Dell computers

[Haggis_]

Well almost zero OEM computers that you can buy are for enthusiasts like the folks here :P

Correct, but if I needed a laptop i would consider a Latitude or Presicion

[Overl0rd]

Correct, but if I needed a laptop i would consider a Latitude or Presicion

Absolutely! All the Latitudes I've ever had still work haha

[Cacao]

So wtf is a gateway pc then, or did no one see a £750 pc with a mere i5 2320. Dell does rip you off if you can make your own pc but if you cant then they have great prices and they are by far not the worth oem company.

Definitely! Look they only charge 420$ for that 256gb SSD to go together with your 20,000$ computer.

 

[Haggis_]

Absolutely! All the Latitudes I've ever had still work haha

even the batteries?

[Overl0rd]

even the batteries?

Only the ones that are over a decade old have...well... some issues haha

[polymoth]

for years I have bin using dell as a hardware provider for mid rage systems, there small biz support is supervene but you pay extra for it.  but I have not used the consumer stuff so I cant say what there like.

[Lil Chillbil]

I have a love hate relationship with dell

 

 

Love: It was my 1st computer

Hate: it was my 1st computer

Love: their monitors

Hate: their workstations

Love: support team

Hate: Alienware

etc...

[Genecidalic]

In my experience dell is never worth what you pay

[hellyt6]

I got an amazing deal on a Dell Inspiron 15-3521 this past summer, one reason why I still kinda support Dell; i3-3227U, 6GB of RAM, and a 500GB hard drive for $412 after kentucky sales tax of 6%. Any similar laptop from a different brand would have been well over $500. And my poor old Dell Dimension 4600 would still be running fine if the Pentium 2.8GHz Northwood hadn't of came down with Sudden Northwood Death Syndrome :(

[GoodBytes]

Here is the thing with Dell... See Dell as 2 companies:

1 company for home product, the other for business class.

 

Home products especially the Inspiron series are pretty much crap. XPS and Alienware are not bad. However, Dell crap, isn't other manufactures crap. It wont' fall apart as you open the box. But don't expect, for example, an inspiron laptop survive past 3 years, taking it out for school every day. You get what you paid for. The system comes with junk (although not bad.. HP and ESPECIALLY TOSHIBA are bombarded with junk). After sale service is meh, with a stretch. They don't listen to you, takes time, not great, the person that talks to you follows the wizard on the screen, and that's that. You get what you paid for.

 

Business class products (you don't need to be a business to order from there), is a different story. They products are better built, smarter engineer (for example, my Dell laptop, a Latitude series, has a 1 screw slide out panel, and a 6 screws, the motherboard is out. It has less screws then my desktop computer. Also the fan is rarely spins, and when it does, it's very quiet (unless I play a game or something)). Such laptop will easily surpass 5 years (assuming you are taking care)... you will be probably change it due to performance over issues. However, it must be noted that Dell has drop a lot in built quality since the past 4 or so years. They used a lot better. It's not awful, but it's not tanks, something what they used to be. You have to be careful with them. Also the looks aren't great. The system are junk free, or almost (maybe just Office trial or something like that, hat is easy to uninstall). Special request can be done, depending on your region... like no labels on palm rest, or OS disk or recovery disk if you so desire to have them (get OS disk, it's better). The warranty service, also got a hit, but it's still ok. They listen to you, they are  a bit flexible, and service is generally better. Battery life of these system are generally better also.

 

What makes Dell really competitive, is their warranty. Business class systems have (at least in Canada and US), for most models: 3 year warranty MINIMUM, and not the usual 1 year. So you know that at least they back their product to some level. And also, they have next business day on site service. So if you have a problem with your desktop or laptop, a contracted certified technician comes to YOU, at the time you want, to come and fix the laptop in front of you, allowing you to:

 -> Make sure that the problem is solved

 -> Make sure that the work is done properly

 -> Always have your laptop or desktop in hand.... No need to ship it.. wait until the company receives it, wait for them to evaluate the problem, then fix it, then wait for it to ship back.

Definitely worth the premium price.

[brownninja97]

In my experience dell is never worth what you pay

Try to beat the price of an insprion, its damn near impossible, include shipping fees as well. That is where they make the most amount of money.

[GoodBytes]

Shipping is free for laptop and desktop (at least in Canada and US). If not, call to place your order, they always give it.. If you get the more expensive systems like XPS or Latitude, you can negotiate a price and free upgrades.

 

When I got my latitude E6400, after negotiating I got:

 -> Intel Wireless N card

 -> DVD burner (it's a 5 years old laptop.. still amazing today!)

 -> high resolution (1440x900) non glossy, LED back light (that was a nice upgrade fee)

 -> 9-cell battery upgrade from 6

 -> 350$ off

 -> Linksys wireless N router

 -> I think more RAM (2GB to 4GB) but don't recall for certain.

 

all free

 

Pretty good.

[_wky]

My mother's laptop is a Dell and it's had few problems so so far so good IMO.

[Stephie_Girl]

@GoodBytes said it all.

[DeViLzzz]

I opened a Dell to do maintenance on this pos surfing rig that my mom and dad had and it was actually worse than dealing with an Xbox 360.  It was very similar but I rate it worse for sure.  I got done the work needed done on the Xbox 360 far faster than the Dell.

 

Dell also is evil for not putting psus that would be appropriate for decent upgrades in all of their systems.  Seriously stop with the 250 watt and 300 watt psus.

[JaeDee884]

Dells are great as an enterprise or corporate level, but terrible at consumer products. also badass servers.

Sourse: owned 5 consumer grade dells and now work in a workplace where i manage 80 dells desktops, 30 laptops, 30 netbooks and a dell server and UPS.
 

[legopc]

i once had a pentium 3 dell laptop with 128mb ram and 2mb vram but still it worked realy good it still works right now