Evesham's build quality used to be good. I bought a machine from them in '98 (before Windows 98's launch though, still had 95 on floppies) and the machine lasted 8 years of constant use before the motherboard ps/2 ports burnt out and the monitor (nearly) caught fire. Can't vouch for them now, however, as it was the only Computer I got from them.
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 11/1/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Mark Harrison</b> <<a href="mailto:Mark@yourpropertyexpert.com">Mark@yourpropertyexpert.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Rob Beard wrote:<br>> Last time I found something like that it was a faulty motherboard<br>> which the temperature sensor was reporting the CPU (a Duron 700) was<br>> running at 199 degrees!<br>><br>> I'd say they're fobbing you off somewhat. Funny, I remember the days
<br>> when Evesham stood for quality. Does it not stand for that now?<br>><br>> Rob<br>The corporate sales side of their business started going downhill in<br>about 1995 when they fired Hans Retz. The best store used to be MK,
<br>particularly when Stuart Moore and Chris Fella were working there on<br>Saturdays :-(<br><br>I bought about 500 PCs from Evesham over the space of three years in the<br>early 90s (as part of my job, obviously - I don't have THAT many PCs at
<br>home :-) )<br><br>I've not used them since about 2000, since I'd seen them progressively<br>get worse.<br><br>M.<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk">
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