Dell knowingly sold defective computers

toughbook said:

You want basic transportation that will pretty much have no great resale down the road, a car that you have a 50/50 chance of it starting when you turn the key? Go purchase a GM, Ford or Dodge product. Or do you want a car that is dependable, great resale value when you go to trade up in 10 years, one that you are pretty darn sure it's going to start when you turn the key? Go by a Toyota or Lexus.

Again, you get what you pay for. There is a manufacture out there for every type of person. That's what makes this such a great Country. We have choices that WE can decide upon. When we hear about such stories like Dell, it makes a certain % of people remember when it comes to buying.

Yes I do work on cars for a living and know what I speak of.

Those Toyotas sure are working out just fine--between the brakes and faulty engines... ;-)

FOXNews.com - Toyota Recalling More Than 90,000 Vehicles in Japan

Weren't the Optiplexes supposed to be better quality, better specs than the Dimensions? The Opti's were the business-oriented machines (not counting servers).

JonM33 said:

Win7User512 said:

Weren't the Optiplexes supposed to be better quality, better specs than the Dimensions? The Opti's were the business-oriented machines (not counting servers).

Not sure but when I was in IT in the USAF during the years the GX270 was released I can say that they sure died quite a bit. It was always the same thing, the capacitors on the motherboard. Nearly every Dell rep that I called would completely understand the moment they got the service tag.

Usually they were always the same capacitors, the ones in a row between the I/O panel and CPU socket. Once in a while there would be bad ones near the RAM slots.

Wow that is terrible. They look "rusted" with that brown goo on them.

toughbook said:

Win7User512 said:

toughbook said:

You want basic transportation that will pretty much have no great resale down the road, a car that you have a 50/50 chance of it starting when you turn the key? Go purchase a GM, Ford or Dodge product. Or do you want a car that is dependable, great resale value when you go to trade up in 10 years, one that you are pretty darn sure it's going to start when you turn the key? Go by a Toyota or Lexus.

Again, you get what you pay for. There is a manufacture out there for every type of person. That's what makes this such a great Country. We have choices that WE can decide upon. When we hear about such stories like Dell, it makes a certain % of people remember when it comes to buying.

Yes I do work on cars for a living and know what I speak of.

Those Toyotas sure are working out just fine--between the brakes and faulty engines... ;-)

FOXNews.com - Toyota Recalling More Than 90,000 Vehicles in Japan

And yet they still lead the industry with the highest brand loyalty figures, The lowest DPM % as well. You must be a Dell Fan boy

Not at all. Notice the sarcasm in my post (including wink emoticon).

My point is that almost all products will have their faults--unintentional and intentional (like Dell, Toyota).

Not a fanboy. And you'll never hear me cheerlead for them. I have bought 3 Dells in the past (a desktop, 2 laptops) and was burned on one laptop (check my previous posts) when the screen went out after the 2 year mark.

I am more cautious than ever when looking at new PCs or when people ask my advice on what to buy. I do more research now than ever before on product reviews when it comes to PCs.

Another instance: I was burned by a Western Digital external HD that stopped working within a month of having it. I have since switched to Seagate at least for the time being. Now I am more careful and choosier when purchasing drives.

I'm not saying Toyotas are bad, GMs are bad, Fords are bad, or Dells are bad. You just have to be careful to the extent that you can be.

Just as Thomas Jefferson said about gov't: "Eternal vigilance is the price of Liberty."

So too is the price of consumer products.

toughbook said:

You guys sure no how to get off topic! Dell is not a computer manufacture, they simply assemble the parts that are made from outsourcing. They may have some engineering going on and such, but if you really think about it we all pretty much use 2 of the major Chip makers, etc. It's the companies that assemble these parts in such a manner that will not cause problems down the road is what I like. You don't put certian componenets next to each other, etc.

Dell cornered the market on the Business side in the early 90's. It was there business decision to go after that market. JIt could have just as well been HP.

Just remember one thing guys, it pretty much rings true 95% of the time. You get what you pay for.

You want basic transportation that will pretty much have no great resale down the road, a car that you have a 50/50 chance of it starting when you turn the key? Go purchase a GM, Ford or Dodge product. Or do you want a car that is dependable, great resale value when you go to trade up in 10 years, one that you are pretty darn sure it's going to start when you turn the key? Go by a Toyota or Lexus.

Again, you get what you pay for. There is a manufacture out there for every type of person. That's what makes this such a great Country. We have choices that WE can decide upon. When we hear about such stories like Dell, it makes a certain % of people remember when it comes to buying.

Yes I do work on cars for a living and know what I speak of.

Btw, I have meant to ask why you feel Toyotas and Lexus are the best. I have driven neither, but would just like to know for future reference.

Win7User512 said:

Weren't the Optiplexes supposed to be better quality, better specs than the Dimensions? The Opti's were the business-oriented machines (not counting servers).

Typically yes...the Optiplex's have better specs, usually cost more and are often more reliable. However, there are problems with any product here and there and the fact that it's an Optiplex doesn't lessen that.