Dont buy a Dell. The customer support is terrible. Friday I spent 45 min holding and another 20 mintutes trying to decode what the person was trying to say. Saturday another 30 min on hold and 35 minutes trying to translate his language. Nobody speaks english at Dell. They try to save money yet it winds up costing them more in the lenght of the calls.. What a joke..
Derek.
Did you get the issue resolved? If not, what’s the problem. I know a thing or two about them fricken computers. 
PM me if you wish
Thanks Tom, I called Qwest and I was trying to enter a pop3 e-mail after a hard drive replacement( got 1 year out of it) but I needed an http instead..
Thanks for the offer..
Sure thing. Anytime. 
Sorry for your experience but I LOVE my Dell. I bought the extra in home warranty. Mine went funky and they diagnosed a bad motherboard over the phone with some things they had me do while on the phone and a repair man came to the house and replaced it for free. I was very satisfied.
–Whitey
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Sorry for your experience but I LOVE my Dell. I bought the extra in home warranty. Mine went funky and they diagnosed a bad motherboard over the phone with some things they had me do while on the phone and a repair man came to the house and replaced it for free. I was very satisfied.
–Whitey
that’s fine and dandy but will the come out to 9 mile or the south end gravel to fix the puter? 
I have no idea where those places are–but they sub contract to repair places all over the country to get each area covered.
–Whitey
I got a small computer shop and my best customers are dell owners. If it wasn’t for dells I would went under years ago.
So everone buy a dell and keep all small computer shops going.
moe
Moe which computer do you see the least in your shop?
The dell dim 2400 is the common one I see the most. They build these computers so the thy will just start up and that is about it.
moe
What brand of computer do you own?
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The dell dim 2400 is the common one I see the most. They build these computers so the thy will just start up and that is about it.
moe
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What brand of computer do you own?
Custom built of course with good components not crap like most vendors.
The key to a good PC starts with the motherboard “mainboard” and filters down with the rest of the system hardware components.
It’s not that hard you can build a custom PC for a decent price these days.
I spent about $600 on my last one and it’s real nice….you could spend much less and still have decent system.
Ive got the 2400 and I would agree. I’m rebuilding it piece by piece. All said and done, I should have about $2000 into this piece of junk. The only thing left will be the tower casing. $1200 for a tower casing. 
I have two Dells, only had one problem when tried to down load service pack2. When I called customer service they walked me threw it to get it fixed. Yes they do speck different language but you have to have patience. 
[quoteYes they do speck different language but you have to have patience.
Well my opinion is ( I know it doesn’t matter ) if you buy it in America and it is American made then when you need help you should be able to speak to a American.
My computer is a custom built. I got around 3000.00 in it but ever time something new comes out I want to try it.
You can build a nice custom computer now days for around $350.00 and still use good parts.
The biggest problem with manufactured computers (DELL, Gateway, HP, etc) is that they come preloaded with crappy software. Most of the issues, that I’ve noticed anyway, is when you try to add software or hardware. The best way to purchase a computer IMHO is to have it built by a company (nano systems in St. Paul is a good one). This way it only has on the things you need. Drivers, Operating system. There isn’t all the preloaded crap. The others may be cheaper but that all depends on how valuable your time is.
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The biggest problem with manufactured computers (DELL, Gateway, HP, etc) is that they come preloaded with crappy software.
Drives me nuts…..I think Toshiba is the worst now 14 ICONS running in the system tray……what realy sucks is they don’t give you the Operating system “XP” disc any more all they give is the recovery disk with all their crap on it.
What I do or sujest to do is Wipe the drive of crap and get rid of XP Home and install XP PRO clean….and life is much better for all.
I replaced my hard drive in my dell with one from Walmart and can say its running 10 times better than it did before.
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