Harry - yes you did!

Its ten years since I last bought a brand new pc and that, and the 2 previous new ones were all from Dell. I guess nothing stays the same.

I have bought two Stoves cookers over the last 20 years (due to moving house) and I probably wouldn't buy that brand again as quality has definitely declined. As you say, companies are constantly trying to save a bob or two at the expense of quality (sometimes). Sony TV's & Bosch washing machines the same, imo.

Get used to it skinny! When your polish Dell computer arrives the keyboard will the Polish system of orthography, including certain letters with diacritics.

Harry - Potrafię radzić sobie z tym! :-)

Skinny, April 1st ? now that rings a bell, what is it that they call that day ? Oh yes.........................

Are you calling me April ? :-)

Ooooooooo you are awful..... but I respect your gender!

I have just received the the latest computer from Dell which has a polish keyboard.

This keyboard has several shortcuts that take you direct to the following,

How to claim
Attendance Allowance
Attendance Allowance (Your Partner)
Bereavement benefits
Blue Badge Scheme
Carer's Allowance
Carer's Allowance (Your Partner)
Carer's assessment
Child Benefit
Child Tax Credit
Community care services
Community transport
Concessionary Fares
Constant Attendance Allowance
Disability Living Allowance
Legal Aid

I think its been designed for when the Bulgarians and Romainians arrive at the start of next year!

lol, greek..... very true.,.

New PC finally arrived yesterday evening and I'm just setting it up.

1st impressions - you can keep windows 8!

You'll be wearing socks'n'sandals next, skinners! :o)

New operating systems are always a bit of a grind at first 'cos you are used to your usual system, but am looking forward, one day, to getting rid of my Vista machine, so probably W8 going to be my new toy. Watch out for the polish keys skinny!

Never together Hils, never together :-)

Harry, its the 'luddite' in me :-)

Only niggles so far, the day I ordered it, the spec omitted a 19-1 card reader - my fault for not checking more closely, and more annoying, it came with 3 power cables (only 2 needed) but 2 of them were European and thus useless.

Have been using the free AVG AntiVirus for a long time but was wondering is it the best free one,was wondering if Avast was a good option and is less power hungry ?? Can anyone help me on this one please ???

Mega

If you don't have a touch screen, Win 8 is a pain. There is some method of downgrading it to look like more normal Windows.

I now just use the free MS Security Essentials for Chris protection and the free firewall from Comodo.

DO NOT DOWNLOAD COMODO>
It is very intrusive.
Once on your machine there is no way of removing it.
Avast is fine.

Actually after a couple of hours, W8 is growing on me (no touch screen).

I've been advised by a security expert friend to use the proprietary Defender that is integrated into W8 and can be downloaded as MS Essentials with W7.

Any free 'Office' recommendations?