Re: I need a new computer.
 

We have dells here at my work. Hard drives are the only thing the seem to be a problem for dell like others have said. Although you get a nice flat panel free and warranties are easy to work with. Talking to support in India sucks though...

Dell uses WD hard drives yes, and we have had them go out every once in a while. BUT I have built 4-5+ machines for myself and others and I do not use WD hard drives anymore. They are just crap, nanosystem uses these too so you guys that think only Dell uses WD drives are wrong. Unless you specify nano uses WD too. Yes there are different WD drives, but in my experiences do not use one. I switched to Seagate and well see how that goes for me.


If you have the money get an IBM. ;) Otherwise build one cheap at nano, or get a decent dell. All good choices.

Re: I need a new computer.
 

dell's here at work aswell. But they do not just use WD's. They had a batch of small maxtor drives that went out. Of the 20 we had, 19 died.
they also use seagate drives. It doesn't seem to matter really. Although I really dislike maxtor drives.


when I built PC's at my old job, i'd ALWAYS use WD drives.

But no more. I think my favorite drive is now IBM's. I rarely ever saw a dead one of those at my old work place. And I saw ALOT of pc's. They are $ though compared to the others.

Re: I need a new computer.
 

Well for $600-750 I can get a very well equipped Dell. I don't need a well equipped Dell but I guess it won't hurt.

Re: I need a new computer.
 

Yea all hard drives are really prone to dying within 2-5 years of use I think. Its a very mechanical fragile part so thats why they die alot, but Im just going to stay away from WD for now and try other brands out there. I also dislike Maxtors heh. Hard drives are really hit or miss.

A dell will be fine...

Re: I need a new computer.
 

Dell..
I hate dell. Service sucks.
For a laptop, if your a service kinda guy, IBM has better service than dell.

Re: I need a new computer.
 

I want a desktop with a flat screen monitor. Basically it will just be an internet surfing machine. I might load AutoCad or something at one time or another, but I doubt it. We have stuff at work for that sort of thing and I don't really care to take my work home with me since I already spend too much time in the office as it is.

Re: I need a new computer.
 

Have you looked at any of the XPC barebone systems from shuttle, small, quiet and fast.

http://www.shuttle.com