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anthonyk · 04-26-2011, 11:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Actually Dell set the business model, that other manufacturers have struggled to try and emulate.

Which business model would that be? Maybe with their enterprise stuff, but they seem to botch the consumer side of things on a regular basis.

Papa_Complex · 04-26-2011, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by anthonyk

Which business model would that be? Maybe with their enterprise stuff, but they seem to botch the consumer side of things on a regular basis.

That would be the internet sales model, that's the envy of the computer sales world. You say that they botch things. I say that they have almost 24% of the US market.

Trip · 04-26-2011, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Papa_Complex

Actually Dell set the business model, that other manufacturers have struggled to try and emulate. The only issue that I had to deal with, on the system I'm typing this on, was an iffy video driver. I fixed that pretty quickly. For me, it was easy. For anyone else it would have taken no more than a 5 minute internet search.

The other systems, that I use, are business grade Dell systems. I've never had a compatibility issue with one. They work, right out of the box, and are stable in configuration for no less than 6 months.

Sorry, that system Dell used to create themselves was devised by Sony and imported by Steve Jobs. Steve visited a Sony factory and brought that shit over here.

I am not talking about an internet sales model. I am talking about quality control and how the factory was run to assemble the products. Steve took their visually appealing style a step further though. Dell has gotten away from this process on their consumer side.

Dell use to mean reliability, it doesn't anymore. TVA is all Dell and we have nothing but issues, but that is mainly due to our sloppy IT program more than anything. We have been getting a ton of recalled Dell models lately though. Seems we are shipping every other model back for battery or hard drive issues.

EpyonXero · 04-27-2011, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Trip

Sorry, that system Dell used to create themselves was devised by Sony and imported by Steve Jobs. Steve visited a Sony factory and brought that shit over here.

I am not talking about an internet sales model. I am talking about quality control and how the factory was run to assemble the products. Steve took their visually appealing style a step further though. Dell has gotten away from this process on their consumer side.

Dell use to mean reliability, it doesn't anymore. TVA is all Dell and we have nothing but issues, but that is mainly due to our sloppy IT program more than anything. We have been getting a ton of recalled Dell models lately though. Seems we are shipping every other model back for battery or hard drive issues.

Just my experience:

I bought a $1300 Dell XPS M1330 laptop with all the bells and whistles in 2007 and the video card died 2 years later which was out of warranty and couldnt be fixed so I replaced it with a $500 MSI laptop this summer. I have owned 4 Macs and since 1992 (the first was my parents but I used it 90% of the time) and none of them have failed. the only problem Ive had was a dead power supply on my G5 Mac Pro which I just took down to the Apple Store and got replaced for $100. Every Mac Ive had worked right up to the day I upgraded to something newer and continued to work afterwards.

Papa_Complex · 05-02-2011, 02:24 PM

Damn. I'm REALLY not looking forward to trying to track maleware through a BSD-based OS.

EpyonXero · 05-06-2011, 10:09 AM

Most government PCs are garbage, trust me.

Homeslice · 05-06-2011, 02:28 PM

Figures the White House would use outdated HP's

EpyonXero · 05-06-2011, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Homeslice

Figures the White House would use outdated HP's

They probably have the IT contract for the Whitehouse. HP runs the Navy/Marine network.

Apoc · 05-13-2011, 04:28 PM

Avatard · 05-13-2011, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Apoc

You'd think that all you guys smart enough to build your own PCs would know better than to buy all of your upgrades from Apple.

You buy the bare machine (and yes, it's overpriced...but it includes their boot ROM whatever-the-fuck that makes it inherently a "Mac", and effectively "buys" you their full OS and future upgrade capabilities).

Everything else you buy yourself, and add.

Stupid people will always overpay for shit. Apple's good at taking their money.

I don't buy all of their shit...but some of it is just fucking spot on.

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