BUYER BEWARE: Dell

[Dee]

Could it be that you've confused £ with $? There's still quite a difference!!! $1500 is around £800...whereas £1500 is around $2740!

[Jeff]

Did a little more research and came up with this:

http://www.aqstech.com/1150pj.html

Dell really sucks.

[taters]

Dell sucks :evil:
Not sure about their laptops, but the last couple of their low and mid-range desktops I've seen (the insides) are absolutely horrible. Bad chipset, bad memory config, bad upgradability, evil Intel Extreme Int. video, blah blah blah. Really, unless you buy one of their top-of-the-line XPS', you will get some really crappy hardware.
Not sure about their Tech support but sounds like it's horrid as well. :roll:
I would recommend checking out their forums and a range of other places around the web - someone must have a clue about it.
(that's how I've found out what the 5yr-old eMachines, which was given to me, had inside of it and what it could and could not support)

Edit: Looks like you already found a solution, nevermind >_>

[gamer007]

Heh, surprisingly my friend has a Dell. Never had a problem with it. He did reformat once, but I don't think it was a problem with the computer. He's had it for several years now when 3.4Ghz was top-of-the-line, so I think 2-3 years ago.

I do prefer homemade computers. Get the parts myself, know what brand each part is, etc. Also cheaper.

[drezha]

My brother has a Dell desktop and isn't that bad.

Admittly I upped it with a GFX card and an extra 40Gb hard drive and I thing he's stuck a 512Mb RAM stick in at some point during it's quite long life (Celeron CPU :shock: )

No problems what so ever and the case design is quite good. All modular etc. Hats off to them for that.

[Strongbow]

spjeff69, DELL didn't listen then...

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=32723