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| 470585 | 2006-07-14 06:12:00 | Using custom pc shops does bother me especialy when warranty issues creep in. I only narrowly missed losing my money (deposit) on my present custom built Macrocom machine. They went tits a few months after I bought it. Luckily it has run sweet for 6 years but its now playing up. thanks tedheath |
tedheath (537) | ||
| 470586 | 2006-07-14 06:14:00 | All generalisations are dangerous, Ted. I doubt very much if you could buy a computer without some parts made in China. If you buy a "name" brand computer, you have to remember that they value their brand names. They insist on appropriate quality standards from their suppliers, and the standards are the same for all suppliers. If you buy from a local assembler, they depend on their wholesalers. The wholesalers will not feel like you about China, either. They want the lowest price they can get, with "acceptable" quality. They might buy a lower quality product than a major manufacturer like Dell, who build many millions of computers every year. Dell can't afford shoddy components. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 470587 | 2006-07-14 08:24:00 | I have had 10 trouble free years of Dell computers | tutaenui (1724) | ||
| 470588 | 2006-07-14 09:28:00 | . | Metla (12) | ||
| 470589 | 2006-07-14 10:18:00 | When you don't live in the main centres, Dell looks far more attractive once you add in shipping costs on individual components. The cost of shipping parts from one end of the country to the other significantly increases the price |
Greven (91) | ||
| 470590 | 2006-07-14 22:18:00 | I've been using Dells for 6 years, have bought two - one 6 years ago, still going strong, never needed repairs, and one bought 2 years ago, lovely machine. The new one needed a new power supply a couple of months ago, but this didn't cost much at all at the local repair place. I did buy them off the Dell website rather than locally, and I think the local ones may be specified differently. If you buy off the website, wait till their 'special offer' is something you would like - e.g. more RAM, better hard drive, whatever. Dells have some big advantages - you can tailor the specs closely to your requirements, it gets delivered to your door, comes with brilliant setup instructions, full versions of windows/office on CD, and disks with all of the drivers needed for a reinstall. They also run very quietly. I've found them to be generally reliable and troublefree. They are frightfully non-geek tho Good luck with choosing |
annie (6010) | ||
| 470591 | 2006-07-14 23:55:00 | The new one needed a new power supply a couple of months ago, but this didn't cost much at all at the local repair place. Seems to confirm what some posters have been saying about Dell's recent lack of quality. :rolleyes: |
FoxyMX (5) | ||
| 470592 | 2006-07-15 01:14:00 | The new one needed a new power supply a couple of months ago, but this didn't cost much at all at the local repair place. Certainly something not in the favour of Dell... the PSU is one of the most critical parts of your PC and if it fails can cause irrepairable damage to other components within your tower... I would say you got lucky as it didn't damage anything else. I can appreciate the fact that it needed and took a fairly quick and cheap fix, however not everyone would share the same sentiment... I for one would be extremely concerned that Dell PSU's can have this happen to them...I certainly wouldn't chance it. cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 470593 | 2006-07-15 02:46:00 | . . . I for one would be extremely concerned that Dell PSU's can have this happen to them . . . I certainly wouldn't chance it . Any manufacturer's PSUs can fail . If you insist on absolute perfection and zero failure rate you will find your computers will be very expensive, chiefnz . NASA have sometimes had trouble with power supplies in satellites . They pay a lot of money for them . Microsoft's new games consoles had a 3% failure rate with the power supplies . They didn't "fail": they overheated . They were a fire risk . Computer power supplies will usually fail "downwards" , giving no output on one or all of the outputs . If they are overloaded they will usually shut down . If Dell or any other computer hardware manufacturer found a failure rate in any component as high as 3%, they would be changing theiir suppliers . Fast . MS probably don't care . They're used to a 100% failure rate in their software . :D |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 470594 | 2006-07-15 03:57:00 | I should have born a woman I have changed my mind and will get a Dell PC. After going to Warehouse Stationery, DSE, Noel Leming, Hill and Stewart ( thats only the ones I remember) the Dell would have the most bang for bucks. If its communist chinese internals crap out, when I die I will haunt all the people who told me Dell ok. As well as shoddy engineering, technically according to Foreign Affairs we are still at war with communist china because the Korean war ended only in a truce. Might be the dumbest thing I ever did. tedheath |
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