On Tuesday, May 11, 2004, at 13:04 US/Pacific, Jason S wrote:

> From my observations, the worst for component quality and consistancy
> is Dell.
>
> The best way to buy a computer is to choose all the brand name
> components yourself and either put it together or have the store do
> it; they'll even do it for free if you buy everything from them at
> once.
>
The problem with homebrews seem to be noise and price.  I've got two
Dells now (for the kids, right?) that were significant bargins, and the
fact that Dell controls all the components let them do nice things with
the CPU cooling that makes them about 3 times quieter than the
'assembled from parts' PC that has separate CPU and chipset fans in
addition to the power supply fan.  And they were close to 1/3 the
price, too.  Handcrafted quality tools have their place.  So do
disposable tools; so far the Dells have worked fine (and the DEALS.
Both systems were about $350.  One included Microsoft office SBE, one
included a GE ethernet interface and a $200 discount off a 17inch LCD.
And a writable CD.  They're not quite the way I'd want them, but the
price was unbeatable.)

BillW

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