[geeks] can't wait for Vista

[Bill Bradford]

On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:02:36PM -0500, velociraptor wrote:
> Because I would never give Dell any of my own hard-earned money.  I
> have never had a Dell machine (at $ork) that wasn't anything but total
> crap.  And I know plenty of people who have had nothing but bad
> experiences with them as well.  It may be anecdotal, but it's my
> anecdotes.  Likewise never purchasing a Toshiba with my own money--too
> many DOA's at Cisco.

For all of the crappy Dell systems I've dealt with, I've got a few 
diamonds in the rough, too.  My 2.6Ghz P4 desktop on my desk here at work
is ~2.5 years old, and the only problem I've had with it was that the HD
died at two years (which Dell replaced under warranty).  Other than that,
rock-solid.

I also can't beat the price or support on LCD monitors.  I bought a 19"
E196FP back in February.  3-4 months ago it developed some bad pixels.
I emailed Dell support at 7pm on a Saturday with the order number, my
customer number, etc, and described the problem - two and a half hours
later I had an email that said "the replacement will be on your doorstep
on Tuesday" - and it was.  

Sure, they sell shit, but they sell half decent stuff too.

Bill

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Bill Bradford 
Houston, Texas