How many of you Anandtech members are on the Dell?

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Muadib

Lifer
May 30, 2000
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Originally posted by: Twista
wtf, we at anandtech stand united and DIY!
Heh, that's what I thought too. I have Dell Axim x50v, but's that's it. I had a Dell laptop for work, but I traded in for a desktop system, and they gave me a hp.

My next machine will have dual processors, but that's at least a year away. Perhaps it will be a Dell, but I doubt it.
 

Engineer

Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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3 Dell's and 3 Dell LCD's. Even a "free" Dell that I gave away for X-mas. Love Dell Hot Deals! ;)
 

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I'm using an HP wrapped around an Asus A7V8X-LA and Athlon 3000+ CPU. It's got two HDDs, CD-Writer/DVD-ROM, and NEC DL Burner. All masters on their own HDD controller. Oh, and the damn thing is quiet as a tomb! I'd have purchased a Dell instead, if they had been offering a better deal at the time.
 

tami

Lifer
Nov 14, 2004
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my dells are swell too. i build my PCs but i go dell for laptops all the way.
 

sixone

Lifer
May 3, 2004
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I have had a Dell in the past, and would buy one again. But I parted the last one to upgrade mobo/CPU on the cheap. I recommend Dells to newbs so they can get decen tech support from someone other than me.

 

sourceninja

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Mar 8, 2005
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Dell LCD's but not pc's. I have a few shuttles, a nice amd64, and some old white box's from the mid 90's.

 

BoberFett

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I have a Dell server (dual P4 SC1600) but my two desktops and several secondary boxes are custom Athlon based machines. I may buy a Dell laptop. I guess it's a mixed household.
 

Insane3D

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May 24, 2000
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Originally posted by: Viper GTS
I outgrew the urge to play with hardware years ago, my current PC is a Dell.

Viper GTS

Why would playing with hardware be something to outgrow? Is there some age cutoff when it's not "cool" to work on your own hardware anymore? :confused:

:)
 

loup garou

Lifer
Feb 17, 2000
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Originally posted by: tami
my dells are swell too. i build my PCs but i go dell for laptops all the way.
:thumbsup:
Homebuilt main machine and MCE box, 700M laptop.

I'm planning not to upgrade until Vista's been out for a while, so I'll probably replace my main machine and MediaCenter box with Dells (and new Dell LCDs for the main machine). :)
 

Ornery

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Is there some age cutoff when it's not "cool" to work on your own hardware anymore?

When it's cheaper to buy a turn-key box, for less than you can buy the parts. There's NOTHING to stop you from upgrading a pre-built. But, paying more money for the same parts, just for the sake of playing with hardware, is something only kids (and immature adults) would do.
 

eLiu

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Jun 4, 2001
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Nope...not on a dell. 2 dell monitors though :)

Though at the office I have a Dell machine. I have no complaints against it. My family also bought from Dell until ~5 yrs ago when I started building computers. Those were good machines too...back in the day when Dell's cases weren't these crazy contraptions.
 

MDE

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Jul 17, 2003
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I have two old Dell CRT monitors, that's all. I've got one Intel based system and the only reason I have it is the deal I got on a Fry's combo.
 

ThisIsMatt

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Aug 4, 2000
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Your poll options don't apply to me. I use a dell because I got it for free with a 19" lcd during their Dellf sweepstakes last Christmas. I doubt you'd turn it down...3.2ghz HT, 512MB DDR2 (up to 1gig), CDRW, DVD, 1905FP LCD, 80gig SATA (plus 160gig & 120gig). Only complaint is that the video card is anus and I don't feel like paying for a new one (ATI x300se pci-e), and the LCD ghosts pretty bad).