Unfortunately, it's a fairly commom scenario - a hobbyist knocking out counterfeits on new machines, because there's no way they can compete in price with the manufacturers.
That's the reason I gave up building machines - The ones in the shops got so powerful and so cheap, that there was no way to offer a resonable machine at a decent price.
You should demand a refund from the vendor - especially if you have an itemised receipt. If they are doing this 'professionally' then threaten them with a visit from the fraud police, the VAT man, the Police, and Trading Standards. That sort of approach has wonderful effects most of the time
Do NOT accept the offer of a new install, as the chances are it will simply be a variant on the theme of counterfeits.
All can say is, Good Luck!
That's the reason I gave up building machines - The ones in the shops got so powerful and so cheap, that there was no way to offer a resonable machine at a decent price.
You should demand a refund from the vendor - especially if you have an itemised receipt. If they are doing this 'professionally' then threaten them with a visit from the fraud police, the VAT man, the Police, and Trading Standards. That sort of approach has wonderful effects most of the time
Do NOT accept the offer of a new install, as the chances are it will simply be a variant on the theme of counterfeits.
All can say is, Good Luck!
My Computer
At a glance
Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM...i3 370M/i7 6500U8GB - finally :)/8GBit's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Computer type
- Laptop
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Asus K52F or Lenovo B51-80
- OS
- Win 7 x64 Home Premium (and x86 VirtualBox VM)/Win10
- CPU
- i3 370M/i7 6500U
- Motherboard
- Asus/Lenovo
- Memory
- 8GB - finally :)/8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- it's an i3, dude!/dual Intel&nVidia
- Sound Card
- onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 15.6" built-in
- Screen Resolution
- 1366x768/1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- 750GB Seagate internal
Sundry external drives attached to other computers on the local network
1TB SSD on the Lenovo
- PSU
- n/a
- Internet Speed
- as much as I can get - usually on a dongle/phone, so <1MB/s
- Antivirus
- MSE/Defender
- Browser
- IE11/12/Edge/Chrome/FF(if I must)
