Lein, if you use enough of them, you will encounter problems, just like pretty much any manufacturer (though I have to say I never had any problems with an IBM think pad) I had an early Pentium Pro system that crashed all the time even after repeated reinstalls and patches that Dell refused to help out with after a few calls (this box is still in service and finally stable under Windows XP), I had a 5150 laptop that had BIOS issues that would blue screen all the time. Currently I have a Inspiron 520s, an Inspiron 1521, an Optiplex 745 and an older Dimension that I converted to an Ubuntu box. Currently I'm not having any issues, other than the 10 support calls and the BBB complaint that it took to get Dell to resolve the issue of the incompatible video card they installed in 520s. For the money Dell is probably the best, but they still screw up, and as I said before, their tech support sucks. a lot.
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CraigJ @ Mar 28th 2008 1:51PM
Lein, if you use enough of them, you will encounter problems, just like pretty much any manufacturer (though I have to say I never had any problems with an IBM think pad) I had an early Pentium Pro system that crashed all the time even after repeated reinstalls and patches that Dell refused to help out with after a few calls (this box is still in service and finally stable under Windows XP), I had a 5150 laptop that had BIOS issues that would blue screen all the time. Currently I have a Inspiron 520s, an Inspiron 1521, an Optiplex 745 and an older Dimension that I converted to an Ubuntu box. Currently I'm not having any issues, other than the 10 support calls and the BBB complaint that it took to get Dell to resolve the issue of the incompatible video card they installed in 520s. For the money Dell is probably the best, but they still screw up, and as I said before, their tech support sucks. a lot.