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well actually I've always liked dell, but
I recommended them to many people and have personally purchased three brand new ones.

I was given an OptiPlex Pentium GXi 200 for free recently, which is sat here on my desk running FreeBSD. Apart from a crappy BIOS, the hardware of the Optiplex is marvellous, very easy to take apart and replace things.

I've also bought many professionally, and used many that others have bought.

But recently I recommended a low end Dell for a friend, and it works great. The only really terrible thing about it is that it has Intel 845GL graphics built in, which is the same as Dell supply on low end laptops. BUT here is the horrible thing: NO AGP connector. The holes are on the board, but to save the $0.20, they haven't soldered a connector on the board!!!! This is just really really crummy. I felt really embarrased that, if he'd wanted to, he couldn't move his Geforce2 over from his old 1GHz system to his new 2.7GHz system. That was just nasty.
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As I've said before - Dell=GARBAGE  ITGuy04 | 10/08/04
lol  doh123 | 10/08/04
well actually I've always liked dell, but  hipparchus2000 | 10/10/04
What to buy?  IT Scion | 10/11/04
I couldn't agree more  middle of nowhere | 10/13/04
al-queda plot?  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
Hmm..Maybe Bush should order an attack?  DigitalKid | 10/08/04
If only we could blame this on North Korea . . .  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
Or Kerry could ask for UN sanctions?  Letophoro | 10/08/04
UN sanctions  IT4ever_z | 10/08/04
or Buch could call up the draft  dave95 | 10/08/04
But we'd have to have a coalition...  achavez382 | 10/11/04
Ya really......  middle of nowhere | 10/13/04
The Real Cause  BlackDiamond | 10/08/04
LHPM  Roger Ramjet | 10/08/04
Dell Power Adapters  jack@... | 10/08/04
Re: Lowest bidder  Me_too | 10/08/04
Dell adapter  TBerens | 10/08/04
Re: Website service is denied. Why?  Me_too | 10/08/04
power cord works as well as the recall link  Shrubscout | 10/08/04
Dell Website Shutdown  MENINBLK | 10/08/04
Darn, Dell, Apple, having hardware issues  FilledOut | 10/08/04
Does ANYONE test their power adapters?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 10/08/04
Re: Plug them in?  Me_too | 10/08/04
Maybe stress + manufacturing tolerance is the cause  hipparchus2000 | 10/10/04
Failures etc.  trm1945 | 10/08/04
recall ?? 7 outta 4.4 million ain't too bad  motorhead_z | 10/08/04
Tell that to the people who had the house fires.  BigRed_z | 10/09/04
OK, 7 out of 4,400,000 aint bad  achavez382 | 10/11/04
complain to CPSC about dead recall link.  BigRed_z | 10/09/04
The recall link is up and operating.  BigRed_z | 10/09/04
Sorry I Purchased a DELL  Bob Petito | 10/10/04
you think HP is better?  doh123 | 10/11/04
DELL = CRAP TRUE CASE HERE  Bio_nuclear | 10/11/04
So True...Dell sucks  Steve1591 | 12/16/05
Dell Adapter Recall Other Models Too?  edjoshua | 02/06/06

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