Dell computers...Opinions pls (good or bad)
26 June 2006, 04:40 PM
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Depends on what you are after and how much you want to spend. We've got loads of them at work and they are good reliable machines.
I've got one of their laptops which has been an excellent machine, and a couple of friends / relations have their desktops which have also been faultless.
Personally I've been impressed. Not had to use their tech support yet myself, but I've heard from other people that it's no worse than anyone elses...
I've got one of their laptops which has been an excellent machine, and a couple of friends / relations have their desktops which have also been faultless.
Personally I've been impressed. Not had to use their tech support yet myself, but I've heard from other people that it's no worse than anyone elses...
26 June 2006, 04:49 PM
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Had a dell laptop for 4 years now and the only problem I've had with it was a faulty power supply - phoned up and got a new one within 2 days.
Would certainly consider another.
Would certainly consider another.
26 June 2006, 04:50 PM
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^^^ Ditto what Iain has said.
We have got an office full of them ( 40+ ) and they are good solid machines and very rarely go wrong ( hardware wise )
Plenty of colleagues have them at home and same again, they are decent reliable machines.... A faulty graphics card was swapped within 2 days, albeit after making a phone call to India.
Some good deals to be had if you keep an eye on the website...
We have got an office full of them ( 40+ ) and they are good solid machines and very rarely go wrong ( hardware wise )
Plenty of colleagues have them at home and same again, they are decent reliable machines.... A faulty graphics card was swapped within 2 days, albeit after making a phone call to India.
Some good deals to be had if you keep an eye on the website...
26 June 2006, 05:09 PM
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I've bought about 450 this year alone. Perfmormance-wise they are nothing special. If you want a top performer, buy an Alienware. But, the service is excellent, reliability is good and the price is unbeatable.
26 June 2006, 05:10 PM
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Should have mentioned I bought one of their 19" TFT monitors from Aria for £187 and its been fantastic, and the built in 4 port USB hub has been great.
Only thing I'd say against them is that they are quite expensive for RAM - best thing is to buy a machine with the minimum and buy more from crucial for example.
Only thing I'd say against them is that they are quite expensive for RAM - best thing is to buy a machine with the minimum and buy more from crucial for example.
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26 June 2006, 05:30 PM
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OK for a bog standard office workhorse but not suitable for anything performance minded. I`d consider them as the bottom of the range for PC`s. And annoying *******s to work on. Why do they have to wrap the HD`s up in those stupid plastic caddies ?.
26 June 2006, 05:54 PM
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OK for a bog standard office workhorse but not suitable for anything performance minded. I`d consider them as the bottom of the range for PC`s. And annoying *******s to work on. Why do they have to wrap the HD`s up in those stupid plastic caddies ?.
26 June 2006, 06:45 PM
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Had a Dell Inspiron for a couple of years. Excellent laptop, and the only failure was fixed with a home visit.
Replaced it with a Vaio twice the new cost, and very dissapointed......
Should have stuck with Dell!
Replaced it with a Vaio twice the new cost, and very dissapointed......
Should have stuck with Dell!
26 June 2006, 06:57 PM
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Blimey!! Dell are really good.
Originally Posted by GE90
Had a Dell Inspiron for a couple of years. Excellent laptop, and the only failure was fixed with a home visit.
Replaced it with a Vaio twice the new cost, and very dissapointed......
Should have stuck with Dell!
Replaced it with a Vaio twice the new cost, and very dissapointed......
Should have stuck with Dell!
26 June 2006, 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by _Meridian_
For what? OK office machine (albiet with rubbish cases), but useless at gaming if that's your thing.
