Dell ships motherboard with malicious code

DeaconFrost said:

Petey7 said:

In my opinion, HP only sells so many computers because they are cheaper than anyone else.

I will only purchase Dell or HP computers for my company, and Dell is always about 5-10% cheaper, at least on the business side.

I agree, seems to me that Dell is cheaper. One reason that Dell has been where I have purchased laptops is I got them at a cheaper price than I would have with HP.

Dell business computers might be cheaper. Actually, the Vostro line is probably the cheapest computers they sell. When it comes to store bought and home computers, HP tends to be cheaper for the same or slightly better specs. I know every HP I see in a store around here usually has the cheapest price tag.

Petey7 said:

Dell business computers might be cheaper. Actually, the Vostro line is probably the cheapest computers they sell. When it comes to store bought and home computers, HP tends to be cheaper for the same or slightly better specs. I know every HP I see in a store around here usually has the cheapest price tag.

Could be true. I always order straight from Dell rather than buying at the store.

Win7User512 said:

Could be true. I always order straight from Dell rather than buying at the store.

Same here. Like I mentioned earlier, we always get business computer from them to avoid bloatware.

Petey7 said:

Win7User512 said:

Could be true. I always order straight from Dell rather than buying at the store.

Same here. Like I mentioned earlier, we always get business computer from them to avoid bloatware.

Yeah I learned that too after the first laptop I bought from them. It had gotten ridiculous. I doubt it's any better now. Prob worse...

Win7User512 said:

Petey7 said:

Win7User512 said:

Could be true. I always order straight from Dell rather than buying at the store.

Same here. Like I mentioned earlier, we always get business computer from them to avoid bloatware.

Yeah I learned that too after the first laptop I bought from them. It had gotten ridiculous. I doubt it's any better now. Prob worse...

They don't have too much trial-ware from what I've seen, but they do take the liberty of installing a lot stuff without giving you many options.

Never ever buy mass produced systems.

Hand pick your own hardware and software and your PC will run flawlessly for years. Even if operated by a 6 year old.

As far as servers and laptops go. Again... build my own servers.

Laptops are Toshiba. my A305 has performed miracles. For a C2D machine its as fast as my C2Q.

The OS and softwares and my laptop are custom but as far as hardware goes I just upgraded it to 4 gigs of RAM and stoped.

Moral of the story is that if your serious about your "personal" system you build your own.

Mass production is for noobs.

joel406 said:

Never ever buy mass produced systems.

I've purchased 2 home computers from Dell over the years and they are still going strong. In fact, I even sold one of them to a coworker who is still using it. The first model had a power supply go bad. I got a new one from Dell for less than $40. Everything else solid. 1st computer is 7 years old and second computer is 5 years old.

joel406 said:

Hand pick your own hardware and software and your PC will run flawlessly for years. Even if operated by a 6 year old.

I've built around 10-15 computers for home use over the years. While they contain exactly what I want, I wouldn't say any of them were remarkably more durable than my two purchased Dell's. I've had power supplies, mobos and hard drives go bad in some of them.

joel406 said:

Moral of the story is that if your serious about your "personal" system you build your own.

If you enjoy building your computer and making it unique...by all means build it. But to say that you cannot be happy with a "personal" system that was purchased...I don't agree with.