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Netto have a pen and tablet set for £19.99. No clue what the brand is, but I remember seeing 2,000 IPL/LPI or something like that. Touch & pen combo for 69 quid, not sure if it's free delivery; http://www.alliedsdirect.com/computing/peripheral/graphic-tablet/wacom-bamboo-pen-and-touch-graphics-tablet.html

Wow. I'll check that out. Thank you.

I want to get a Wacom Bamboo myself. You can get one with a tablet and pen bundle which will be obviously cheaper than getting them separately. Around £80-90 if I remember correctly. If you see any going cheaper let me know.

I was going to get a student to buy me a £30 copy of windows 7 64-bit from Microsoft but I later found out they sell upgrade only not full versions. There is Unbuntu but I'm new to linux. Swindled versions maybe? EDIT: My apparent know it all friend claims that I will have trouble running 3D render programs such as Rhino 3D, Solidworks, 3DS Max on the new laptop. What do you guys think? I'm seriously returning the laptop for this one when it arrives; http://www.play.com/PC/PCs/4-/11439702/Acer-Aspire-5738-Core-2-Duo-T6400-2GHz-4GB-500GB-DVD-SM-15-6-Vista-Home-Premium-Laptop-Notebook/Product.html?source=1100914091&cm_mmc=Silverpop-_-R2_wk48%20R2%20Monday%20Madness%202009-11-30%20Nov%20Vol%209-_-D-_-PC_PROD_1&utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=R2%202009-11-30%20November%20Vol%209%20Monday%20Madness%20(1)&utm_content=

Ok I ordered this one; Ebuyer Extra Value Laptop, Core 2 Duo T6600 2.2GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB HDD, 15.4 TFT, DVDRW, Webcam, 6 Cell, NO OS http://forums.ebuyer.com/showthread.php?t=51208 I did have a look at the ones you mentioned but I wasn't sure whether the AMD's would be faster than the Core 2 Duo i'm currently using. Here is a youtube review of a older model of my brand new laptop;

Thank you, brilliant advice. I don't know what the beef is with Acers. Mine now has an ultra weak battery, five minutes at the most, average sound volume and missing rubber stops through wear & tear. Still running at a satisfactory level though. I am open to other brands however. Another Acer I am tempted by http://www.ebuyer.com/product/167396 actually no, its not core 2 duo Zoostorm? Great value mind; http://www.ebuyer.com/product/179596/show_product_overview

How about the DDR 2/DDR 3 factor for a user of Adobe programs?

That looks kinda nice. I'm in the same boat, looking for a new laptop, I have an Acer 5710 (3 years old) and I'm looking to get a new one. Mum wants it and she's willing to buy me this; Acer 4810T-353 Timline http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/product/186575 I take it the windows 7 upgrade is free apart from the shipping costs?

http://www.laptopsdirect.co.uk/Acer_Aspire_5710_Gemstone_Laptop_LX.AHB0X.055/version-1.asp Just ordered the Acer Aspire 5710 Gemstone Laptop. Isn't she lovely? (Stevie Wonder)

I am looking to update my soundcard drivers because i'm having problems with playback. I have an oldie; Compaq Presario 6150UK and a soundmax digital integrated audio soundcard. I can't find the drivers on the Compaq/HP website so I decided to open up my motherboard. I found loads of numbers and codes but I felt these were the most useful ones; Microstar MS-6553 Ver 1 N1996 V3.00/0010 Useful? I have an AMD Athlon processor but a Intel celeron sticker on the tower case? Confused.

Newcastle won't lose to Portsmouth, I'm shocked by the amount of people writing off Newcastles' chances.

No, not really. The corrupted drive has been partitioned into C:\ & E:\ I have another drive in there which is D:\ which should be alright?

Thank you my friend.

Any size really. Just good value. I've been told that I need to put my disk drives into a computer of a similar age in order to access my data. The corrupted disk has been partitioned, could I save it by finding somebody to format the C:\ drive and reinstall windows on it? http://www.watford.co.uk is supposed to be good too. Thanks for the help all. I've unplugged my PC from the mains and I really hope I can save my goods.

Ok can anyone recommend any value for money disk drives?

If that is true that really sucks.

A disk read error occurred Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart Please help. I keep on gettin this message. This happened after I got rid of a virus then used scandisk. Left my computer on all day checking for errors, got back from work and came home to a black screen. Overrided the thing now i get this message.

Yeh dude, i've come across that before. I bought myself Adobe Illustrator CS: Classroom in a Book, cost me £20 2nd-hand from Amazon. It's not bad value but I wouldn't buy it twice.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKGcUr0S-FU&eurl= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HblsV-urHg&search=materazzi Look guys we can all see how dirty Marco really is!

Yeh I thought the video was very funny. I'm gonna forward it to everyone I know!

Man, all WWE PPV's seem to be on box office now. Is there any way I could watch this PPV for free?

http://www.tutorialfind.com/tutorials/adobe/illustrator/ If anyone knows of any Illustrator tutorials let me know.

I want this game bad also but i'm not paying for a PS3 nor paying over 30 bar for a computer game. Hideo Kojima; "Are you dhhuummb?"

I like the middle East setting and Snake's 'grey' look, very wise. I always thought Snake aged slower than normal? I wonder why he's decaying too. Those robots with the legs, it seems like the legs are made from something organic? Crazy. Snake shares the same genes as the genome soldiers right? So is the reason they suck because they lack battle experience? Who can see Meryl being the new Metal Gear star in future? I can.