Author: Charles Worthington
Date: 12:56:25 02/22/03
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On February 22, 2003 at 15:08:54, David Rasmussen wrote: >On February 22, 2003 at 11:41:12, Charles Worthington wrote: > >> I have no doubt that they can be built cheaper than Dell builds them. But i >>have three hour same-day service if it breaks :-) > >That _is_ a good thing. Good service can be worth paying for if you need it. It >still does not change the quality of the product to begin with. > >>And You can not build them >>faster than the current high end processors will allow. whether it is built by >>dell or by me a 3.06 is a 3.06. > >That is simply not true. Different components have different performance >characteristics. Also, stability and responsivity of the system can vary widely. >My old home built Celeron 300A felt way faster than some 600 MHz Compaqs I've >worked with. Of course in raw calculating speed, the 600 MHz was faster. But the >same goes for two 3.06Ghz machines. One can feel much slower than the other, and >one can actually be slower than the other for computer chess. Properties besides >speed are important too. Noise, heat, lifetime, stability etc. Why buy a machine >that is slower, noisier, generates more heat and breaks down quicker and crashes >more often and costs way more, just to get some service I would never need in >the first place if the quality was good? None of my own computers have ever >breaked down, and they get used a lot. I just sell them when it's time for an >upgrade. > >/David I have built several of my own machines and never has a problem doing. Building computers is about as simple as it gets. In my case I buy from Dell for several reasons: 1. habit: I have always bought my machines from them and am familiar with the ordering process and the approximate time it takes for them to build and ship them. 2. price: Even though Dell is not the lowest priced source for computers I find that the overall Package is worth it. The clam shell design of their cases makes them easy to access and the cases are well insulated against sound. 3. service: I have always gotten fast, reliable service from dell. Once I had a monitor that had a very unstable picture (later turned out to be the video card). Dell shipped me a monitor next day air as a replacement without so much as batting an eye. The Dual system has same day service within 4 hours of the time i report trouble. If I smoke a motherboard or cpu in the next three years it will not cost me a penny to have it repaired. 4. quality: while the machines I have built myself have always been very reliable I still see a difference in the manufacturing quality of Dell's machines. Also I reached a point in my life where I no longer cared for building them myself and decided that I would rather pay someone else to build and service them for me. This frees my time up for other things that I enjoy doing. 5. Upgradability: When Intel changes the architecture on their processors I can simply buy the new system board and cpus and easily upgrade the machine. When the machine is no longer able to support the latest technology or the warranty expires then I replace them with a new one and start all over again. This way the cost of keeping the latest technology really isnt so high.
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