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| Thread ID: 40624 | 2003-12-13 01:25:00 | warehouse selling DELL | _david_ (3309) | Press F1 |
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| 199947 | 2003-12-13 02:31:00 | heh? JM,trust me,before i make a post i will never consider what you think is irrelevent before i do so. And you comment that it wont run the latest games at full settings is miles away,Hell,it wont run 3 year old games at full details. Probally wouldn't even run 3 years old games at a low res with low details at an acceptable level. |
metla (154) | ||
| 199948 | 2003-12-13 02:37:00 | Being made in China is not an issue. Just look at where the normal components now are made in.... Taiwan, China .... Design is more impt than where its made. Nikon and Canon has plans to place more consumer digicams into factories in Taiwan to expand production ... I have some Dell boxes at home (just the boxes) housed some P3 Dell Dimensions before ... says made in Malaysia ... Top end sport shoes are in China ... Its cheap labour there thus profits for any sensible company to satisfy its shareholders. Singapore for eg.. has outsourced its production in its neighbouring islands and other nations given its lack of space like Phillipines, Indoneisia and M'sia./ |
nomad (3693) | ||
| 199949 | 2003-12-13 02:40:00 | As far as i know all dell has in NZ is an office..... | metla (154) | ||
| 199950 | 2003-12-13 02:43:00 | > im in wellington, was thinking bout Atech as an option. mmm atech are good i got a pc from there 7ish years ago and its still chugging along, nice cheap pcs there that are worth everyr dollar. |
hazza (2704) | ||
| 199951 | 2003-12-13 02:43:00 | of course. where its made is not an issue thou. its merely a distribution dept ... the parts are still the same irrespect where u bought the PC. | nomad (3693) | ||
| 199952 | 2003-12-13 02:44:00 | Its onboard video and if there is no agp slot then you have a very basic PC that wont be able to run any decent 3d applications you get what you pay for in life and a duron system with more ram and a decent AGP graphics card card bigger monitor would offer way better value in my opinion | kiwibeat (304) | ||
| 199953 | 2003-12-13 03:08:00 | > Being made in China is not an issue . > > Just look at where the normal components now are made > in . . . . Taiwan, China . . . . Design is more impt than > where its made . Nikon and Canon has plans to place > more consumer digicams into factories in Taiwan to > expand production . . . I have some Dell boxes at home > (just the boxes) housed some P3 Dell Dimensions > before . . . says made in Malaysia . . . Top end sport > shoes are in China . . . Its cheap labour there thus > profits for any sensible company to satisfy its > shareholders . Singapore for eg . . has outsourced its > production in its neighbouring islands and other > nations given its lack of space like Phillipines, > Indoneisia and M'sia . / You say Nikon and Canon are looking at starting factories in Taiwan . That is not always the truth . As a fact their are many, many, many companies that are based in China simply because their bosses (from Taiwan) cannot afford the labour in Taiwan, thus, moves into China to gain profit . I'll try not get into politics or talk for Taiwan, but why the heck do you think that China would want Taiwan? Off course, they want them for their own benefits . Would New Zealand want some poor nation? Off course not, because we'd have to pay for their welfare . So would China want the population of Taiwan or the land? Off course not! Taiwan only has a tiny tiny fraction of what China has got . So, obviously, they want Taiwan's money, and investment, etc . Slightly getting off track, but to sum it up, most designs are now done in Taiwan, made in China . Acer is now BenQ . It used to have a top notch reputation (maybe not so here), but now, BenQ have started to have quality issues . Fine example can be found with the CD-RW if you do a search on PF1 . Have you heard that one of the top selling Asus motherboards was made in Taiwan . As it was doing well, and so wanted more profit, but when they shifted it, China stuffed up . Pushed it right down the ranks, and had a massive (can't remember exact figure) failure rate? As for the upgrading issue with the Dell, have you got the little brochore/A4 piece of advertising material that states its specifications, and some FAQs . When I walked past this morning, I saw that one of the FAQ was about how much you can upgrade, or something like that . I'm sure that memory was upgradeable . Not sure of the others though, I just walked past . Good luck, |
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| 199954 | 2003-12-13 03:11:00 | Sorry, bit of correction. > You say Nikon and Canon are looking at starting > factories in Taiwan. That is not always the truth. As > a fact there are.... As for warranty issues, I think Dell has a on-site next day warranty or something, so shouldn't be a problem. And also Consumer Guarantees Act specifies that parts must be on the market for a set amount of time after the sale. However, would you want to have your PC taken away for warranty repair every once a while? |
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| 199955 | 2003-12-13 03:14:00 | By the time you add a floppy drive, scanner, printer, some more DDR (another 128Mb minimum) and a decent AGP graphics card for gaming (if it has an AGP slot) there are many better deals out there. I scoured dells ".com" NZ site & can find no info re - motherboard specs etc. I notice it has a one year "limited warranty" depending on where you live. If you don't live in one of the designated areas for onsite support you will probably find few of the local computer shops will be interested in helping out if it goes toes up. And if they were to open it up your warranty would most likely be void. It is a cheap low end system which is reflected in the $999 price tag. But don't expect to walk into a store anywhere after the warranty period has run out & get your motherboard replaced it the graphics or keyboard controller dies for whatever reason. Lets face it, the warehouse sell many good products & I'm not knocking them, but they do target the lower end of all markets & this is reflected in the price of the goods they sell. My advice, don't get carried away with first impressions which are "man that's cheap" Do some homework, shop around, listen to advice given then make an informed decision. |
45South (4769) | ||
| 199956 | 2003-12-13 03:14:00 | Sooooo sorry guys, my brain musta gone to sleep. I'm aware there are alot of grammar and punt. errors in my previous post. Just try your best to understand. Sorry~, I can't be bothered going back and retyping the whole post out again! :p |
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