Rock goes into administration - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 8th May 2008, 15:24

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/05...ministration/1

Rock, a UK-based specialist notebook manufacturer, has gone into administration. It has appointed Deloitte & Touche to try and sell the business.

Mankz · 8th May 2008, 15:25

Really sad news.

Paradigm Shifter · 8th May 2008, 15:36

Ouch.

I had great dealings with Rock in the past, and was very close to purchasing from them a couple of times. They were always polite and as helpful as possible in both e-mail and telephone conversations.

This news sucks. A lot.

Hg · 8th May 2008, 16:04

Ah that sucks i have a laptop from them, got in in Dec.
Great product poor Rock

mikeuk2004 · 8th May 2008, 16:14

its hard these days

sotu1 · 8th May 2008, 16:26

yeh this is a bit of a shock. they seemed to be releasing decent products and were ahead in the laptop gaming industry which appears to be growing

Baz · 8th May 2008, 16:31

Could this be the first of the "super premium" laptop and PC companies to go?

Burnout21 · 8th May 2008, 17:37

im not surprised, Nvidia took so long to release the 8800M series and with people wanting DX10 and vista gaming, the hardware wasn't there so PC based gaming increased.

Hazardous · 8th May 2008, 18:51

Chuffin' Nora

That is a complete

They were on my short list when I was looking for my new laptop/desktop replacement just a few weeks ago

It's

to hear/read about it though, 'coz they built some incredibly fast systems/laptops (which is the reason they were on my short list)

DougEdey · 8th May 2008, 18:57

Where's their emergency sale?

Hazardous · 8th May 2008, 19:07

Always looking for 'pros' - eh Doug

alastor · 8th May 2008, 20:00

Very sad news, maybe someone in Taiwan will step in with an offer though I doubt that things would be the same.

DougEdey · 8th May 2008, 21:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hazardous

Always looking for 'pros' - eh Doug

The glass is always half full.

Or the glass is too large for the required liquid and a more optimal glass should be used.

Cuban · 8th May 2008, 22:12

Sad news indeed, especially as i live not too far from there main office and knew a lot of the people who worked there. Didn't come as much of a surprise given whats been going on there recently :-(

Otis1337 · 9th May 2008, 00:33

ooh no!... not rock!

There build quality was totaly unmatched even by dell and alienware!....sad days.. T_T

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