Everyone's using DELLs

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: puffff

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I work with pretty much everything dell makes and I recommend not buying one to anyone looking for a computer.

maybe all you see are faulty dells because if the computer was working well, you wouldnt be working on it?

So, Dell makes a computer that's about as good as any other computer but they make up for it by providing horrible customer service? No thanks. I'll never buy a Dell.

 

[imthebadguy]

i got the dell monitor and a dell lappy, pc i built myself tho

 

[us3rnotfound]

Originally posted by: imthebadguy
i got the dell monitor and a dell lappy, pc i built myself tho

k

 

[sharkeeper]

What I meant by previous statement was that when you get your little Dell pos, there are a ton of processes, like support, mcafee bloated center AV, mmjb, etc, and that's about 55 processes.

Nothing the FDISK dance cannot handle. FDISK >*

Zim Hosein

Check your PM.

Cheers!

 

[lokiju]

I'm reading this on my Dell Inspiron 5150 (provided by/for my job)

 

[Drakkon]

I have a dell laptop (700m) dell monitor (2001FP) and dell computer (400sc) and non have had any issues and all of them are excellent machines
have 10 dell desktops at work and they have less issues than the "self built" machines that our company decided to get cause our IT guy at the time thought it would be a "good idea"
The only dell i've ever seen go bad to date at my company is a two year old laptop that had a HD go bad, it was an hitachi drive though so not really "dell's" fault...

 

[dionx]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Even in the TV shows. Stargate SG-1, 24... everyone is using dells.

if you want 24, it seems like most of the good guys use Apple computers. i can't remember the bad guys using Apple computers, just some generic brand PC

 

[sharkeeper]

I'm waiting for a 1280x720 Axim X70.

Cheers!

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: us3rnotfound

Originally posted by: DnetMHZ

Originally posted by: us3rnotfound

Originally posted by: werk
I :heart: Dell.

and the 55 processes that run in the background by default :roll:

Who puts a machine into production with the default setup?

What I meant by previous statement was that when you get your little Dell pos, there are a ton of processes, like support, mcafee bloated center AV, mmjb, etc, and that's about 55 processes.

Thanks

Hmm...none of the hundreds of Optiplexes I've bought from Small Business or Enterprise in the past few years have any of that stuff on them.

 

[Lumathix]

Yah, just today the office IT chick was wishing they'd gone with Dells instead of toshibas.

 

[cmdrmoocow]

Dell has the marketing down pat.

'nuff said.

 

[virtuamike]

Terrorists use Alienware. The good guys use Dell.

 

[Jpark]

i notice that a lot of movies use macs.

 

[Tab]

Typing this on a 2005 WFP...

 

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I work with pretty much everything dell makes and I recommend not buying one to anyone looking for a computer.

Out of curiosity, why? I was in charge of supporting ~1200 Dells at my previous job and we didn't have too many problems with them. One thing that did happen that I wasn't too pleased with was when we received a new shipment of desktops and one of the IDE cables was not plugged in. That is not something you expect on a brand new computer, especially since we were in the habit of just plugging them into the network and installing the image for that particular model and delivering them. Nothing major, but a bit of a hassle.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Originally posted by: Zim Hosein

Originally posted by: CorporateRecreation
I work with pretty much everything dell makes and I recommend not buying one to anyone looking for a computer.

Out of curiosity, what brand would you recommend CorporateRecreation?

The best option if youre not willing to build yourself is to order a custom built PC from an online store. I have suggested Monarch because they only charge $18 to build an AMD system.

 

[suse920]

Originally posted by: OREOSpeedwagon
not me

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Originally posted by: virtuamike
Terrorists use Alienware. The good guys use Dell.

Damn, go terrorists!!! lol

 

[sharkeeper]

Out of curiosity, why? I was in charge of supporting ~1200 Dells at my previous job and we didn't have too many problems with them. One thing that did happen that I wasn't too pleased with was when we received a new shipment of desktops and one of the IDE cables was not plugged in. That is not something you expect on a brand new computer, especially since we were in the habit of just plugging them into the network and installing the image for that particular model and delivering them. Nothing major, but a bit of a hassle.

With that many users, the biggest problem is going to be PEBKAC

Cheerios!

 

[ActuaryTm]

With the consumer line, I would tend to agree with CorporateRecreation.

With a number of the business lines (as a whole), I would have to disagree. Most of the PowerEdge line is very solid as far as reliability, quality, and performance are concerned. As most know, a number of the PowerEdge line products can also serve as workstations as well.

Though the SC420 seems to have a problem ot two (am sure I speak for many that miss the days of the 400SC). in general the machines are very well built, with high quality components inside and out. The only unfortunate trade-off is the often use of propreitary components (power supplies, motherboards, cases, etc).

 

[Mik3y]

not smallville! they use macs!

 

[Albis]

product placement. it's all about product placement

 

[Mik3y]

not smallville! they use macs!

 

[dionx]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
not smallville! they use macs!

i've seen them use alienware in a few episodes. i think it was the computers that lionel luther "donated" to the torch. the color was obviously kryptonite green

 

[MercenaryForHire]

Originally posted by: Lumathix
Yah, just today the office IT chick was wishing they'd gone with Dells instead of toshibas.

Wow @ your office having an "IT chick" instead of "The Amorphous Computer-Fixing Blob"

- M4H