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Kyp · 07-08-2003, 12:25 PM

Hah! I'm not sleeping anymore!

Okay, just for starters, Dell may have 24/7 Tech Support, but the people giving the Tech Support are complete and total morons. I'm sorry, I've talked to some of them, and they know jack shit. They have their little book that they look up questions and read out the answers to or something, because how some of these people got a job working there with no knowledge of computers whatsoever is completely beyond me. Oh, they also have their nice little accents making it impossible to tell wtf they're saying. I think it's a requirment for it, that you have an accent that 95% of the people in the world can't understand.

I will admit that you did get a pretty good deal on that computer. The RADEON 9800 and DVD+R make it extremely hard to build an equal or better system for that price. Most of the parts on that are utter crap that could easily be beaten for the price, though.

I reiterate - I have worked on Dells, Compaqs, and other such prebuilt machines. They are the devil. I don't understand how they could do what they do and get away with it. Oh, I'm pretty sure Dell also doesn't use CPU fans anymore to cut down on noise... don't ever try to overclock, and all that fun stuff.

I may be able to build a comparable machine to that, but it's not worth my time right now. Maybe I'll give it a shot later on.

07-08-2003, 12:25 PM	#54 (permalink)
Kyp Insane Location: Oregon	Hah! I'm not sleeping anymore! Okay, just for starters, Dell may have 24/7 Tech Support, but the people giving the Tech Support are complete and total morons. I'm sorry, I've talked to some of them, and they know jack shit. They have their little book that they look up questions and read out the answers to or something, because how some of these people got a job working there with no knowledge of computers whatsoever is completely beyond me. Oh, they also have their nice little accents making it impossible to tell wtf they're saying. I think it's a requirment for it, that you have an accent that 95% of the people in the world can't understand. I will admit that you did get a pretty good deal on that computer. The RADEON 9800 and DVD+R make it extremely hard to build an equal or better system for that price. Most of the parts on that are utter crap that could easily be beaten for the price, though. I reiterate - I have worked on Dells, Compaqs, and other such prebuilt machines. They are the devil. I don't understand how they could do what they do and get away with it. Oh, I'm pretty sure Dell also doesn't use CPU fans anymore to cut down on noise... don't ever try to overclock, and all that fun stuff. I may be able to build a comparable machine to that, but it's not worth my time right now. Maybe I'll give it a shot later on. __________________ When life gives you lemons, sqeeze the juice into a squirt gun and shoot people in the eyes Last edited by Kyp; 07-08-2003 at 03:46 PM..