Rock Direct goes titsup.com

[Ronin Storm]

From The Register:

Rock Group PLC is in the hands of administrators who are trying to sell the UK notebook maker as a going concern.

The Warwick-based firm said yesterday that it had effectively ceased trading prior to the appointment of administrators, Dominic Wong and David Langton, of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Rock Group, which has been in business for some 16 years, said it hit the buffers partly because of “cash flow difficulties faced as a result of stock misappropriation by a former employee”.

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Damn. If I were buying a laptop, they were my first choice.

 

[Haven]

That leaves Dell and Alienware (owned by Dell) in the silly high end gaming laptop arena then

 

[Traxata]

Up go the prices of the monopoly

 

[Pubic_Warrior]

my laptop is from Rock, its a beast, i guess the warranty isn't valid

 

[[THN]Buffalo_Hunter]

So's mine....


I guess it'll all depend on who/whether someone buys them.

 

[[THN]Buffalo_Hunter]

Rock is back in business - now part of the Stone Group.

 

[Traxata]

Be wary of them now though, If it ends up a repeat performance of TINY, things will get ugly real quick

 

[Pubic_Warrior]

hmm where else can i get a custom high spec laptop?

 

[Traxata]

Dell.... Alienware(Dell)

I dont know of anymore

 

[Ronin Storm]

Yeah, Dell was the other option, in either their XPS or their Alienware guise.

I believe HP's Pavilion might also do the job but I've never taken HP hardware very seriously.

 

[[THN]Buffalo_Hunter]

Novatech have some decent laptops - the X90r with dual 8800M GTX, the X80r with a single 8800M GTX (including a Penryn model) and the Alpha R with the 8600M.

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/nbranges.html