Just order a new dell Inspiron 5150

I wold like to hear some feedback on dell form you guys.

my dad had bought a dell maybe a year and a half ago... no problems what soever... he likes it more than the compaq...
can u give us a heads up to what ur gona be using it for?

Dell's are decent but notoriously un-upgradeable (but then, it's a laptop, you can't upgrade it much anyway), sort of like compaq (and I just hate compaq) - they use all their own proprietary hardware which sometimes doesn't quite "talk" to other stuff very well. I've got a desktop Dell that's getting older but I've never had any issues with it whatsoever (then again, I wasn't allowed to touch it ... "use your own computer!" mom screams...)



Also I've found that the price-to-machine ratio is really brutal. You're paying a lot for not as much machine as you might get from another manufacturer - I find that you're paying for the name.



HOWEVER, they're pretty decent machines, I've never seen one go bad, and I'm sure you'll love it!



-r-

I just got the Inspiron 9100, and I love it to death. Its big as hell but can do so much.

I've got an inspiron D600 arriving at work tomorrow. I've been using Dell's at work for the last 3.5 years. Never had any serious problems with them. Had a keyboard problem on a laptop once, but they sent a tech out to fix it next day.

I'm very much a "computer" kinda guy .. so I can tell ya some stuff bout it. I think Dells are excellent machines (along with MPCs.. former Microns). While I dislike laptops for one reason that I saw mentioned: Can't upgrade [bleep]. That is really a downfall, but if you're not playing games or running an illegal music market, you should be OK. Their computers are reliable and well built, so you should have no trouble.

urgh

Toshibas are ugly but they are hell of a good laptop...
most of the parts in all laptops are made by toshiba anyway..

Dew,

I spends 10k+ a year with dell, for day gig, and I've never been dissapointed. Dell has THE best customer service and nobody can compete on dollar value. I used to be a big Micron, now MCS or something, fan but Dell is too easy, too good, & too everything right! Only have experience with 2 Dell laptops and have no complaints, other than the complaint I have about all laptops, not very user upgradable, but such is the laptop beast.

My only suggestion is that you get the most powerful, feature packed unit you can afford and never, and I mean never, look back.

Hope that helps, Peace!

Got my dell. It was setup weird though... the screen resolution was set for 120 dpi instead of 96... so all the text was nice and big, but images looked like ass.

Once I set that back to 96dpi all was well. Not sure why dell did that by default.

I think I got the 8600 wide screen ratio
my friend got that new tank one 9100 i think we did a overclocking test on the
video card mine held up about 3/4 of the way to his.

First let me say Stuart your post is dope! That should be Apples new slogan, LOL. Dells are just that reliable! What do you plan on using it for?

I'll be using my laptop for playing muisc for the for now.

hear a pic of my last gig

more pic hear http://www.dewdjservice.com/luau2004.htm

Apple is the way to go...IMO

I don't know anything about appel al all so I sick whit my pc and windows xp