Taking your latest PC apart as soon as it comes in the door isn't for the faint hearted, but if you're prepared to get your hands dirty, you could knock hundreds or even thousands of pounds off your next purchase. You might even learn a thing or two about computers in the process. Stewart Twynham reports.
I've just bought a shiny new HP Business Notebook for my wife - a Core 2 Duo machine with 2GB of RAM. A virtually identical spec direct from Dell should have set me back over £900 including delivery and VAT, I paid just over £400 all-in.
Then there is my web designer. He was in the market for an Apple Mac Pro - and in the process managed to save himself a whopping £1,100 off the list price. Finally, I’ve got my eye on a mid-range MacBook Pro with 4GB of RAM - hardly a snip at £1,775 until you realise its "official" price is actually £2,079. That means more than £300 could be saved.
So where do all these savings come from?
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