dragons den , pc guy owned

arknor · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:21

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cwf18/
skip 32minutes into the video
i thought this was rather funny some guy trying to get the dragons to back his energy efficient pc company but he gets owned by peter jones

i dont have a clue what peter jones was actually talking about half the time but he seemed to have far more knowledge than the other guy lol

Mull3t · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:23

roooofl I seen this haha

Guy said his new PC was the way forward in the market, but yet he was using off the shelfs products, but reducing the power in the bios rofl and selling it at £50 more than if you was to buy a normal PC.

He got slaughtered by Peter Jones..

maranello168 · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:24

[FnG]magnolia · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:25

Peter Jones is class. He's the only one in that show who I'd happily have a beer and a chat with.

titchard · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:26

I did think the guy had thought that he had thought of an amazing new idea but it was really a rehashing of an old thin-client / server idea.

Was a bit surprised at Peter Jones, was more knowledgable that I thought he would be on IT situations.

Really though I would have picked the thin-clients Peter Jones was on about rather than the "Green" PC thing - it's not really green as there are hazardous chemicals in the PCBs etc.

Rich

Tefal · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:26

[FnG]magnolia;12230448 said:
Peter Jones is class. He's the only one in that show who I'd happily have a beer and a chat with.

yeah but would he happily drink with the likes of you

Ukadder · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:28

I watched it and while I partly agree with Peter Jones he seemed to miss some of the point, while he was on about dumb terminals using less power I'd have pointed out many companies don't go down that route (for various reasons) and in those situations the PCs the guy was selling would have been more efficient power wise, which is still a significant amount of the market. Sadly the guy used a poor example of the server and the applications.

I did however get alarmed at the price the guy quoted for a monitor off the self, something like £300 was his reply for a normal monitor if I remember!

Mull3t · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:30

Ukadder said:
I did however get alarmed at the price the guy quoted for a monitor off the self, something like £300 was his reply for a normal monitor if I remember!

Yups, I remember the Monitor being within that region haha

Guv · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:31

Ukadder said:
I did however get alarmed at the price the guy quoted for a monitor off the self, something like £300 was his reply for a normal monitor if I remember!

£300 for a PC with monitor I think he said, not just a monitor

shauncr91 · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:33

Guv said:
£300 for a PC with monitor I think he said, not just a monitor

Yes that is what he said, £300 for a full system setup. And he said that this is what it would cost someone to go into a high street store and buy a standard PC.

Muffin` · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:34

So the jist of it is, he underclocks the PC?

sdfuk · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:36

well £300 will get u a good cpu....thats it

GothicGhost · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:39

arknor said:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cwf18/
skip 32minutes into the video
i thought this was rather funny some guy trying to get the dragons to back his energy efficient pc company but he gets owned by peter jones

i dont have a clue what peter jones was actually talking about half the time but he seemed to have far more knowledge than the other guy lol

must have bin embarrassing lol

Burnsy2023 · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:40

shauncr91 said:
Yes that is what he said, £300 for a full system setup. And he said that this is what it would cost someone to go into a high street store and buy a standard PC.

You can get one for about that ex VAT.

Burnsy

Ricochet J · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:40

So it's a normal PC with his own BIOS which reduces the volts.
Correct me if i'm wrong, could I not do that with a normal BIOS?

arknor · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:40

GothicGhost said:
must have bin embarrassing lol

yea they have been far harsher with people before though, they get really angry when they feel someone isnt telling them the whole truth.

peetee · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:41

The guys got a decent thing going, But tbh £250,000 for 5%, thats ridiculous.
He may aswell keep up how hes going. Its making some decent profit

Killa_ken · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:42

Debroh meaden is such a fat ****. She never invests and just ****es me off.

Johnnytoxic · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:43

Ricochet J said:
So it's a normal PC with his own BIOS which reduces the volts.
Correct me if i'm wrong, could I not do that with a normal BIOS?

I'm sure he meant he tweaks the existing bios.

DavidQ · 6 Aug 2008 at 14:43

Jesus that was some grilling lol.