[Discuss] Dell

[tmetro-blu at vl.com (Tom Metro)]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> While Dell does make decent consumer grade PCs, I still question
> their servers.

I thought the general consensus was that the reverse was true.

I've had limited dealings with Dell, and they haven't left me with a
positive impression. I've known people who have had multiple failures
with business-grade Dell laptops. I attempted to repair a consumer-grade
Dell laptop (fairly current model at the time), and wasn't able to
obtain a driver needed to reload Windows, nor get any support without
paying a fee. (I avoided the issue by loading Ubuntu.)

At the last BLU meeting the speaker conveyed an interesting point about
how Dell successively outsourced more and more of its computer
production to ASUS, who then eventually took the final step of selling
their products directly to BestBuy under their own brand. A win for
ASUS' business skill, though if they've been the OEM for Dell for a
while, that makes me rethink the quality reputation of ASUS.

 -Tom

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