Dell

[Punk]

Hey, I'm having a discussion with a friend about Dell, their way of making money etc. Like the fact that you can only put Dell things inside...

 

[voyagerfan99]

Please explain with "The fact you can only put Dell things inside...."

 

[Troncoso]

Please explain with "The fact you can only put Dell things inside...."

Agreed. I can fit any compatible Memory or Hard drive in my Alienware.
Their way of making money is putting out products with all these warranties and protection plans and then not honoring them.

What better way to make money then to say "Hey, I'll protect you", get handed money, then when someone punches that person in the face you say "sorry, can't help". It's like free money.

 

[voyagerfan99]

What better way to make money then to say "Hey, I'll protect you", get handed money, then when someone punches that person in the face you say "sorry, can't help". It's like free money.

I think you're confusing Dell with HP. I've never had an issue with Dell warranty service.

 

[Troncoso]

I think you're confusing Dell with HP. I've never had an issue with Dell warranty service.

Well, I've never had an issue with HP or their customer service/warranties. I suppose each experience is different.

But, with Dell, I would call and call, and they would keep saying they'll "process the request" and after 2 months of no results, I contacted the BBB, and suddenly I have a technician at my door less than a week later.

 

[Punk]

Dell computers are customed to the point that if you want to upgrade your system you need to buy Dell parts.

 

[Troncoso]

Dell computers are customed to the point that if you want to upgrade your system you need to buy Dell parts.

That's not true. Like I said before, you can get third party memory or hard drives as long as they are the proper specifications.

Besides those, you can't really upgrade anything else. You can only replace them if they get faulty. Every motherboard manufacturer isn't going to make their own version of the same motherboard for a single laptop. There is no business there, so only the laptop manufacturer will have them available.

 

[FuryRosewood]

What are you guys talking about... I stuffed a hitachi harddrive and a chaintech 8600GT years back into a Inspiron desktop...you guys are getting on your soapbox, stop it. Years Later i put windows 7 on that machine when something managed to corrupt both the OS and bios, locking it up, and it WORKED FINE.

 

[voyagerfan99]

What are you guys talking about... I stuffed a hitachi harddrive and a chaintech 8600GT years back into a Inspiron desktop...you guys are getting on your soapbox, stop it. Years Later i put windows 7 on that machine when something managed to corrupt both the OS and bios, locking it up, and it WORKED FINE.

^This

Just because it's a Dell doesn't mean you can't put whatever hardware you want (With the exception of processors) into it.

 

[FuryRosewood]

Which would go for any motherboard...its all about cpu support...

 

[Troncoso]

What are you guys talking about... I stuffed a hitachi harddrive and a chaintech 8600GT years back into a Inspiron desktop...you guys are getting on your soapbox, stop it. Years Later i put windows 7 on that machine when something managed to corrupt both the OS and bios, locking it up, and it WORKED FINE.

.....guys? Only one person made that claim...

Edit: Love that the person that "didn't care" cared enough to vote.

 

[Punk]

My mistake then, must have changed...

 

[voyagerfan99]

Dell was like that maybe about 18 years ago (as well as other manufacturers) but that hasn't been the case for quite some time (Last 10 years maybe)

 

[pwlljakob]

I HATE dells, i have had 5 before and they all died within 3 months of owning them

dontbuydell.exe kills them slowly

 

[Geoff]

Dell does use proprietary components for motherboards, power supplies, cooling, etc.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I HATE dells, i have had 5 before and they all died within 3 months of owning them

dontbuydell.exe kills them slowly

And what were they? Inspiron's and Dimension's? Latitude, Precision, and OptiPlex are the way to go with Dell.

 

[TrainTrackHack]

I bought a Dell laptop (Studio 17) and I'm satisfied with it overall, it's even got two hard drive bays (I was like yay when I found out) but for some reason Dell uses some kind of special, proprietary SATA adapter so I can't actually throw in an extra drive (I was like SCREW YOU when I found out), which is a real shame because I really wanted to have 2 HDDs so I could have both Windows and Linux not interfering with each other. I don't care about that so much any more but right now I want to get a small SSD for cheap but obviously I'd need a HD for storage to go with it... but I can't.

 

[wolfeking]

I bought a Dell laptop (Studio 17) and I'm satisfied with it overall, it's even got two hard drive bays (I was like yay when I found out) but for some reason Dell uses some kind of special, proprietary SATA adapter so I can't actually throw in an extra drive (I was like SCREW YOU when I found out), which is a real shame because I really wanted to have 2 HDDs so I could have both Windows and Linux not interfering with each other. I don't care about that so much any more but right now I want to get a small SSD for cheap but obviously I'd need a HD for storage to go with it... but I can't.

I think that varies from line to line. I am on a Latitude D630 (in need of a CPU upgrade), and it is strait SATA, no adapter needed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Studio...ultDomain_0&hash=item256a861271#ht_500wt_1361 this is what you need. I think it goes SATA on the HDD end and the other end to the motherboard.

 

[Perkomate]

dell rocks hardcore. Never had a problem with them. Their Optiplex series of PCs is killer. Same with the Inspiron laptops.

 

[voyagerfan99]

I bought a Dell laptop (Studio 17) and I'm satisfied with it overall, it's even got two hard drive bays (I was like yay when I found out) but for some reason Dell uses some kind of special, proprietary SATA adapter so I can't actually throw in an extra drive (I was like SCREW YOU when I found out), which is a real shame because I really wanted to have 2 HDDs so I could have both Windows and Linux not interfering with each other. I don't care about that so much any more but right now I want to get a small SSD for cheap but obviously I'd need a HD for storage to go with it... but I can't.

That's what eBay is for: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Studio...C_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item4aace0b022

The caddy itself though is ridiculously priced.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2nd-Hard-dr...C_Drives_Storage_Internal&hash=item2ea5eb44cb

I think that varies from line to line. I am on a Latitude D630 (in need of a CPU upgrade), and it is strait SATA, no adapter needed.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Studio...ultDomain_0&hash=item256a861271#ht_500wt_1361 this is what you need. I think it goes SATA on the HDD end and the other end to the motherboard.

Yeah D630 drives just pop right in. It's easier for IT specialists not having to deal with adapters and caddys.