There's nothing wrong with Dell
I've had a Dell desktop and a laptop for three years and there is nothing wrong with them.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:21, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

I used to work for dell,
there is plenty of things wrong with them, most importantly is the non standard parts they use. Making it very hard to get anything fixed cheaply after the waranty expires.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:23, Reply)

there ARE plenty of things wrong with them.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:31, Reply)

They use standard hard drives, they use standard PCI slots
they use standard RAM, they use standard PSU, what else likely to go wrong with your computer do they use non standard parts for?
(Bazongaloid, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:31, Reply)

tempans are the main thing, it's a metal board that holds parts rigid in shipping.
blocks access to a lot of the bits, and has a habit of dropping solder on to the motherboards causing shorts.

Not all the time or anything, still relativley rare, but it's a pain in the arse to fix and caused a few hundred waranty claims a day when I worked for them.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:37, Reply)

I've worked on many Dells with custom Dell ram that's useless in anything else

( Peej, Fri 5 Mar 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I endorse this.
Had a horrible job upgrading an Optiplex. Problem was the non-standard motherboard configuration.
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Fri 5 Mar 2010, 13:32, Reply)