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Originally Posted by eeyore We'll have to agree to disagree on this one beryl - I have extensive IT experience myself ( I have been building computers since I was 14, I'm now 33, the only reason I pay gladiator to build my rigs rather than doing it myself is the pressure of time.)
It is not Dell per se that I have a beef with but big manufacturers as a whole. They often dont have a good feel for what specialist users like photographers need so their boxes are one size fits all rather than bespoke. Having a rig built or building it myself enables me to put in exactly what I need and leave out that which I don't (for example my current light room rig has two internal hard drives one for programs and system and the other a 20GB is specifically registered to be the scratch disk for photoshop.) It also means I can specify the latency othe RAM, the precise mother board, case, GC etc I want.
Dell etc are commonly used by big firms to supply masses of computers which is why people like barclays capital use them - it doesnt neccesarily mean that they are the best choice for private users.
The other thing about some big manufacturers which p's me off and a lot of other IT people I know is that the computers come with marketing bots installed. These keep track of your cookies and inform the manufacturer of your Web habits - supposedly this allows them to offer you "better" suport and upgrades, but to my mind this is spyware, and is the first thing I delete if I am working on a main manufacturer rig.
I do pick up Dells, Tinys, Compaqs and other big names second hand sometimes but these are to play with, rebuild, or strip for parts. I wouldnt buy a big name new to be my main machine for all the tea in china. |
Fine. You win
I'm not one to argue. I think it could be a matter of opion.
My edest sone builds them too. He's a royal Engineer. He likes his Dell
I don't know if B C use Dell. but with two sons who write programs install and set up and are both software engineers etc I go with them. Mine is a cheep Packard Bell. I like it