Dell knowingly sold defective computers

pparks1 said:

Luckystar said:

This is why i hate Dell. There stuff was always prone to breaking down.

Well, to be fair...Dell is the leader as far as I know in the desktop market to businesses and such. Therefore, with more machines on the desks, they are likely going to have problems.

I've worked in businesses supporting thousands of Dell desktops and hundreds of Dell Laptops and in my opinion....they have been solid. Regardless of brands you are going to have problems...and it's how the company handles them which really matters to me...and Dell for my companies has handled it very well.

+1 :) Completely Agree!

Luckystar said:

This is why i hate Dell. There stuff was always prone to breaking down. This just gives more proof to not go near them with a 10 foot barge poll.

The one i do have (Did'nt buy it, it was given to me), dimension 8200 is rubbish, it sits in my wardrobe gathering dust and most probably going to end up in the skip or unless someone gives it a third life.

Oh, I do have a Dell lattitude D laptop, i upgraded the ram and HDD, now it wont boot into windows as it asks for me to set the bloody HDD up and no matter what option you choose, it still wont boot. That also sits under my bed, gathering dust.

Lucky

The Dell 8200 is rather old so by today’s standards it may be considered rubbish but in its day it was a solid machine.

I have upgraded many Latitude Laptops without issue when you know how (I did not know how at first but, with a bit of training it is fairly easy). The reason your laptop upgrade did not go well may be that you lack the knowledge to update it. Did you research the RAM, and buy the right type? I did you get the correctly hard drive? Did you update the BIOS? When replacing the drive you know you must be careful with the connectors? Laptops are NOT like desktops; where you have open standards and things are easy to update. Laptops can be tricky.

And here I thought this was a NEW thing.

No but seriously, Dell's an okay company, but knowingly selling defective computers is pretty ridiculous.

Layback Bear said:

I have always wondered why one would buy a mass produced computer. Knowing that the very cheapest parts will be used to the penny. IMHO These types of companies concerns are shareholders first and customers second. If you can't build your own computer get with a reliable (in your community) computer builder. With consultation with such a business you can pick and choose the parts you need or will need. You can have one or more built as your needs might be. I have found the cost isn't much more. The point that Dell repaired most of the bad computers is not soothing. The big point is that they new or should of new that these computers where going to go bad and still make them that way and sold them. I don't own a computer business or sell computer parts.

Why does anyone buy a mass-produced car? How many people build their own cars?

A mass-produced refrigerator? How many people build their own 'fridges?

A mass-produced television? How many people build their own televisions?

We use these items everyday.

madtownidiot said:

Why do people buy mass produced computers? Same reason they believe it when a popup from some website tells them their computer is massively infected, even though they got no warning from their antivirus... Because they don't know any better. It's not always cheaper at the start to build your own computer, but provided the chipset and component manufacturers aren't also doing the same thing on the product lines you happen to purchase that dell just got caught doing, you'll probably end up with something that outperforms anything you can buy at a big box store for the same money, with the added bonus of no trial or bloatware to slow it down and not as much chance of some catastrophic failure in the first few days, weeks or months.

That is a generalization I disagree with!! All my computers are mass produced, however I know enough not to click on pop ups, or believe a fake A/V. Some of us find it easier to just order and unistall the bloatware and go for it. I would build my own system if I had the time and patiance. I believe your comment was a little out of line for those of us who choose the convinience over the bragging right.

Like I said before I have owned Dell after Dell and not had one issue, They were solid and ran great! Dell is just the first to admit the fact they knowingly sold bad PC's. All the others have done it as well.

Geeve