[Shop-talk] New PC (was Dead PC)

[eric at megageek.com]

I was in the computer industry for over 20 years.  I can say that Dell 
machines are the last thing I would EVER purchase.

Every company I worked for switch from Dells to HPs.  Dells are way 
overpriced and propretitary with NO support for customers (and only 
slightly better for companies.)

If you really want to go low priced, go to 
http://www.heartlandamerica.com/ and get a couple year old system for next 
to nothing.

If you need more than they offer, go to Walmart and get an eMachine (if 
they are still around) or HP. 


But whatever you do, and I can't stress this enough, STAY AWAY FROM 
DELL!!!!

Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational 
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph 
Waldo Emerson