Free PC worth £800

[50/50]

http://www.metronomy.com/

Put your name down on the site, and they will give you a new pc for free. Only catch is you have to look at adds for 1min every 20min.


more info
http://www.scotlandonsunday.com/busi...?id=1370012003

What have you got to lose ?

[buns]

but you arent allowed to use it with broadband!

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[50/50]

I think you are. There is a discussion on another forum about that matter, and one members emailed metronomy. They replied saying that broadband can be used.
Broadband still counts as a dial up isp by definition.

[buns]

oh well thats not so bad..... what i dont understand is what stops someone coming along and partitioning off the hard drive, load a second OS and dual boot it. Then one day a month you boot to the original OS and leave it connected all day for 2 days..... by this point you have done your 30 hours, so now for the rest of the month, boot to the new OS and dont worry about the ads!!

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[uczmeg]

Originally posted by buns
oh well thats not so bad..... what i dont understand is what stops someone coming along and partitioning off the hard drive, load a second OS and dual boot it. Then one day a month you boot to the original OS and leave it connected all day for 2 days..... by this point you have done your 30 hours, so now for the rest of the month, boot to the new OS and dont worry about the ads!!

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I give it less than a month from release that there will be detailed instructions on the web on how to do this...

[mjn]

just use partiton magic, make the existing C$ smaller, in the free space, create a D$ drive, then install Windows on that drive.

[JimmytheSaint]

What have you got to lose ?



Your Soul!!!

[General Skanky]

Aren't you limited to their ISP's? Ie, I use NTL. I don't want to use another.

Otherwise my mind is going bonkers on how to make the pc all mine and less theirs. Don't like giving it back etc.

[uczmeg]

Filled in the form, they don't care what ISP you use, or whether it is broadband or not.

Basically the adverts come on a CD you must install each month, not over the internet. They just need it on the internet once a month so they can check your usage stats.

Cheers
Marc

[woody67]

It appears that adverts will appear every 20 minutes and will require you to click an accept or delay button.

This would seem to prevent you just leaving the machine on to clock up your usage - you may have to acually watch the adverts

[buns]

it strill sounds pretty amazing..... if you want a pc for the kids.... im going to look into this. Does it have office or anything? Are you limited in what you can actually do to it?

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[gingercat]

Originally posted by woody67
It appears that adverts will appear every 20 minutes and will require you to click an accept or delay button.

As long as they don't randomly change the text on the accept / delay buttons, you can write a small app to automatically dismiss these dialogs...

[Mr_Belowski]

Which will probably put you in breach of the agreement you made when you got the PC. I've not looked at the site or the wording of the agreement, but they might be entitled to charge you for the PC if they find out that you've been writing little windows scripting apps to watch the adverts for you.

Still, it's a good idea, but if your credit card details are on your PC, your WSH apps might run up a huge bill buying viagra and all other random stuff they see in the advertisments. You'd have to code it to be cynical, or to lead an 'alternative non-consumer lifestyle' (which means it'd have to have stinky dreadlocks and wash in it's own pee).

I shut up now.

[Supra]

I think i may have to register for this, sounds ideal for kids to use.

[pj]

has anyone had/heard anything from them yet?
what if u just reinstall windows on it? et voila new pc?