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Are Dell any good?
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They are cheap and cheerful. My laptop is Dell and it is a fabby wee thing, my brother has a Dell laptop and no problems with that and my parents have a Dell computer that runs really nicely. I would always recommend Dell to anyone looking for a premade computer.
His friend who owns a technology solutions company and deals with all the different companies refuses to use them or deal with them also.
He shall rant if I ask him why and I shall just because I'm bored for you
Here is why they are cheap though...
"Dell uses parts that are other companies quality control rejects"
Dell don't actually manafacture anything if I remember correctly. I know for certain that most 'Dell monitors' are actually made Nokia, Panasonic and Sony - or they were 5 years ago.
They bundle stuff together and stamp the Dell logo on it.
let him rant then, it's not much if he just hates them for no reason.
The only problem is that Dell like to build computers thier way, so that you can't fit most normal PC parts and have to buy their expensive parts.
Having said that, I was putting a CD-RW drive into my Dad's at Xmas, and it was easy to do. The case side panel was attached by a simple release lever, and the IDE and power cables where there and it took about 15 mins total to figure how the front panels came off an fit the drive. It would've been a different matter to fit a floppy drive though as there isn't a bracket for one - but you can buy one from Dell for about £15!!! :eek: See what I mean about parts.
On the whole, if you want a basic fast machine for the net, office software, bit of photo editing, etc, then they're great and I'd reccomend one.
DO DELL Laptops use weird memory?
I know DELL Desktops were made to use their own memory which costed 3 times more then anyone else and same with DELL Printers, their ink is also very pricey.
However. You get less bang for your buck. I recently did an investigation into different computer suppliers and incorporated what you exactly got for your money - and dell were the worst value for money. Less power, more expensive. But its all bundled and looks nice.
For the average PC user who will just use the net and MS word it will be fine, and you'll never really be left wanting. For anyone who wants to push the performance and get the best value for money, stay away from them.
My brother has one though, its ok, except it didn't come with any DVD codecs so he sent it back (lol). Then he was playing a football game and first problem was the joypad didn't set up correctly, and then when he was playing the game the lag was horrific.
But they have to make their money somewhere
Although not many people will recommend this, have a look on eBay. You can get some good deals off there, get slightly older systems that will do everything you want but be dirt cheap. A similar system to mine was on there for about £175 (excluding monitor) and that outperforms my brothers new dell massively which cost about £400.