Comments on: Dude, I Can’t Believe I’m Getting a Dell http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2008/05/29/dude-i-cant-believe-im-getting-a-dell/ Ranting and Raving Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:12:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Isaac Rivera http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2008/05/29/dude-i-cant-believe-im-getting-a-dell/comment-page-1/#comment-391915 Isaac Rivera Sat, 31 May 2008 03:09:08 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001208#comment-391915 And Rusty already owns a mac... but he wants this machine for toying with Java 7, which he won't be able to do on a mac for the next 3 years at least. And Rusty already owns a mac… but he wants this machine for toying with Java 7, which he won’t be able to do on a mac for the next 3 years at least.

]]> By: Alexander Langer http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2008/05/29/dude-i-cant-believe-im-getting-a-dell/comment-page-1/#comment-389889 Alexander Langer Thu, 29 May 2008 19:38:04 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001208#comment-389889 I like Dell. I started buying Dell server for my former employer some 8 years ago and they stuck with it ever since, even got resellers. I bought myself a Dell Inspiron notebook three and a half years ago and it still runs and runs and runs - and it runs an awful lot of time every day. I had to replace the keyboard (found out it doesn't like mik too much) and the power adapter. but that was done with a phone call late afternoon and the other day I got received the replacement part. Others around me started to buy Dell PCs and notebooks and they love 'em! I still recommend Dell for Windows or Linux users. I myself finally switched to an Apple iMac at home two weeks ago and I have to admit, that I never felt more home on a system, be it DOS, Windows, TOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, Ubuntu, Irix, ... I like Dell. I started buying Dell server for my former employer some 8 years ago and they stuck with it ever since, even got resellers. I bought myself a Dell Inspiron notebook three and a half years ago and it still runs and runs and runs - and it runs an awful lot of time every day. I had to replace the keyboard (found out it doesn’t like mik too much) and the power adapter. but that was done with a phone call late afternoon and the other day I got received the replacement part. Others around me started to buy Dell PCs and notebooks and they love ‘em!

I still recommend Dell for Windows or Linux users. I myself finally switched to an Apple iMac at home two weeks ago and I have to admit, that I never felt more home on a system, be it DOS, Windows, TOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, Ubuntu, Irix, …

]]> By: mumin http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2008/05/29/dude-i-cant-believe-im-getting-a-dell/comment-page-1/#comment-389851 mumin Thu, 29 May 2008 18:16:37 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001208#comment-389851 Good luck! That's all I can say. Dell is simply the worst company in the business for support. I'm sure you are capable of doing maintenance, but the real problem with Dell is the quality of the parts in the original units shipped over the past 3-4 years. If (for example) a MB is bad, you're not going to replace that yourself. You'd assume it is under warranty. That is when you'll enter Dell Hell. And you are going to install third-party apps! Surely any problems will be attributed to the software in those apps. Dell is fine for big orgs, since there is (usually) a person to handle all the problems as a paying job. But when you buy one or two from them yourself, _you_ are on the hook for the service and support calls. And this is too well documented to even repeat. IMO the NY ruling will have 0 effect on them, since if they haven't gotten the message by now I don't think they'll get it after the ruling. Like I said - good luck. If even the smallest thing goes wrong, you'll need it! Good luck! That’s all I can say. Dell is simply the worst company in the business for support. I’m sure you are capable of doing maintenance, but the real problem with Dell is the quality of the parts in the original units shipped over the past 3-4 years. If (for example) a MB is bad, you’re not going to replace that yourself. You’d assume it is under warranty. That is when you’ll enter Dell Hell. And you are going to install third-party apps! Surely any problems will be attributed to the software in those apps.

Dell is fine for big orgs, since there is (usually) a person to handle all the problems as a paying job. But when you buy one or two from them yourself, _you_ are on the hook for the service and support calls. And this is too well documented to even repeat. IMO the NY ruling will have 0 effect on them, since if they haven’t gotten the message by now I don’t think they’ll get it after the ruling.

Like I said - good luck. If even the smallest thing goes wrong, you’ll need it!

]]> By: John Cowan http://www.elharo.com/blog/tech/2008/05/29/dude-i-cant-believe-im-getting-a-dell/comment-page-1/#comment-389775 John Cowan Thu, 29 May 2008 17:17:12 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/?p=1001208#comment-389775 Let's hope it's not like the <a href="http://www.legallanguage.com/poems/onehossshay.htm" rel="nofollow">"Wonderful One-Hoss Shay"</a>, a tale of planned obsolescence and its opposite that all engineering types should read. Let’s hope it’s not like the “Wonderful One-Hoss Shay”, a tale of planned obsolescence and its opposite that all engineering types should read.

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