[aldo_14]

For some reason we get Dell brochures, and everything in them is grossly overpriced........

[Charismatic]

@aldo-- The Irony..

Il get a dell.. well.. when i save up 300$ from a weekend job..in which i save most of the money i get in the firstplace.

[vyper]

Originally posted by Admiral Nelson
Oh, I sure understand how they do that for their own products, like computers.  I'm still astonished at such a cheap price for a camera lens.  Today the exact same lens was on sale for _another_ $40 less, so i cancelled my first order and ordered again.  I am AMAZED that I could buy a 10-22mm lens for $580!  The cheapest price I see elsewhere is $745! With deals like that I say Dell ROCKS!!!

Trust me when I tell you that you don't want protectionist policies against Asia then.

[Hunter]

Dell have some nice monitors and stuff...

[Stealth]

Originally posted by Kazan

pfft.  Dell > everyone else.  i've used them for my users for quite a while, and never looked back.  their support is unrivaled, their prices are good (just bought three desktops, with 3.0 ghz processor, 512 MB RAM, office 2003 standard, windows xp pro, 60 GB SATA drive, 17" flatpanel, mouse, keyboard, speakers, cd-rom, floppy, integrated sound and video, etc. and i paid under $1000, including overnight shipping.  try to beat that with any other manufacturer... you can't do it).  they don't load their systems with crap that HP does.  their laptops, desktops, and recently i've even tried their servers, are all great.  no problems.

[Sandwich]

Originally posted by Hunt Smacker
Dell have some nice monitors and stuff...

Gee, y'think?

[Fineus]

Nah, they're a bit small for my liking.

[n00by]

And they never put a single AMD into their comps - so they MUST be bad!

But even if they did, I still prefer building my own. Yuo decide what gets put in there - nothing more, nothing less.

[mikhael]

Originally posted by Kazan

Originally posted by redmenace
I personally don't trust any pcs built by manufacturers

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I used to feel the same way. Now that all I do, day in and day out, is go to businesses all over the state and service peoples machines, the last the I want to do is service my computer when I get home.

My next computer will be a desktop from a major manufacturer with a next day or same day on site parts and service warranty.

[CP5670]

If you don't have time to built it yourself, I've heard that Monarch offers excellent pre-built systems and support for lower prices than most OEMs; their hardware prices have always been very good and they don't charge much extra for putting everything together themselves.

The Latitudes of about 3 years ago were pretty solid. Beefy hinges, fans, big case, etc. They slimmed them down and started using lighter plastics at some point in the last year or two (most easily seen in the much cheaper and more awkward release button) and will probably start bulking them back up fairly soon.

Mine is a little over a year old, so I guess I got one of the crappy ones. Are you referring to the release button for the PC card slot? That thing is so annoying to work with.

[Kamikaze]

My complaint with Dell laptops are their horrible touchpads. They're unresponsive and the buttons are annoying.

I'm quite fond of Thinkpad touchpads though as it's high quality. The touchpad has 3 buttons and there's also an eraser stub mouse with its own set of buttons.

[CP5670]

Aren't all touchpads unresponsive to some degree or another? The Dell I have also has the pointer stick thing with separate buttons, so I always use that and have just disabled the touchpad driver altogether.

[Krackers87]

i hope they burn in hell.