RIP Dimension e510

So the dimension desktop I traded my lenovo laptop for (to my brother to help him out) bite the dust today.

Its a sad, sad day today :o

 

Damn, howd it happen?

 

Shut it off earlier, now it has a bad processor or mobo some how.

Shit happens, and I'm thinking about doing this: Install Snow Leopard on Your Hackintosh PC, No Hacking Required - Hackintosh - Lifehacker I just need to find someone with a mac

 

LOL, i dont have a mac. You read the mac thread? Sucks lol.

 

Yes it does, but I build my own PC's and I'll just build a PC with those specs if the hackintosh doesn't work out real well.

 

Ya, our experience with Dell's Dimension series isn't that much different. I generally build my own computers but the wife got on the Dell kick and order a Dimension desk top. The power supply took a dump at 6moths and the video card at 10 months. I ended up trading it to a friend for some network help and built my wife a computer to replace it...for half the cost and it's way faster.

 

I have a DELL Studio 1735 - Desktop Replacement Lappy

 

Dells suck. I've never seen them as a good consumer Dell PC that was very reliable. They charge you way more than the things are worth. My church's media PC (which is a Dimension something-or-the-other) just had its onboard soundcard die. I've tried everything I could to fix it. The thing isn't even a year old, if I recall correctly.

 

Open the case, vacuum out the dust, unseat the CPU and reseat it. Than do the same for every connection on the motherboad. Chances are it will boot up after that. Unless you smell burning silicone, there is very little you can do to actually damage a CPU.

As for Dells, my mother has two and they work well enough. I think she paid $500 for her laptop (intel core2duo, 3 GB ram, 200 GB harddrive) and $350 for her desktop (intel core2duo, 4 GB ram, 500 GB harddrive, 19" LCD monitor). Personally, I'd never buy one because they use silver cases but really that is the only reason. Well that and I love my HPs at the moment. Used to build my own computers but it turned into more cost and hassle than it was worth. Now I just buy off-the-shelf and upgrade things like video, sound and hard drives as needed.

There are only 5 computer manufacturing companies in the world today... Dell, HP, Apple, IBM/Lenevo, and Acer.

 

I've had only HP's and Dell's. 2 of each, and a Dell laptop. My one Dell lasted me for almost 6 yrs. My son's dad just got him a HP slimline tower because his Dell of 5 yrs was on its last legs. My son literally wore it out.

I love Dell's.

 

Meh, maybe I just hate pre-builts because I build my own. This last desktop only cost me about $300-$400, yet was probably worth at least $1100. I bargained shopped, and bought a good deal of parts from my friend. I know how to maintain the software and hardware, which eliminates the need to buy those expensive warranty/coverage plans.

So I guess that's why I hate Dells and HPs.

 

What if you add in the costs of acquiring the software used legitimately? Unless you use Linux, that is $140 for Windows alone at least, more if you don't get OEM.

Pricing out the components in my computer before I purchased the HP, it was $580 plus shipping and sales tax (Newegg has a physical presense in California). This didn't include any software. I purchased a computer with the exact same components at Circuit City in a computer made by HP for $649.00 + sales tax. Plus it came with the Windows OS that I wanted. And I had it up and running exactly 7 minutes after we got home.

Insurance isn't much of a big deal. Many people upgrade their machines within 3-5 years and most don't have any problems whatsoever with them. I haven't purchased the insurance with any of my computers ever.

 

If you're spending more money building a computer than order one new, you're getting piped off. I'll admit, I don't screw them together anymore. There is a local PC business around the corner that charges me 200.00 for labor. So I just pick out my parts and they build it. The last one I had them build me ran 1200.00 + tax out the door. That was to replace my wife's 2,300.00 Dell. I'm not talking junk parts either:

Intel (R) Core (TM)2 Quad CPU @ 2.8 ghz
4.0 GB RAM
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX/9800 GTX+


Now my laptop is a Dell. I paid 750.00 for a close out cheap model at Walmart and it works great. Ironically, my wife likes using my laptop more than her 1,900 Dell laptop.

 

I have a Mac.

 

No more Toshiba or Fujitsu?

 

They are component resellers and sell computers as a finished product but are not vertical market computer manufacturers. They are electronics companies that dabble in many diverse electronics lines. Same with Sony.