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will_wonka

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Rupert wrote:
Mac Book Air = pretentious

Or

Mac Book Pro = 17 inches of c**k

Dell rules

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misery wrote:
Ohhh not a good choice

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Tue Jul 08 2008 5:23am

Rupert

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will_wonka wrote:
Dell rules

Well all I can say to that, is that I never had a Dell computer last longer than a year and a half to two years.

I’ve had desktops & laptops & each one was wonderful when it was new, but slowly started to degrade over time, until it turned into treacle around the two year mark. If I had a pound for every time I ended up rebuilding Dell computers.

I also found Dell’s helpline absolutely useless & downright frustrating. I would never go near one again.

Until recently I had a creaky old Apple Performa which I bought in 1993, which I had kept to run one particular application I never could replace & it outlasted & out performed any Dell PC I ever had.

I’m a MAC man at heart & have been for years, currently running an iMac & a Mac Book Pro. But that’s for my own personal use. At the office we run PC’s & in recent years I’ve got everything changed over to HP & for a PC I would definitely recommend HP as the only way to go, be it desktop or laptop.

Funnily enough, there’s a lighting control software package I use on site, which runs under windows, so I got an Acer Aspire laptop to run it, as I just wanted something cheap ‘n’ cheerful. I must say that it’s a fine machine indeed, most surprising & would prefer it to any Dell laptop I had in the past.

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:06am

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I'd say you had bad luck then Rupert. I have rolled out literally thousands of Dell PCs and laptops in my lifetime and have had nothing but low failure rates and excellent support. All my kit at home is Dell, apart from my work-supplied laptop which is HP (and rubbish)... although I just bought a new laptop for my sister, which is also an HP (excellent online bargain from Ebuyer) and is actually quite a nice bit of kit.

Smarticus, in reality there's no need to spend £500 on a decent laptop simply for "home" use and I have to say that buying a laptop from ANYWHERE on the high street so to speak is never going to get you a good deal... sorry

Finally, and imnsho, any PC or laptop that Apple makes is form over function and you would have to pay me to own one. Who cares whether your laptop weighs as much as a slice of bread? Not me.

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:17am

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S - Smarticus did actually get a good deal on that specific laptop - I know it sounds strange, but in this case it was a good deal (I checked a few trade prices)

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:19am

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Tue Jul 08 2008 9:22am

shmoogle
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Kaine wrote:
S - Smarticus did actually get a good deal on that specific laptop - I know it sounds strange, but in this case it was a good deal (I checked a few trade prices)

Fair enough K...

OK, so I should maybe rephrase that. You are unlikely to get the best deal on the high street

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:25am

Kaine
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I agree - normally they are not competitive - in the short term however there are deals to be had on the high street - they need to shift stock a most have pre-orders that they are already liable for so need to jut get rid - combine that with the normal volume rebates they get means they will shift stock under cost (I'm talking Currys etc)

Kaine

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:29am

Rupert

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shmoogle wrote:
I'd say you had bad luck then Rupert. I have rolled out literally thousands of Dell PCs and laptops in my lifetime and have had nothing but low failure rates and excellent support.

Perhaps so, but geez Dells have broke my heart over the years.

shmoogle wrote:
All my kit at home is Dell, apart from my work-supplied laptop which is HP (and rubbish)...

...... & I've nothing but success with HP's.

Amazing isn't it ??

What works for one, doesn't for the other.

shmoogle wrote:
Finally, and imnsho, any PC or laptop that Apple makes is form over function and you would have to pay me to own one......

I've always found PC's to be irritating in the extreme in their operation, in fact downright awkward & obstructive. The only exception being XP, which I do quite like.

But I just love the way the various Apple OS's work.

We are as you could say..... At one with each other

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:42am

shmoogle
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Once a Machead, always a Machead

You're lucky I'm not your IT manager then

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:48am

Rupert

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Ah the Macs for my own use.

At the office I'm running a fleet of HP's all humming along nicely on XP pro & a nice tidy little server running SBE

Long may the tranquillity last I say

Tue Jul 08 2008 9:52am

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Tue Jul 08 2008 9:53am

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Oi

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Tue Jul 08 2008 9:57am

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Tue Jul 08 2008 10:05am

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Lucky I ducked so

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