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WANT A FREE PC!!!!!!!! (read this)

I know this is prob not the right place to post this but i need as many ppl to see this so if yr a UKTA (only available in the UK ATM) and need a new pc you need to know this, a marketing company are giving away free home pc's (spec below) to anyone who is willing to watch forced adverts via the net, 3 mins for every hour the pc is on!!!! Wow, big deal, you dont have to actually watch these now do you? NO, just go and make a brew when they are on, a little break does you good!! HA HA

I have just been on the site and it took me 5 mins to fill in the form and hey presto, i got an order number and an email confirming delivery date best of all they will up grade it every 3 years, FREE

SPEC.

Intel Celeron 2.4GHz processor
256MB RAM
40GB hard drive
Intel Extreme 64MB onboard graphics
DVD-ROM drive
56k modem
Intergrated audio
Infinity speakers
Windows XP home
IBM E54 15" CRT Monitor
Full 3 years IBM warranty

If this is of interest then PLEASE CLICK HERE and get some free shit now!!!!!!

Dunk

Re: WANT A FREE PC!!!!!!!! (read this)

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Originally posted by ABSYNTH 256MB RAM 40GB hard drive Intergrated audio

Oh no no no no no.

What do you want for free Nic!!!
HaHa

It doesn't sound so bad if you think of 3 minutes per hour but...

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Q: Will I be able to choose when to watch the ads?

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A: Normally, 1 minute of advertising will be shown every 20 minutes of PC usage.

That sounds a lot worse... can't imagine being hasseled every 20 mins. And can't drink that much tea either...

I also notice that the site doesn't tell you (as far as I could see) anything about what happens should you fail to load the CD that they send you everymonth... becuase they can check through your internet connection. And you have to have the PC switched on a certain amount each month... which should actually be easy by most of our standards but for some people perhaps not.
These machines are also already slipping towards the back end of the market and you have to have this for three years with no upgrades of your own.

Try to find out what the penalty is for various things before you sign up for this, as there may well be things written in so that you may actually inadvertently end up buying it.

I live by the motto, 'If something seems to good to be true... it usually is'.

Please don't take this as an attack on yourself ABSYNTH, I understand your enthusiasm. But before I started DJing full time I used to work for a company that dealt with scams (Not saying this is) and other types of financial agreements that are designed to benefit the company through clever legal jargon.

These guys most have a finite amount of PCs too as they can only have as many as they sell advertising. It is actually quite a clever concept though but I'm not sure I like the thought of people advertising on my PC just like my TV.

Before you ever sign up to a deal like this, always find out what your consumer rights are.

Cheers
Nem

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can't imagine being hasseled every 20 mins.

you can watch later

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anything about what happens should you fail to load the CD that they send you everymonth...

They disable the pc remotely

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Try to find out what the penalty is for various things before you sign up for this, as there may well be things written in so that you may actually inadvertently end up buying it.

thought of this so i rang the company and these pc's are on loan only and i found out about this via "computer music" who have also checked it out and give it the thumbs up!

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I live by the motto, 'If something seems to good to be true... it usually is'.

Me 2, see quote 1 and you have got a way round it so its not totally for free,they think you are gonna watch the adds.

I use a Carillon AC1 in my studio and have just got a new pc for home but if some fool is gonna give me a free pc just to download stuff of the net (with no fear of it harming any important files) then im all for it!!!

PS

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Before you ever sign up to a deal like this, always find out what your consumer rights are.

woopa sonuds good might look at it

Shep

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Originally posted by ABSYNTH you can watch later

Agreed... but only 5 mins later... that would just drive me nuts. And I would still be bursting for a p*ss the whole time from all that tea...

Cheers
Nem

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Originally posted by ABSYNTH What do you want for free Nic!!! HaHa

TBH I'd rather pay and be free to do with it whatever I want (and get much better system overall) and not get stuck with that. 256MB of RAM just isn't enough for anything. Even my older pc that was purchased in 2000 had more RAM than that.

i'll just butcher it for the ram

i'm definitely signing up...my roommate a couple of years ago designed a program that got rid of all the advertisements while tricking the computer into thinking he watched them...maybe i should give him a call hehehe.

edit...ah crap only UK....let me know when it comes across the pond hehehe...

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2) The PC is lent to you for a term of 36 months, after which you will be offered a new computer and a new agreement, or you can simply return the old machine to a local collection point.

it aint actually legally urs, so if u try to butcher it for the components, ur fucked as they send u a new one every 36 months in exchange for the old one...

however i did have an idea how to get around this

get some other dopey git to order it for u, using their address

also this is likely to be a scam, a spec of 2.4ghz etc..that would total out to something like 400 quid

for free? BS.

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KilldaDJ; i'll just butcher it for the ram

Just what i expect from you, ha ha but now your getting the idea!

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Floorfiller; my roommate a couple of years ago designed a program that got rid of all the advertisements while tricking the computer into thinking he watched them...maybe i should give him a call hehehe.

you keep us posted and we will let you know when its coming to yr neck of the woods

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And I would still be bursting for a p*ss the whole time from all that tea...

Hold it you wuss!! (only messin mate)


Im not saying this offer is the perfect deal by any means but i think it could be of some help to ppl on here, like i said before if not as a main system it could be used as a storage unit or tester for "stuff you are trying first" Either way its got to be worth a look.

Dunk.

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Originally posted by KilldaDJ it aint actually legally urs, so if u try to butcher it for the components, ur fucked as they send u a new one every 36 months in exchange for the old one... also this is likely to be a scam, a spec of 2.4ghz etc..that would total out to something like 400 quid for free? BS.

As long as you put the ram back, im sure the new pc will have a bigger 1 to take!!

Its not a scam, the goverment have got together with IBM in a bid to get a pc into every home in the uk (hence why its uk only) but they have to get some cash back so advert's are what they came up with (they must have been up all night coming up with that idea )

Bump, just in case anybody missed this.

(Only gonna bump this 1 time, )

Dunk,

Bah, post this in the UK forum, you got my hopes up, before they were cruley shattered by the words 'UKTA only'.

But yeah, couldn't you just wipe the hard drive and install an OS (Windows or Linux) yourself?

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