jason2234 Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Hi all I'm looking for a company to buy pc's from and i was thinking about using stone as their not to expensive and look pretty good. Does anyone on here use stone? Are they any good? Thanks Jason
Haptic Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Hi all I'm looking for a company to buy pc's from and i was thinking about using stone as their not to expensive and look pretty good. Does anyone on here use stone? Are they any good? Thanks Jason As a official edugeek sponsor who has supplied many computers amongst other It related equipment we would love to help you and provide you with competitive quotation for any of your It requirments , If you pm me your details I can start looking at what you need, Look forward to hearing from you,
mb2k01 Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 I can add a +10 for Stone. I've used them at my secondary school for the last 2-3 years. All stations very high quality, 5yr on-site next business day warranty (which we've not used a great deal of, but when it has been needed it's been excellent) I've used them in a couple of our Primary Schools too. Honestly nothing negative I can say about them! Give Jamie a ring on 01785 285648 - tell him MarkB from Cornwall sent you! (We might both get a discount!)
kuryakin Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Hi I have started using stone and am more ahn happy with them so far
Butters Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 I can add a +10 for Stone. I've used them at my secondary school for the last 2-3 years. All stations very high quality, 5yr on-site next business day warranty (which we've not used a great deal of, but when it has been needed it's been excellent) I've used them in a couple of our Primary Schools too. Honestly nothing negative I can say about them! Give Jamie a ring on 01785 285648 - tell him MarkB from Cornwall sent you! (We might both get a discount!) Nothing bad to say about Stone at all, we had an issue with them at one point but we sorted it after some long telephone calls. Their base units however are the best of quality and I'm currently using one!
jason2234 Posted March 23, 2009 Author Posted March 23, 2009 Thanks for the offer CPLTD but i'm only after peoples opinions about stone in this post. So far so good then 100% positive replys so far 1
farmerste Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 i have found stone computers to be the best so far, they tend to use intel m/boards, which are dull, and dependable. no real problems here, the only thing i would say is try and go for full size atx desktops if poss, as smaller ones tend to run hotter. At the schools i have worked at we have had problems with voltage surges, up to 265 volts some days, and these desktops have always taken the stick, whilst others fell down dead, and were replaced by stone pcs.
AyatollahPies Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Always highly rated their technical support. The few times I've had to call them in the past, they've been helpful and not forced me to go through "The script" with them, when diagnosing faults. Not had to call them for about 3 years though.
K.C.Leblanc Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Always highly rated their technical support. The few times I've had to call them in the past, they've been helpful and not forced me to go through "The script" with them, when diagnosing faults. Not had to call them for about 3 years though. Agreed, their support is excellent. You speek to a human being, and if you tell them to fault stems from a certain component they'll send and engineer (next day) with that component. Speak to Jamie Stewart, he's a nice chap (if a bit strange).
powdarrmonkey Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Agreed, their support is excellent. You speek to a human being, and if you tell them to fault stems from a certain component they'll send and engineer (next day) with that component. +1. Their engineers are always nice chaps, too. Makes a big difference.
alan-d Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Another vote for Stone here Sometimes you may pay a little extra but the support is 2nd to none! If you need it that is
jimmckenna Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Bought from Stone Computers for a number of years now. PC's, AV installs, Printers, Laptops etc etc. Never had a problem Hardware solid and reliable. Any issues resolved quickly with excellent after sales support both technical and from a customer service point of view.
Guest Guest Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Support is 2nd to none, but they have a habit of choosing componants which dont work well together. We are onto batch number 3 of which the keyboards regulaly dont get picked up. Really starting to get on my wick as thats what i pay them for; so that I dont have to worry about compatibility issues, flashing BIOS' etc. It may just be me but on paper my stone workstations are absolute flying machines, in real life they are pretty god damn slow!
Sylv3r Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 We bought 12 stone PC's last year and as of yet they are pretty impressive and not had to ring up for any hardware support as of yet - 4 or 5 year warranty with all PC's as standard I think.
Steven_Cleaver Posted March 23, 2009 Posted March 23, 2009 Same as everyone else I have been using stone here for Five and half years they are excellent for their support when required which isn't often but is nearly always next day. Again five years warranty on their kit now which is very good. They perform really well overall, their engineers & Sales people are very friendly not pushy at all no endless phone calls or emails if you have a quote off them. In all I would highly recommend them.
maniac Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 I've just started using Stone computers, and brought 36 of their all in one PCs in December. So far so good, and the couple that we have had problems with were swiftly fixed by on-site engineer the next day. Very impressed so far, and I would recommend them. Mike.
ricki Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 Had loads of stuff from stone and after sales of good. Richard
samba_man Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 We've got a couple of hundred Stone PCs, the big 150 PC batch is now coming up 3 years old in the summer and they're still performing very well. We had a big problem regarding graphics card fans siezing up in 50 of the machines in eary December, a couple of weeks later a couple of chirpy engineers were out with 50 brand new fanless upgraded graphics cards Very good service.
MatthewL Posted March 24, 2009 Posted March 24, 2009 We had 7 sites that had Stone machines on, mainly sites that came from the Council, from what I dealt with they seemed to be good systems, prefered the Dell as it is what I am used to dealing with support wise.
colinio Posted April 3, 2009 Posted April 3, 2009 Originally Posted by jason2234 Hi all I'm looking for a company to buy pc's from and i was thinking about using stone as their not to expensive and look pretty good. Does anyone on here use stone? Are they any good? Thanks Jason HI there Jason Please feel free to contact me directly on my e mail address and I will glady give you information on ourselves
jason2234 Posted April 3, 2009 Author Posted April 3, 2009 hi colinio i've already been in touch and i'm currently talking with a guy named joe shore. So far so good
projector1 Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 Bought from Stone Computers for a number of years now. PC's, AV installs, Printers, Laptops etc etc. Never had a problem Hardware solid and reliable. Any issues resolved quickly with excellent after sales support both technical and from a customer service point of view. excellent build quality, very competitive prices and a service to match, what more do you need!
Sirbendy Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 We've got a 25 strong laptop suite from them - so far, machines have been ace. Tech support is first rate, engineers are great too. They're even sending me the parts so I can do them if needs be.
markman Posted April 21, 2009 Posted April 21, 2009 Yep, thumbs up from here as well. we have 50 PC's from them and they are great! We also got them in customised metal encasements to stop little fingers taking them apart and all they have access to is the power button
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