Y the F would anyone buy a dell?

[Pikachu]

My dad's budget Dell box has been trouble free since 2002. Same with my inlaw's of the same year. Neither could be built for what Dell sold them for. That also goes for this rig, which was delivered today.

I get the impression you'd be struggling with any PC you got your hands on.

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: The Devil Himself
Drudge, you're getting a Hell!

We have a ship full of them. They have issues but most of it is PEBKAC. I'm 99% certain of that.

 

[MX2]

Dell technicians?

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: MX2times
Dell technicians?

Wow is that a Pentium Pro to the left? SIMMs? LOLZ! :laugh:

I gotta get me some socket 8 cpuz and SIMMz for shore.

 

[zainali]

you need to learn how to beat dell at their own game. all it requires is a little patience.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Dritnul
rewiring it again

Originally posted by: Dritnul
hmm not quite i left the wiring the same

So, which is it?

 

[Pikachu]

Let me know when your patience can yield a machine with these specs for this price.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: Dritnul
hmm not quite i left the wiring the same only disconnected it and reconnected it all to the same slots i also cleaned the connectors

as for all of you who address my english i'm an american citizen born here spoke english my whole life got a B+ in college english which i took 2 semsters of im sorry that i dont give a piss this is the internet not a term paper

Huh, didn't realize that grade inflation had reached such a critical level. Or maybe it was a community college?

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Someone has to say this: I think you meant, "I whole heartedly regret..." not "heartily".

 

[theslickvik]

I think Mike Dell Buys Lenovos

 

[Trikat]

If you stack coupons and discounts right you will not beat the price of a deal computer.
I absolutely hate their computers so I will never buy Dell except their monitors.

 

[EKKC]

$1004 after tax and shipping got me

2407FPW
XPS 700 awaiting to be shipped in the next weeks
2GB RAM, 7900GTX, etc etc.
free Conroe/Core2Duo upgrade from P-D 920
4 year warranty

dell is my new religion. nuff said.

 

[Lumathix]

my XPS600 Rocks. You suck!

 

[McGyver]

rule of thumb, if u need a nice laptop at a bargain, u buy it from dell; if u need a cheap basement pc not intended for upgrades, u buy it from dell; if u know what u're doing and neff around ATHD a lot, u assemble ur own.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Pikachu
Let me know when your patience can yield a machine with these specs for this price.

i like how that thread turned into a discussion of whether the dell's case was any good based on their financials

 

[BD2003]

Originally posted by: EKKC
$1004 after tax and shipping got me

2407FPW
XPS 700 awaiting to be shipped in the next weeks
2GB RAM, 7900GTX, etc etc.
free Conroe/Core2Duo upgrade from P-D 920
4 year warranty

dell is my new religion. nuff said.

How on earth did you manage that? The 2407 is like $700 alone...

 

[Old Hippie]

How on earth did you manage that? The 2407 is like $700 alone...

I was wondering the same thing. Gotta be a magic calculator.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: EKKC
$1004 after tax and shipping got me

2407FPW
XPS 700 awaiting to be shipped in the next weeks
2GB RAM, 7900GTX, etc etc.
free Conroe/Core2Duo upgrade from P-D 920
4 year warranty

dell is my new religion. nuff said.

:shocked:

 

[CPA]

Holy one sentence paragraphs, Batman!

 

[J Heartless Slick]

Most people I know use their computers for MSOffice, email, and surfing the internet. A A Dell fulfills their computer needs perfectly.

 

[wiredspider]

You suck at computers, bought a retail computer to only perform upgrades on it? Unless you got a crazy deal that was less than what you would pay for barebones, would you do something like that...

Don't listen to your parents if they don't know what they are talking about.

 

[Pikachu]

I like how al the shitferbrains in this thread keep talkin' about how a cheaper PC can be built with patience, or coupons, but never back it up. Then there's the lamers saying they're only for web surfing. Somehow I don't see people like EKKC using theirs for simple web surfing or office apps!

 

[pcnerd37]

Your first mistake was that you listened to your parents in regards to computers.

Your second mistake is that you didnt have a spine and bought a Dell.

Your third mistake was that you tried to use a Saphire ATI card. NEVER BUY SAPHIRE!!!

I dont know which mistake is worse, but at least that is the start of a list. Hopefully you will learn from this.

 

[RU482]

people that hate dell are the same people that hate GM

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: Pikachu
I like how al the shitferbrains in this thread keep talkin' about how a cheaper PC can be built with patience, or coupons, but never back it up. Then there's the lamers saying they're only for web surfing. Somehow I don't see people like EKKC using theirs for simple web surfing or office apps!

Yeah, my $275 Dimension 5150 is doing a great job as an HTPC, no web surfing/office work on it!

And *gasp* I upgraded it with an additional HD, TV Tuners and a new video card! I thought you couldn't do that with Dells???