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26 June 2006, 08:09 PM
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hehe what spec and price 
XPS 700 (D06XP5) £3,614
Includes VAT & Shipping
XPS 700 (D06XP5)
Description Product Code SKU Id
Base:
Intel® Pentium® D Extreme Edition Processor 965 (3.73GHz, 1066MHz fsb, 2x2MB cache) 62823 [210-15965] 1
Microsoft Operating System:
Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 20646 [619-10705] 11
Cover It with Dell Support Services:
Upgrade to 4y Next Business Day On Site 62405 [680-13179] 30
Memory:
2048MB DDR2 667 [2*1024] 42404 [370-12107] 3
Hard Drive:
1 TB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x500GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache] 61198 [400-12586] 8 CD/DVD Drives:
16x max. DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD 62973 [429-11876][429-11878][429-12248] 16
Media Card Reader:
Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader 61179 [385-10420] 366
Video Card:
DUAL 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 7900GS graphics card 61091 [490-10535] 6
Physics PCI card:
128MB Ageia™ PhysX™ PCI Card 61220 [221-10000] 625
Speakers:
Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System 52838 [520-10483] 18
Sound Cards:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music card,PCI w/Dolby Digital,7.1 speaker surround and THX certification
XPS 700 (D06XP5)
£3,614Includes VAT & Shipping
XPS 700 (D06XP5)
Description Product Code SKU IdBase:
Intel® Pentium® D Extreme Edition Processor 965 (3.73GHz, 1066MHz fsb, 2x2MB cache) 62823 [210-15965] 1
Microsoft Operating System:Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2 20646 [619-10705] 11
Cover It with Dell Support Services:
Upgrade to 4y Next Business Day On Site 62405 [680-13179] 30
Memory:
2048MB DDR2 667 [2*1024] 42404 [370-12107] 3
Hard Drive:
1 TB Serial ATA RAID 0 Stripe [2x500GB 7200rpm drives with DataBurst™ cache] 61198 [400-12586] 8
CD/DVD Drives:16x max. DVD+/-RW and 16x DVD 62973 [429-11876][429-11878][429-12248] 16
Media Card Reader:Internal 13-in-1 Media Card Reader 61179 [385-10420] 366
Video Card:DUAL 256MB nVidia™ GeForce 7900GS graphics card 61091 [490-10535] 6
Physics PCI card:
128MB Ageia™ PhysX™ PCI Card 61220 [221-10000] 625
Speakers:
Creative Inspire T7900 7.1 Speaker System 52838 [520-10483] 18
Sound Cards:
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music card,PCI w/Dolby Digital,7.1 speaker surround and THX certification
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27 June 2006, 11:10 AM
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hmmm - i have a dell and its a reliable machine, but i feel sometimes they are a little overpriced and the amount of pre loaded unneccersary software is rediculous!
other than that good make - not the only top make though so keep an eye open!
other than that good make - not the only top make though so keep an eye open!
27 June 2006, 11:14 AM
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What preloaded software? I didn't get anything pre-loaded on my laptop except for the operating system and a trial version of mcafee. The machines we got from them at work didn't even have that (just the OS). Just interested
I always thought they were really good value for money (not overpriced when compared to other manufacturers of comparable quality machines). You can get cheaper, but I've found that without exception, the quality suffers...
I always thought they were really good value for money (not overpriced when compared to other manufacturers of comparable quality machines). You can get cheaper, but I've found that without exception, the quality suffers...
27 June 2006, 11:15 AM
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27 June 2006, 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by NotoriousREV
I've bought about 450 this year alone. Perfmormance-wise they are nothing special. If you want a top performer, buy an Alienware. But, the service is excellent, reliability is good and the price is unbeatable.
we buy nothing else ( have about 8 thousand machines) , they are a good work horse,
tell us what you want it for, for an office pc you will not go wrong with Dell or HP
if its a home pc build your own just for fun, really easy as long as you don't start pissing around overcocking it
27 June 2006, 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by lightning101
. I can think of far safer ways of spending £2k
27 June 2006, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
But would you buy a pc from a practically unknown company, advertising on ebay, called Interweb Technologies . I can think of far safer ways of spending £2k
. I can think of far safer ways of spending £2k
28 June 2006, 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by WRX_Rich
for what its worth I am sure Dell own Alienware
we buy nothing else ( have about 8 thousand machines) , they are a good work horse,
tell us what you want it for, for an office pc you will not go wrong with Dell or HP
if its a home pc build your own just for fun, really easy as long as you don't start pissing around overcocking it
we buy nothing else ( have about 8 thousand machines) , they are a good work horse,
tell us what you want it for, for an office pc you will not go wrong with Dell or HP
if its a home pc build your own just for fun, really easy as long as you don't start pissing around overcocking it
28 June 2006, 02:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Iain Young
But would you buy a pc from a practically unknown company, advertising on ebay, called Interweb Technologies . I can think of far safer ways of spending £2k
. I can think of far safer ways of spending £2kI bought my last pc in that way and its been faultless.
28 June 2006, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by The Snug Rhino
I bought my last pc in that way and its been faultless.
I know of several people who have bought machines from similar outlets, and have been stung very badly, (and I've had to pick up the pieces being the resident computer expert - if only they'd asked me before buying them...)
28 June 2006, 06:09 PM
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Just to thread hijack slightly - about to buy a Dell Lappy for a mate. He's not very happy about paying nearly £60 for delivery. Do you reckon I'd be able to haggle with them over this?
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28 June 2006, 08:00 PM
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Dell quite often offer free delivery as an offer, so you may be in with a shout.
Also - if you order from their website its usually cheaper to order stuff as a small business rather than a home user.
Also - if you order from their website its usually cheaper to order stuff as a small business rather than a home user.