There's just no right choice.
That's what I'm afraid of.
My food is problematic.
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sj - Sep 28, 2011 10:16:36 am PDT #17946 of 25501
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Liese S. - Sep 28, 2011 10:16:49 am PDT #17947 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Dude, Dell. IJS.
Okay, trufax.
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2011 10:22:19 am PDT #17948 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh, there's a wrong choice, all right. And that wrong choice is HP. There's just no right choice.
Ha! Well, I'm not getting an HP, after they decided to make it impossible for me to replace the power supply on my desktop.
Dude, Dell. IJS.
People have also said good things about Dell, but I haven't really been able to play with them in the store and get a feel for them.
There's just no right choice.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Or maybe all choices are right except for HP.
Toddson - Sep 28, 2011 10:26:22 am PDT #17949 of 25501
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
heh ... my office recently switched from Dell as our standard for computers to HPs. oops?
§ ita § - Sep 28, 2011 10:29:12 am PDT #17950 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dell support expected me to take apart a laptop as part of their support effort. I'd love to see them try that with my mother or sister. Or you know, the average laptop buyer. I refuse to buy Dells for the family anymore.
SuziQ - Sep 28, 2011 10:33:44 am PDT #17951 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Our work computers are Dells and I've had pretty good luck with them. That said, my next home laptop will likely not be a Dell. We have a Windows store near us and I'm thinking of going there.
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2011 10:34:07 am PDT #17952 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Oh wait, you were saying Dell is bad ? Oh, good, they're not in the running anyway!
SuziQ - Sep 28, 2011 10:35:07 am PDT #17953 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
My work Dell is great. My home Dell has been fine, but since I can customize all the features, I usually go overboard and I really don't need anything fancy.
Beverly - Sep 28, 2011 11:07:56 am PDT #17954 of 25501
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
My last three laptops were HPs, I banged the hell out of them and ran them like mushers, and I love HPs to pieces. You take the logos off all the display models in Best Buy and watch my sticky fingers reach for the HPs. H is a Toshiba fan. It's a personal preference.
I'm not saying there aren't better machines. I just *like* HPs. They feel good, they look good to me, and I can't fault their performance, other than battery life. And that has gotten better.
NoiseDesign - Sep 28, 2011 12:41:43 pm PDT #17955 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I've got three Toshibas that are all over 5 years old and still run just fine. Mechanically they are great, they are just way out of date now.
For customer service and build quality I end up buying Apple, even when I reformat them and install Windows for the OS. I've got 10 Mac Minis running Windows 7 at the moment.