Comment Dude!! Can I get an AMD with that? (Score 1) 116
I stopped buying Dell for several reasons. First let me say Mr. Dell is brilliant and truly did like Mr. Gates build a great company. Dell caved to greed and lost it's "the customer is always right" feel IMHO.
BTW
I'm currently dual booting on a Shuttle box that has XP Pro and Red Hat FC5 for 64-bit AMD. The XP Pro is such crap with all of the security patches and Norton that I could get quicker responses out of my old 486 Gateway running OS/2 or Windows 3.1 but enough of that.
Dell stopped giving me choices. They pushed the price WAY UP. They laid off their true asset which was great customer service. The first time I got a guy in India that was reading from a script and couldn't trouble shoot a PC missing a power cord I was done.
If I'm going to buy from a company that is off shoring everything www.shuttle.com is a GREAT option for the money. My last laptop was a Compaq (HP) and they built it in Bejing. Put it on a plane to Alaska and then flew it to the States where I got it a few days later.
I fully loaded 64-bit AMD with fast HD and nice options was less than 1K. Dell still thinks I want to pay 5,000 for this GREAT GAMING laptop that would prove to anyone with a brain that I don't realize either how to buy a good box for the money or build my own.
I want good quality for a cheap price. Dell has put in gimmicks. Tossed out their support. Offshored the engineering talent. Put dumb looking PC's in a pretty box. Then sends me WAY over down catalogs to induce me to buy.
The value of a Dell has gone down. The quality of a Dell has gone down. The service of a Dell has gone down unless you live in India.
The only thing that has gone up are the prices. The places I can find their stuff at like every Mall in the US. Also, they are into EVERYTHING now. I don't really care to EVER buy a TV from Dell. No offense to anyone out there who has but I'm going to stick with my Sony WEGA HD TV. If something is wrong with the Dell I don't want to talk from someone in India about it.
HP is cheaper with BETTER quality. HP has offshored a lot of stuff BUT they give me choices like AMD processors AND they have local people supporting their stuff.
DELL is out to lunch. I see nothing in a DELL catalog that would make me think twice about paying DOUBLE for their brand name.
BTW
I am using a Dell flat panel at the moment and it is the nicest I've ever owned. I do still look at their flat panel screens. ;-)
Maybe there is still hope?
BTW
I'm currently dual booting on a Shuttle box that has XP Pro and Red Hat FC5 for 64-bit AMD. The XP Pro is such crap with all of the security patches and Norton that I could get quicker responses out of my old 486 Gateway running OS/2 or Windows 3.1 but enough of that.
Dell stopped giving me choices. They pushed the price WAY UP. They laid off their true asset which was great customer service. The first time I got a guy in India that was reading from a script and couldn't trouble shoot a PC missing a power cord I was done.
If I'm going to buy from a company that is off shoring everything www.shuttle.com is a GREAT option for the money. My last laptop was a Compaq (HP) and they built it in Bejing. Put it on a plane to Alaska and then flew it to the States where I got it a few days later.
I fully loaded 64-bit AMD with fast HD and nice options was less than 1K. Dell still thinks I want to pay 5,000 for this GREAT GAMING laptop that would prove to anyone with a brain that I don't realize either how to buy a good box for the money or build my own.
I want good quality for a cheap price. Dell has put in gimmicks. Tossed out their support. Offshored the engineering talent. Put dumb looking PC's in a pretty box. Then sends me WAY over down catalogs to induce me to buy.
The value of a Dell has gone down. The quality of a Dell has gone down. The service of a Dell has gone down unless you live in India.
The only thing that has gone up are the prices. The places I can find their stuff at like every Mall in the US. Also, they are into EVERYTHING now. I don't really care to EVER buy a TV from Dell. No offense to anyone out there who has but I'm going to stick with my Sony WEGA HD TV. If something is wrong with the Dell I don't want to talk from someone in India about it.
HP is cheaper with BETTER quality. HP has offshored a lot of stuff BUT they give me choices like AMD processors AND they have local people supporting their stuff.
DELL is out to lunch. I see nothing in a DELL catalog that would make me think twice about paying DOUBLE for their brand name.
BTW
I am using a Dell flat panel at the moment and it is the nicest I've ever owned. I do still look at their flat panel screens.
Maybe there is still hope?
