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| Thread ID: 70720 | 2006-07-13 23:04:00 | Dell Computers | tedheath (537) | Press F1 |
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| 470605 | 2006-07-16 01:10:00 | Wait until they are out of warranty and try to get replacement parts..... Can you go into a bit more detail on that point? I've heard they used nonstandard parts, but never investigated. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 470606 | 2006-07-16 01:50:00 | Can you go into a bit more detail on that point? I've heard they used nonstandard parts, but never investigated. Simply put, they are built mainly with customised parts. If something goes wrong you could have trouble getting parts to fix it. Especialy if it is more than twelve months old. Then if you want to upgrade it, how are you going to do it? Exactly the same comments apply to HP. and all other cheap mail order computers. Just ask yourself, why are they so cheap? As with most products, the cheapest is not the best value for money. |
JJJJJ (528) | ||
| 470607 | 2006-07-16 02:05:00 | Probably 98% of computer buyers never ever upgrade their computers. They buy them, plug them in and use them. They don't rush out to buy the latest games, which will require more memory, more disk, and a faster CPU. They don't queue up overnight to buy a new release of Windows, which will require ... They buy a computer to perform some tasks. And after 5 or 10 years, they might buy a new computer. ;) Many companies buy hundreds of computers to run their businesses. They don't want computers built by computer science graduates. They want computers which will do the job, at a reasonable price. Many of them buy Dell computers. A Dell is probably not for Jack. It's not designed to fly upside down through a bridge. For Ted, why not? |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 470608 | 2006-07-16 02:41:00 | If you have low or no expectations then go ahead and buy a Dell, it will full fill them perfectly. ooohhh.....and is that a fantasy statistic I see there, they work well to back up an empty argument. |
Metla (12) | ||
| 470609 | 2006-07-16 05:06:00 | Probably 98% of computer buyers never ever upgrade their computers. A lot of my customers do. They add things like DVD drives, more ram, bigger hard drives. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 470610 | 2006-07-16 07:25:00 | A lot of my customers do. They add things like DVD drives, more ram, bigger hard drives. All of those things should be just as easily upgradable on a Dell aren't they? they use full size hard drives & optical drives in all the ones I've looked at. You can replace the origional hard drive & optical drive, but there is often only enough power, connectors & space for one of each |
Greven (91) | ||
| 470611 | 2006-07-16 12:55:00 | What do you need it for? Gaming? Go Custom . I did, saved a bit of dough that way . . . Before the local ETC Branch closed down, gotta go up to auckland if it buggers up on me :annoyed: Ask some sales people in (Proper PC Shops! Not K-Mart or some place WHERE THEY DON'T KNOW (Profanity of choice goes here) ) Then go somewhere else, if the advice matches, ask on this forum again . If you want a no-frills PC, then go with Dell I guess . Be advised, all that we are saying is ADVICE . Not an order . It's your cash, not ours . (Always easier to spend someone elses money :thumbs: ) But what people are saying on here is generally good sould advice . Good luck with your new PC! (P)Cornot(PC) P . S Wish my Dad would upgrade his, cos I wanna :badpc: it real good . Thank goodness I saved and brought my own :) |
Cornot (10386) | ||
| 470612 | 2006-07-17 02:17:00 | I count 3 very anti Dell posters here, always giving it some!!!. ****! I am not pro Dell, however what the 3 euthuiasts are forgetting is that when jow bloggs buy a PC from Dell, they get the std 1 yr warranty, O/S ($400), heaps of software and a very reasonable machine for what they require. What Dell do NOT do is supply a PC driving license, which in most cases is why they break! Do you guys have any idea how inept some poeple are with pc's? I have 5yr old servers, that haven't missed a beat and Dell P111 desktops still going after 7yrs. In a manged environment where they are looked after they have lasted well. If you are serious about anything, you never buy off the rack, but search for specialist equipment or customise as you would do for cars. Some people just need to bleat & whine, they will get over it I'm sure. Dell has some very good deals for joe public, joe gamer/tweaker may wish to search further afield. :2cents: |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 470613 | 2006-07-17 04:32:00 | ... A lot of my customers do..Of course your customers are a significant proportion of the buyers of over 125 million PCs sold each year? Many of the customers of Dell, and Compaq, IBM, etc, buy tens of thousands in one order. They lock down the OS, and their employees work on them. The computer boxes are never opened. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 470614 | 2006-07-17 04:42:00 | Just ask yourself, why are they so cheap? JJJJJJ, just a note!, Dell and other big name brands get HUGE discounts for most of their components, because they use so many and neg exclusive deals, NOT because they are cheap parts . . . . They also manufacture PC in enormous qualities, so production is cheaper . . . . LOL Do you think they would sell so many PC's if there cheap parts kept failing? There are massive Amercian corporations who use soley Dell equipment . |
SolMiester (139) | ||
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