Do you have a perfered Type of computer such as Dell, IBM, Mac.. Or do you use whatever? Me myself i'm a fan of the computers this shop near my house makes, they make custom PCs, Their Line is called Syclone.
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Hmmm.....
I guess I'd have to say Gateway, because I have a Gateway laptop and my parent's computer (that I use a lot) is a Gateway...and we have a Gateway store just down the road. So if there's a problem, I can just drive it there to have it taken care of.
But in general, it doesn't matter too much...as long as it works, it's not too slow, and doesn't cause problems.
I guess I'd have to say Gateway, because I have a Gateway laptop and my parent's computer (that I use a lot) is a Gateway...and we have a Gateway store just down the road. So if there's a problem, I can just drive it there to have it taken care of.
But in general, it doesn't matter too much...as long as it works, it's not too slow, and doesn't cause problems.
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Well, I have to say... I just got a ThinkPad, and I am totally in love with this computer. Slick and well-produced. Also runs Unix well.
I have had a lot of negative experiences involving Dell. We have an umpteen $thousand a year service contract on a $10k server, and it still sometimes locks up during a reset, and they still don't know why.
I have had a lot of negative experiences involving Dell. We have an umpteen $thousand a year service contract on a $10k server, and it still sometimes locks up during a reset, and they still don't know why.
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Well, the last 2 Desktops have been my own built ones. The laptop my family recently got is a Dell, rock solid for the most part. Gateway I have had mixed feelings about. My family and my grandparents each bought Gateway computers at the same time in June 1999, and my grandparents' (a Celeron 400 with i810e) has not given them any real trouble, and is running Win XP Home fine. The gateway my family had well, it gave us a ton of trouble. Truth is, I don't think it's anything Gateway did, but rather the chipset (it was a AMD K6-2 475 with ALi Aladdin V). Anyways, I'm rambling on. Bottom line, my own pre-built are what I will prolly always do, but in terms of OEM's, Dell for sure.
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I bought my home comp from CyberPower PC.com. Not only were there prices reasonable for name brand components, but assembly to my specs was done quickly and shipped immediately. I have not had 1 glitch in any program I've run on it. I am very satisfied.
At work we run a couple Compaqs and 1 Dell. I've not been on the Dell much, so no opinion of it, but the compaqs are fairly sound, but tend to slow down a lot when running mutliple programs (which is a must for us sometimes). I wouldn't own a Compaq at home.
At work we run a couple Compaqs and 1 Dell. I've not been on the Dell much, so no opinion of it, but the compaqs are fairly sound, but tend to slow down a lot when running mutliple programs (which is a must for us sometimes). I wouldn't own a Compaq at home.
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I would have to say to build your own computer. You can get what you want from different companies and get better prices. You can get them to work wonders.
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Falcon Northwest or Alienware.
I build my own, but if I had the cash to blow on the best those two would be my choices.
I build my own, but if I had the cash to blow on the best those two would be my choices.
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I have had a Mac since 1990.
Right now, Beige G3 with both OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.1.5, and a Blueberry original iBook with OS 9.2.2.
At work (analyst) I don't have a choice: Windows 2000 with Office XP Pro and Access 2000.
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But my start in computers? Fortran IV on an IBM 360, college class 1968. I had long graduated from college before even handheld calculators were invented. Yeah, that makes me older than dirt. But I still smell nice for being such an old codger.
Right now, Beige G3 with both OS 9.2.2 and OS X 10.1.5, and a Blueberry original iBook with OS 9.2.2.
At work (analyst) I don't have a choice: Windows 2000 with Office XP Pro and Access 2000.
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But my start in computers? Fortran IV on an IBM 360, college class 1968. I had long graduated from college before even handheld calculators were invented. Yeah, that makes me older than dirt. But I still smell nice for being such an old codger.
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Hmm, I build my own computers, and prefer to run AMD processors, nVidia video, and whatever other component is best in its particular category at the moment... or can be had really inexpensively. Right now I have an Epox motherboard and a Western Digital HDD that have both served me impeccably.
I don't own a laptop, but probably will get one when I exit the poor university student phase of my life. Keeping a relatively up to date desktop is fund-consuming enough for me right now.
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I don't own a laptop, but probably will get one when I exit the poor university student phase of my life. Keeping a relatively up to date desktop is fund-consuming enough for me right now.
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I build my own.
I love AMD Athlon chips.
And, I use nVidia video.
I also use Sound Blaster for sound.
By building my own, I can get the tower that I like. And, that's important to me.
I buy VIA motherboards. They're the best, in my opinion.
And, I can get the internal peripherals at a fabulous deal by buying separately.
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I love AMD Athlon chips.
And, I use nVidia video.
I also use Sound Blaster for sound.
By building my own, I can get the tower that I like. And, that's important to me.
I buy VIA motherboards. They're the best, in my opinion.
And, I can get the internal peripherals at a fabulous deal by buying separately.
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i built my own too. Well, not physically, i just bought custom parts and got my dads friend to do it for me
Its an athlon 1ghz, geforce 2 card, 80 gig hd
pretty much all that's good. monitor is 15'' old class but good enough for me
Its an athlon 1ghz, geforce 2 card, 80 gig hd
pretty much all that's good. monitor is 15'' old class but good enough for me
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I build my own... buy, build, and troubleshoot, all myself
I typically like AMD's and GeForce cards. Only hav ea GeForce2
*wants GeForce4 TI *
I have a 120gb hard drive though
I typically like AMD's and GeForce cards. Only hav ea GeForce2
*wants GeForce4 TI *I have a 120gb hard drive though
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