Is Dell good?

alanuofm · 09-08-2005, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Thomas23

Well. I kinda heard the same that Curt said. My mom had a laptop with Dell and one day while it was docked in a workstation and it caught on fire. I mean i dont konw why it caught on fire, but i jsut know it caught on fire. lol. Also i heard from a close frined who works wiht computers that Dell uses old part in new systems or something like that. Well if Dell isnt good, newegg.com is confusing kinda and doenst really have what i want, cyberpowersystem.com is expensize, ibuypower.com not really sure how they are, and of course the reagular companies like Toshiba and HP have al arg selection, but im still not sure what to buy from there.

maybe laptops just arent ment for you

Thomas23 · 09-08-2005, 06:15 AM

LOL. What the hell is that supposed to mean. Im jsut asking for help on getting the best one. Im sure your joking and im not taking it serioulsy. oO. Well i will stop asking if someone will help me find a good one that isnt Dell.

alanuofm · 09-08-2005, 05:29 PM

rofl i was joking. yes i like toshibas. im not a big fan of HP with their lineup of video cards. IBM's thinkpads are one of the toughest out there. they are little bit more expensive compared to dell and toshiba but are rock solid.

Thomas23 · 09-08-2005, 05:54 PM

Ah ok. Thanks. I never thought picking out a laptop would be this hard! ^^

Advitiya Saxena · 09-20-2005, 08:56 PM

1. DELL really has very poor built quality.

2. HP has good value fr money, SOny has good re-sell value.

3.DEll is fr poors like mE

Curt · 09-22-2005, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by alanuofm

considering so many people have dells of course they are the most brought in. kind of like how windows xp has virus problems and everyone says how OS X is better.

there deals are not unstable.

and dell laptops are one of the easiest to dissassemble. i have no problem installing new parts.

People have plenty of other computers too, sorry let me rephrase that....more of the HARDWARE problems that come in are Dells

Their deals are pretty shady. They charge too much for a lot of stuff. Their whole "build it yourself" setup is a joke. If people REALLY want a computer built for them, they can come to me (or any other honest computer tech) and we could build them a better computer for almost half the price. I have seen Dell say "This comes with a free flat panel but if you don't want the flat panel then the computer is $100 cheaper".....if it was free then how is taking it off $100 cheaper? Because in reality it's not "free". That is just one example of how their deals are unstable and flawed. The company I work for is an authorized reseller of Dell machines so I see their "deals" every day and every day I have to shake my head. But people want Dell because it's a name and everyone always wants to buy a name.
And no the laptops aren't hard to disassemble. But some of their shell style desktops give me a headache. I have changed about 5 front power switch (not the button on the front bezel but the actual switches) due to the switches going out. And on the way those shell cases are designed doesn't make it the easiest to do the repair. Now, it's not like I was unable to do it, but the design is totally ridiculous.