Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In all fairness I should point out that Dell has a new series of small up market brick-like machines that may well be better than the rest. When I say crap I'm referring to the Optiplexes and their other bottom line stuff that they have unloaded on schools and businesses as well as a few thousand consumer victime. Also, they do indeed have excellent phone support and advance replacement services. So do HP and the others. Dell just needs it more! It's a psycholohgical trick you see. A person whose computer suffers a meltdown and gets an advance replacement parrt or a geek through the door in a day or 2 forgets about the breakdown and remembers the great repair service! Also, if yoyu work in a multi lab environment filled with Dells, the worse job in the worls is to be stuck with the Dell Liason job! You get to call up and follow their idiotic test instruvctions on the phone even though you know dam well the drive is bad because the stupid thing ticks instead of spinning! People I have talked to say that after awhile they simply pretend to go through the motions while the support guy pretends to go through his instruction manual. It's understood! Javier >Exactly. I only wanted to help people and let them know they could save >thousands of hours of work by purchasing the correct components and >performing backups on a regular basis. > >Mike >----- Original Message ----- >From: "David Mason" <masonster@gmail.com> >To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 5:59 PM >Subject: Re: [Leica] RE: LUG, Dell Bashing!!!! > > > > I'm not sure I've noticed venom in the thread - and personally I like > > reading people's experience with various products (especially cameras) > > as they own them so much longer than so-called Professional reviewers > > do. I like real-world results. > > > > > > Dave > > > > On 7/29/05, Jim Nichols <nicholsj@edge.net> wrote: > >> Hey, Luggers, > >> > >> I set off this rant session by making a simple suggestion that Tina ask > >> Dell a question. I'm appalled at the venom displayed by some against a > >> company that tries hard to provide low-cost, reliable computer systems >to > >> a demanding public. I purchased my first 286 machine from Dell before > >> they adopted the Dell name as their brand name. I have purchased over > >> the years for various family members, six Dell machines, one Compaq, >and > >> one brand no longer made. Several of these went to grandkids entering > >> college, not an easy environment. The Dells have given very good > >> service. No machine that is mass-produced at minimum cost is going to >be > >> perfect. If some of you want to spend several thousand dollars to get > >> custom-built gamer machines so you can run PhotoShop at top speed, go >to > >> it. But please bring this subject to a close. You are not helping > >> anyone with the constant chorus of criticism. > >> > >> Jim Nichols > >> Tullahoma, TN > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information