Guest Jed Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 Compaqs suck, Dell doesn't. Do any of you people that say Dell sucks even have a Dell? Seriously, they're fine....I've had a Dell desktop for 2 years now and we've never had *any* problems with it, unlike my Gateway that had 2 HDD failures and 1 CDROM drive failure. Albeit, they were covered on the warranty, but we lost all of our data twice on the Gateway.... And ironically, buying parts and assembling isn't always cheaper. With holiday sales, I got a brand new Dell computer that was about 300 dollars cheaper than the one I was planning on building. Go figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 18, 2003 Author Share Posted December 18, 2003 Originally posted by Jed Compaqs suck, Dell doesn't. Do any of you people that say Dell sucks even have a Dell? Seriously, they're fine....I've had a Dell desktop for 2 years now and we've never had *any* problems with it, unlike my Gateway that had 2 HDD failures and 1 CDROM drive failure. Albeit, they were covered on the warranty, but we lost all of our data twice on the Gateway.... And ironically, buying parts and assembling isn't always cheaper. With holiday sales, I got a brand new Dell computer that was about 300 dollars cheaper than the one I was planning on building. Go figure. I am gonna have to agree with Jed on this one I mean can't judge a book by its cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StormHammer Posted December 18, 2003 Share Posted December 18, 2003 I hate Dell and Gateway, because their customer service in the UK is abysmal, let alone their flawed products. The only good thing I can say about them is that their PC's still work 7 years on with every day use - at my workplace. But I had to resolve every single technical issue with those machines myself. So I'm glad Gateway pulled out of the UK market...and I wish Dell would follow suit. I also hate Compaq, Olivetti, Packard Bell, and to an extent, Hewlet Packard (they make some decent printers though). I don't like Time computers. Viglen was always overpriced. I'll never forgive MJN for taking an order, taking our money, and then going bankrupt. You know...when it boils right down to it, a lot of PC makers are basically crap in one way or another. Whether it's cutting corners with the technology, overpricing their products, crappy customer support or just plain naff quotient, there are few decent PC builders in the marketplace. Evesham and Mesh are two of the better PC manufacturers in the UK at the moment. DIY looks ever more appealing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 19, 2003 Author Share Posted December 19, 2003 Well I never have to get service for my PC cause I am a technician so I work on PC's lol. But when I have to call I am sure Ill get some foriegn guy I can't understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t3rr0r Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Originally posted by Datheus In all honesty... all package computers suck... unless you've got money, then falcon northwest is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegietto Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 I like dell it is so cool that is a great computewr company my uncle has a dell laptop and that thing was so fast i love to play on it but someone messed it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MennoniteHobbit Posted December 19, 2003 Share Posted December 19, 2003 Sorry, but I HAVE had a Dell Computer. It was an Dimension, an it kept crashing on me. When it froze up with the frickin "This computer has caused an illegal operation," I shut it off manually after ctrl+alt+delete. Then, after it rebooted, it always popped up a message saying it couldn't find a PS/2 mouse connected. WHAT??? Anyways, I don't care fro TECH support. Most tech support is crappy anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Even if it is bad, which I don't think it is, anything is better than Compaq. And the illegal operation message isn't Dell's fault; it's your own fault. You have to scandisk and defrag if you get those messages. Dell rocks, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 20, 2003 Author Share Posted December 20, 2003 Well anything beats a comcrap (compaq). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joetheeskimo Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Originally posted by DarkLord60 Well anything beats a comcrap (compaq). LOL! Compaq should really change its company name to that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 Well, I haven't ever owned a brand name comp, except My Computer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 20, 2003 Author Share Posted December 20, 2003 Self-built are the best! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted December 20, 2003 Share Posted December 20, 2003 No kidding. I built mine fore about $800 and its top of the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 and think I spent $1,600 not including upgrade on mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Fisher Posted December 21, 2003 Share Posted December 21, 2003 Really? What are the specs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLord60 Posted December 21, 2003 Author Share Posted December 21, 2003 Dell Dimension 8200 P4 2.53Ghz 533Mhz FSB 1GB RDRAM PC800 ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB 80GB Hardrive 7200 RPM 10GB Hardrive 5200 RPM 16X DVD ROM CD Burner (old crappy on I dont even now specs at the moment) Audigy 2 Platnium Soundcard Klipsch Pro Media 5.1 17" Flat screen M782p CRT and more............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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