Gateway,GOOD OR BAD?

[Geoff]

Dell? For LONGEVITY? O_< *twitch* What the fuxx0rz?! The hell is wrong with you, man?!

HP, though...yes.

Or build your own and graduate from the realm of n00bne55 to being one of us. ^^

the dells at our school are ancient, and they still run fine, and my 10 year old dell laptop also ran fine, until i desided to take it apart for fun

 

[M0ddingMan1a]

i've also heard that gateways are nice computers, although if your want longevity, i would go with dell or hp.

u mean HP alone, leave dell out of thepicture. not gonna have "longevity", stuff will break down.

 

[M0ddingMan1a]

Well, you are the noob at this forum so, try explaining your opinion in a more grownup fashion.

Many businesses, school and home offices have used Dell for years. While they are not the cheapest, fastest or best looking computer, they get the job done for people who either do not have the know-how, time or patience to build their own...

hmmmm welll nottttttttttt quite true buddy. yes they are expensive if u get like just the standard packages. butttt ours is the old optiplex, like 850 i belive? iono. im not at school so i dunno. but we got p2,p3,and some p4. its crap.the school gets it cuz they are cheappppp never go with dell agian.... im sry, but thats wat i think. so dont trip

 

[SFR]

hmmmm welll nottttttttttt quite true buddy. yes they are expensive if u get like just the standard packages. butttt ours is the old optiplex, like 850 i belive? iono. im not at school so i dunno. but we got p2,p3,and some p4. its crap.the school gets it cuz they are cheappppp never go with dell agian.... im sry, but thats wat i think. so dont trip

what?

First off, before you post make sure you KNOW what your talking about... no more "so i dunno"....

Second you have not proved any of my points to be incorrect.

I quote myself: "While they are not the cheapest, fastest or best looking computer"

They are not the cheapest... Can you build a computer for less money? Can you name pre built computer that is cheaper?

fastest... Can you build a computer that is faster than the XPS Generation 2?


... Give us facts.. not "Dell is crap".. your post means and proves nothing... MAYBE they have no firewall and all of your schools computers are full of ad/spy/malware...

 

[Praetor]

I have heard people say Gateway are excellent and some that they work like crap.

Roughly what you'll hear about every company

Dell? For LONGEVITY? O_< *twitch* What the fuxx0rz?! The hell is wrong with you, man?!

No comment.....

Or build your own and graduate from the realm of n00bne55 to being one of us.

I build computers all the time but i certainly dont wanna graduate if it means i talk like a 12 year old...

Run it once, and it gets 99%. Run it again and it wipes everything off that's spyware. Only takes a few minutes to run, too./

You do realize it, like every other security app out there, will not be able to get 100% right? (or even 99%)

Alright, fine. My first Dell was about three years ago. The video card (a 32MB AGP card) shipped DOA (dead on arrival). The hard drive failed in three weeks. And the monitor displayed micoloring within a few months.

Then I got a new Dell 3000 only a couple months ago. Again, the hard drive failed in less than a month. Then, upon replacing it, it turns out that the IDE controller had failed.

Not to mention the assorted icons and programs that not only slow down the machines, but annoyingly bugger the user about registration, licensing, etc.

My apologies for not being perfectly mature.

Apology accept however having two bad experiences with dell doesnt mean all Dell machines are bad ... i guess it takes a bit of foresight to realize that....

I dont think there is anything wrong with em for his statement on dells. Although there is allot wrong with what you said.

Granted bud but you should realize that "for their designed role, Dell/HP/Gateway/whatever, fill them quite well and are, for all intents and purposes, equivalent ... you're always gonna find people who have bad experiences (all two of them even ) and you'll always find people with only good experiences"

u mean HP alone, leave dell out of thepicture. not gonna have "longevity", stuff will break down.

No comment.

hmmmm welll nottttttttttt quite true buddy. yes they are expensive if u get like just the standard packages. butttt ours is the old optiplex, like 850 i belive? iono. im not at school so i dunno. but we got p2,p3,and some p4. its crap.the school gets it cuz they are cheappppp never go with dell agian.... im sry, but thats wat i think. so dont trip

Thats how you feel. Thinking is a logical process by which all sorts of alternative options and points of view and most importantly, facts, are considered.