HP vs Dell

trezmac

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I recently have been searching for a budget notebook pc. I started by going to gateway, dell and some other places. I decided on the dell inspiron 1100. I was all set on ordering it and was hype about getting it until i found a HP Pavilion ze4610us for $750 after mail in rebate. I think I got a good deal. It has a 1.87gHZ athlon, 64MB Radeon Mobility card, 256 RAM, a DVD/CD-RW drive, and 15 inch screen. Dell would have givin me a pc with the same specs (except I wouldn't be able to play games and Dell has a smaller screen) for $836.00. I think I got a better deal on a better system. What do ya'll think about my new computer. Be honest please!!
 

Rick G

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I would prefer HP over Dell just because I have no love lost on Dell products. The only thing is to check cpu's on both. You say you have an AMD cpu 1.8ghz or do you mean an AMD 1800, big difference.
 

ian

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The only thing is to check cpu's on both. You say you have an AMD cpu 1.8ghz or do you mean an AMD 1800, big difference.
what is the difference?
 

Rick G

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ALL AMD processors have a designation like 1800, 2500 etc.
None of them run at the designation speed but always lower than designation. Note that I am using the word designation not rating or speed! This has always confused people as they think the designation means the speed of the processor. Think of it this way, a camero is called a Z28 bit has a 350 engine, it's just a designation or name. Look et the AMD site or places like Toms Hardware for real time speed.
You don't get something for nuthin so compare all specs and decide then.
 

zkiller

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the designation, as you call it, is actually the speed of a (for instance) intel processor that the AMD processor is comparable to. AMD processors achive higher benchmark results at lower speeds. a AMD Athlon XP 2000+ will put down simular numbers as a 2.0 Ghz intel processor. does that make sense to everyone?
 

zkiller

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hey, as an avid AMD fan i figured it was valuable information for the world to know! :p
 

Rick G

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Keep in mind that 2500 is a sub $100 processor. Not going to get much speed for that price. But all depends on what you want it to do. Definatly not for gaming.
 

Aleksey

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Dell are only good computers if you wants something equivalent to P2, because at their advertising price they sell stuff that can't really do too good. For example, they give 128 MB shared RAM - not very good. Shouldyou try to do any modification - just to raise it to 256, the price jumps to twice as much.

HP on the other hand are very consistent. This summer I got a HP Notebook with 512 RAM 2.66 P4, 60GB HDD, and a 64MB vcard, for $1700. When I tried getting something similar on dell it ended up being over $2100.
I know many people hate HP's and Compaq's, but I think all they need is just a little customization, and they'll work fine, particularly Compaq's. They work best with AMD's 1800+ and 512RAM at least.
 

zkiller

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i disagree on what you say about dell. dell is a company where you get what you pay for, literally!

HP makes descent notebooks and the desktops are "ok" for a first tier company. however, in my honest opinion they aren't of very high quality (the desktops, that is).

compaq lukily was aquired (or did they merge) by HP and since has raised the bar to where HP stands. older compaq desktops were horrible and nearly impossible to work on. i haven't actually had the chance to a compaq notebook, so i really can't comment on that part of there product line.
 

zkiller

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Rick G said:
Hey you forgot that wonderfull Dell support that comes straight from India:mad:
so? india has some of the most highly qualified IT professionals in the world! :) seriously...
 

Lord Kalthorn

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Lol! Yeah - India is pretty well off for Computer specialists.

I'd have to go for Dell - HP make nice Printers and Ok Scanners; but they should have stopped there!
 

Willson13

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Bottom Line

Okay, I want a bottom line opinion on this. Which computer company would you suggest buying from? HP, Dell, Gateway, Mac?
 

cptnwinky

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An XP2500 will work great for gaming. The only problem you might run into is games that require the extra instructions written into Pentium 3/4's.
 

littlenicky

New Member
i say dell and hp suck... get some machine made a by a selling company ... ure local computer stores sometimes have good prices
 
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