[dba-Tech] OT: Dell is cr.p

We used Dell exclusively here until we were bought by another company,
in 2001, and switched to HP/Compaq. Now virtually all the PCs, servers
and laptops here are HP, and they're pretty reliable.

Funny thing was that I was a huge fan of Dell, and argued a case for
using them instead of HP when we were taken over, but their delivery
times really let them down in management's eyes.

At home is a different matter though... My dad has a HP laptop, my mum
has an Acer (although that's supplied by her school). All the desktops
we've had since our first PC (Amstrad PC1512) have been home built. I've
built servers, desktops, you name it... I'm in the market for a laptop,
and I'd dearly love to be able to build my own, purely to cut down on
the amount of dross you get with a prebuilt system, but I guess the
technology isn't there yet.


Jon

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan
Harkins
Sent: 07 May 2008 13:12
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] OT: Dell is cr.p


I know many of you frown on Gateway, but I've been using 2 for the last
6 
years or so and I love them. I've never even needed their tech support
--  
don't even know if they have one.

Susan H.


> Hi Gustav:
>
> I agree with you. One of my contracts is to install Dell products in 
> both residence and business locations. The worse problem is not the

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