Dell have had the most recalls of their laptops than any other manufacturer in the last 4 years. They have also been widely criticized for using sub par, generic, proprietary parts. How do you think Dell can slash the price of a 2,000 dollar laptop down to 1300 and still make enough money to stay in business? The margin of profit of hardware sales is very minimum, typically never over 10% of actual cost.
If you scour through digg.com you will find an article that is from this year stating that Dell is finally raising their standards in the parts they use. I know for a fact that HP uses Asus motherboards in their desktop. This is because I used to support thousands of HP desktops and when I had to replace a motherboard I would see the Asus silk screened on the motherboard. They also use MSI and abit. Of course they don't always use the highest end motherboards but at least they are name brand. Unlike some manufacturers that just use the cheapest parts assembled by 12 year old factory workers in Malaysia some where.
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