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 p.3 #13 · All you selling D300s are fools | |
Their business line has virtually no pre-installed software, certainly no more than any other business computers, and usually less. Their consumer line seems about par for the course as well, actually, though there are usually a few useless utilities on it, and I typically recommend buying from small business partly for that reason. HP, Gateway, Compaq, Sony... all very guilty of loading up consumer machines with junk.
There are exceptions to the pricing, especially on the high end, but quite frankly, there is NO WAY that most computers can be built, with an OS license and a monitor, for the mid-to-low range of the Dell systems. At the highest end, when you've paid for all of the upgrades, the price jumps - but again, compare apples to apples here, which is prebuilt systems. I've yet to see ANY high-end prebuilt system that compares in price to a user built system.
At the mid to low end, though, the prices are ridiculous. The last system I purchased was a Core2Duo, 3gb of RAM, Vista Business, and a 20" S-IPS digital flat panel and it came out at $600 with free shipping. A S-IPS flat panel and Vista Business alone will run you $600, or more.
Anyhow, this is all off topic and I'd be quite willing to argue all day about this, since I've bought, serviced and supported a couple thousand Dell machines in the last 7-8 years, but it sounds like we both have our minds made up  . Dell isn't stellar, no doubt about it - but they're a lot better than the most vocal detractors would have you believe.
Edited on May 27, 2008 at 08:48 AM
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