair enough, entailing a delay of 3 days or so. When I rang
10 days later to see how things were going, I was told that the cheque
was still in the showroom, as the van hadn't called to pick it up.
I cancelled the cheque and went to Tiny.
Roland Perry
02:23:20 on Fri, 28 Jan 2022, Natasha Riddle
<natashar...@gmail.com> remarked:
>On Wednesday, February 2, 2000 at 9:00:00 AM UTC+1, Tisza wrote:
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>> I cancelled the cheque and went to Tiny.
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Roland Perry