http://www.physorg.com/news99382735.html

There is no worst, most retarted

company then DELL, most clueless tech suport, most mentally chellenged web interface, there is so much retardness in this company from top to botom, that they would have gone brankrupt ages ago if they didnt sell those pcs prety cheap ,

lets hope soon there end willcome,
just like ford,

http://www.technologyreview.com/sens/

Yes, and your masterful use of the English language does nothing but benefit your credibility. Idiot.

My strategy for buying from Dell is to buy refurbished. Here is my line of reasoning. A new PC or laptop are both cherry, with the new car smell. But these are manufactured with cheap non-techie labor, so defects occur. The refurbished are given to the trained tech geeks, to get them up to specs so they can be resold. The last one I bought was perfect because of the top notch techies doing the refurbish, before it ships. It cost me 20% less and never needed any secondary tech support. If you buy new, the new car smell fades and may then require support, all for extra cost.

The first time I did it, there was a little self esteem conflict due to losing the bragging rights of buying new. But as I thought about it, I could to get a machine, with upgraded components, at the same price, due to the discount. The expert techies doing the refurbish will also give me an additional quality control check, until it is 100%. I decided to use my common sense and forget about my vanity.

Yes I totally agree, refurbished is the way to go.

I bought a refurbished Dell (Inspiron 3800), but the thing died* within 2 years. Luckily I had a 30 day Waranty because I bought refurbished - D'oh. I view refurbished with caution (i.e. I don't go there). A refurbished computer is a way for techies to take advantage of the average consumer by dumping all of their currently functional but soon to die (conveniently soon after waranty) junk and convincing the consumer to not only pay for it but to think they got a good deal because they got a "discount". What a scam.

I don't see how a poor command of the English language precludes validity, nor how a mastery of English qualifies intelligence.

*The $150+ battery died within a few months, the hard drive developed an ever increasing number of damaged clusters, some of the keys (notably ctl and shft) grew insensitive and eventually stopped responding, the screen went too dim to use.

Well, I bought a dell XPS laptop, and it works like a charm. Haven't had any complaints, except with vista, but that's Microsoft to blame :/

I forgot to affirm Morpheus that I also disdain Ford, for basically the same reasons given for his/her disdain of Dell. I can't believe I almost neglected that opportunity. Very poor Mustang experience, which I actually bought new in this case.