With the recent passing of Precious, my beautiful Dell (yes, Dell) laptop, I've been looking at desktops again. And half-heartedly thinking about building my own, but dammit I don't have the time to tinker at the moment (I wish I did but I don't).
I'm interested to know your final decision, and your reasons for it - mostly because I'm lazy and I want someone else to make up my mind for me. I admit to leaning towards a pre-built from a major manufacturer, butI then imagine myself sitting down to do some tweaking, and being consistently stymied by warranty considerations. That would annoy me. Greatly.
By the by, arguments for and against the major players in the computer industry are generally all valid, and these sorts of decisions come down to personal preference and going with that you are familiar with. Dell (here in Australia, at least) have beyond exceptional after-sales service and their product is generally good, however their manipulations (such as causing a whole laptop to not work due to battery built-in obsolescence) are a big turn-off. HP desktops have been for me, a pain in the arse to do anything with "under the hood". Their market aim appear to be those people who don't look too deeply beyond what is put in their face. Same with Toshiba - awesome laptops, but configuration can be a pain. Asus laptops are improving, but can be very hit and miss.
I'm interested to know your final decision, and your reasons for it - mostly because I'm lazy and I want someone else to make up my mind for me. I admit to leaning towards a pre-built from a major manufacturer, butI then imagine myself sitting down to do some tweaking, and being consistently stymied by warranty considerations. That would annoy me. Greatly.
By the by, arguments for and against the major players in the computer industry are generally all valid, and these sorts of decisions come down to personal preference and going with that you are familiar with. Dell (here in Australia, at least) have beyond exceptional after-sales service and their product is generally good, however their manipulations (such as causing a whole laptop to not work due to battery built-in obsolescence) are a big turn-off. HP desktops have been for me, a pain in the arse to do anything with "under the hood". Their market aim appear to be those people who don't look too deeply beyond what is put in their face. Same with Toshiba - awesome laptops, but configuration can be a pain. Asus laptops are improving, but can be very hit and miss.
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Two Wongs
Former Officer, ASI
Now mature and sensible... *MySmiley*
Two Wongs
Former Officer, ASI
Now mature and sensible... *MySmiley*
New PC: to build or not to build
02/05/2011 04:16:46 PM
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The advantages of building your own computer seem to be smaller these days.
02/05/2011 05:19:09 PM
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I take satisfaction in tinkering with computers...
02/05/2011 06:40:12 PM
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Also, one of the big savings for building your own computer...
02/05/2011 07:27:37 PM
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yah that's part of the problem. I don't have a desktop right now. Not even a case
02/05/2011 07:37:45 PM
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It's not hard at all anymore. Link for Lorraine, too
02/05/2011 09:32:48 PM
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I always buy Intel. Papa works there
02/05/2011 09:39:00 PM
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Huh, small world. What site?
02/05/2011 10:36:55 PM
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I have no idea what the name of his site is. Probably not that one
03/05/2011 01:50:38 AM
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I don't know about you...
02/05/2011 08:21:41 PM
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Just get a pre-made and add a few components (ie: graphics card) to make you feel like you built it. *NM*
02/05/2011 08:53:07 PM
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Build it.
03/05/2011 02:54:12 PM
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Warranty/Troubleshooting
03/05/2011 04:14:47 PM
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How?
03/05/2011 05:04:27 PM
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Re: How?
03/05/2011 06:47:56 PM
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Wow, I never heard about that.
03/05/2011 07:10:07 PM
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Nah, it was years ago. The one you gave me advice for was the replacement of the replacement, hah
03/05/2011 07:41:24 PM
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Yeah, I meant the power supply of the problem machine.
03/05/2011 08:10:04 PM
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Ah. yeah, it was one of the pieces that got replaced. It was probably at least partially responsible *NM*
03/05/2011 08:12:50 PM
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I like how you seem to think I'd buy a Dell
03/05/2011 04:17:58 PM
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If you like tinkering, then build one. Quality control is all on you, but it's "yours" then.
03/05/2011 03:00:21 PM
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#1 reason to build your own: no pre-loaded bloatware. *NM*
03/05/2011 04:52:45 PM
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Or just format when you get it. *NM*
03/05/2011 06:48:47 PM
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With a pre-built you can't often do that.
03/05/2011 07:19:28 PM
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for the record, sometimes stores will remove the bloatware for you
03/05/2011 07:28:58 PM
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Do prebuilts come without OS discs these days? That's bullshit. *NM*
03/05/2011 07:43:39 PM
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Yah, they don't.
03/05/2011 07:47:36 PM
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Well, it's understandable, just annoying.
03/05/2011 08:05:00 PM
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You really should just stop using Dell as your example
03/05/2011 10:51:10 PM
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Oh, hush.
04/05/2011 12:50:15 AM
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YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!!
04/05/2011 10:16:50 AM
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Re: YOU SHALL NOT MALIGN THE HP!!!
04/05/2011 04:55:49 PM
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My anecdotal evidence has HP failures being rare but spectacular.
04/05/2011 08:19:52 PM
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I had a Compaq laptop (built after HP had bought Compaq).
04/05/2011 09:13:54 PM
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Huh. I have a Compaq too. It shipped with bad RAM, but once I fixed that it's worked like a charm.
05/05/2011 12:43:48 AM
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Have you made your decision yet?
28/05/2011 02:19:36 AM
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