Is This A Joke?

[Fluffernutter]

Is this a joke? Never have a seen a system so woefully built in 2022. 4GB of NON-ECC RAM, 128GB of storage, and a mid-grade out of date Intel Core i5. And the regular price of being ~$1500+ is offensive! My cellphone from last year has a better screen, more RAM, a mobile baseband, and a faster processor... and cost less, what a concept. Dell is insane.

[Somerandomtechyboi]

Estimated value 1500$ my ass, that thing is tops 700$ value, not to mention the garbage low power i5 (obliterated by amd cause has less cores than a comparable ryzen 5)

 

Neither do i see any reason to buy this pile of trash, its not even ecc so might aswell be a 500$ consumer laptop and not a fake workstation laptop

[Fluffernutter]

It's really something to say my iPhone has more RAM. Really, what an absolute joke.

[v0id]

Would this have anything to do with the semiconductor shortage? Like in normal times this would probably be $699 or something, but since chips are so hard to come by, maybe that would explain the rise in price? Either way, it's a ripoff but so is paying $1000+ for a GPU that MSRPs for $500, so go figure.

[Fluffernutter]

On 2/28/2022 at 8:47 PM, v0id said:

Would this have anything to do with the semiconductor shortage? Like in normal times this would probably be $699 or something, but since chips are so hard to come by, maybe that would explain the rise in price? Either way, it's a ripoff but so is paying $1000+ for a GPU that MSRPs for $500, so go figure.

Nope. It's because it says "Precision" in the title. They think people will pay anything for that name. I can get a Lenovo with a Core i7, 16GB of the same non-ECC RAM, 512GB WD SSD, and a 400-nit Dolby Vision display with DCI-P3 coverage (albeit nowhere near cinema grade or calibrated probably). But the cost for the Lenovo, for business with 3YR on-site warranty is ~$950. I could get one with a Ryzen 7 and a 1TB SSD for LITERALLY even cheaper. It's a complete farce.

[Roswell]

On 2/28/2022 at 8:33 PM, Fluffernutter said:

Is this a joke? Never have a seen a system so woefully built in 2022. 4GB of NON-ECC RAM, 128GB of storage, and a mid-grade out of date Intel Core i5. And the regular price of being ~$1500+ is offensive! My cellphone from last year has a better screen, more RAM, a mobile baseband, and a faster processor... and cost less, what a concept. Dell is insane.

 

On 2/28/2022 at 8:53 PM, Somerandomtechyboi said:

Estimated value 1500$ my ass, that thing is tops 700$ value, not to mention the garbage low power i5 (obliterated by amd cause has less cores than a comparable ryzen 5)

 

Neither do i see any reason to buy this pile of trash, its not even ecc so might aswell be a 500$ consumer laptop and not a fake workstation laptop

 

On 2/28/2022 at 9:19 PM, Fluffernutter said:

It's really something to say my iPhone has more RAM. Really, what an absolute joke.

 

On 2/28/2022 at 9:47 PM, v0id said:

Would this have anything to do with the semiconductor shortage? Like in normal times this would probably be $699 or something, but since chips are so hard to come by, maybe that would explain the rise in price? Either way, it's a ripoff but so is paying $1000+ for a GPU that MSRPs for $500, so go figure.

 

7 hours ago, Fluffernutter said:

Nope. It's because it says "Precision" in the title. They think people will pay anything for that name. I can get a Lenovo with a Core i7, 16GB of the same non-ECC RAM, 512GB WD SSD, and a 400-nit Dolby Vision display with DCI-P3 coverage (albeit nowhere near cinema grade or calibrated probably). But the cost for the Lenovo, for business with 3YR on-site warranty is ~$950. I could get one with a Ryzen 7 and a 1TB SSD for LITERALLY even cheaper. It's a complete farce.

 

6 hours ago, Arika S said:

Is a Dell 3xxx series. No it's not a joke, they are actually just that shit.

 

This laptop isn't intended for you, it's intended for large business use. It's not "overpriced" because of the name, it's "overpriced" because of the 3-5 year next day onsite service contract you tack onto it for $100-300.

 

People ignorantly whining about business products with business support with business pricing will never cease to amaze me.

[Dirtnapper]

Because mass public think dell and hp are the best thing since sliced butter.