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[url]http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/afx/2005/11/20/afx2347168[/url].html wrote: "You read it correctly. It had to happen one day.
According to Forbes 'Dell Inc has informed its Taiwan contract makers of plans to develop devices based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc's microprocessors, and these suppliers are awaiting orders for global shipment, the Economic Daily News reported, citing industry sources.'"
Not neccessarily. Intel probably gives Dell extraordinary pricing and AMD's fabs can't keep up with Intel's manufacturing might. Their Xeon server offerings must be looking awful weak compared to the competition's Opterons, though.General Zod wrote:Seems like Dell's trying to drop its prices even further, but despite the fact that they're getting AMD, this isn't going to make their company suck any less.
What's so bad about Dell? I've had a computer of theirs for the past few years and I've been quite happy with it.General Zod wrote:Seems like Dell's trying to drop its prices even further, but despite the fact that they're getting AMD, this isn't going to make their company suck any less.
I bought a Dell Dimension 4500 a few years ago, and I've upgraded it a few times since (new graphics card, secondary hard drive, more RAM); I've been pretty happy with it. The price wasn't bad, and it's held up well for a computer that's not brand-new.Darth Wong wrote:Dell makes a lot of volume selling absurdly cheap low-end "everything integrated on the motherboard" machines with no graphics card expansion capability, so more often than not, when you see a Dell machine it's a worthless shitbox. But it's a cheap worthless shitbox; so cheap that your local system builder will have serious trouble competing with it.
But when you try to go up to a higher-end machine, you find that their prices skyrocket remarkably fast, to the point that your local system builder's top-end feature-heavy machine still looks incredibly cheap compared to a well-equipped Dell. Even their RAM prices are absurdly high compared to market rates.
Well, their parts tend to be substandard for one. They'll use the lowest end pieces they can find to put into their machines in order to give people their discount. They also don't design their own systems, as they're little more than a warehouse that repackages existing boxes. I've also heard their tech support is extremely sub-par, but haing avoided Dell on general principle, I couldn't attest to this one first hand.Molyneux wrote:What's so bad about Dell? I've had a computer of theirs for the past few years and I've been quite happy with it.General Zod wrote:Seems like Dell's trying to drop its prices even further, but despite the fact that they're getting AMD, this isn't going to make their company suck any less.
I haven't had trouble with Dell's tech support, my CD drive went and they got me the new one the next day. Although I will never get a laptop from them again, my first one had the keyboard progressively fail and the fan go, and the NIC go. My current one had the CD drive go.General Zod wrote:Well, their parts tend to be substandard for one. They'll use the lowest end pieces they can find to put into their machines in order to give people their discount. They also don't design their own systems, as they're little more than a warehouse that repackages existing boxes. I've also heard their tech support is extremely sub-par, but haing avoided Dell on general principle, I couldn't attest to this one first hand.Molyneux wrote:What's so bad about Dell? I've had a computer of theirs for the past few years and I've been quite happy with it.General Zod wrote:Seems like Dell's trying to drop its prices even further, but despite the fact that they're getting AMD, this isn't going to make their company suck any less.
They seem to be quite comparably priced for the features that you get. The base 5720 has a weaker processor and less RAM than the Dell, as well as a smaller hard drive, although the Sager has options like the Dead Pixel Policy that the Dell doesn't offer and features better customizability. I see it as a trade-off, with no clear winner, since you have to pay about the same price to upgrade the Sager to the base Dell level.InnocentBystander wrote:I'm fairly sure that the Sager/Clevo 5720 is a superior platform for a much better price for the mobile 7800gtx. However some might argue that the "cool" factor is less on the sager. Of course is $1000 worth a really cool looking laptop? That's up to you
See www.pctorque.com or www.discountlaptops.com for info on the sager 5720
