see ya!!!! have a nice day!!! enjoy your gateway.

guess we wont see him over this board ever again lol. i bet he comes back to check this forum out again.

Every computer manufacture has lemons and sorry to hear you have one of Dells.   Most are top notch, but a few get by.  Good luck with Gateway, but remember one thing, there tech support and product has been reported to be even worse than Dells.  But good luck to you

Dont worry. I will enjoy my Gateway. My wife is still using the E500 Series that I had. Had it for 4 years and havent had any problems with it. My mom and cousin have Gateways and no problems. My work uses Gateways and no problems. I get this garbage and have nothing but problems. Some say that it may be a lemon. Well then I guess I have the worst luck. I got 2 lemons. What are the odds of that? This 400 has already been replaced, now I have to replace the mother board and power supply on it? Lemon my you know what. This is just garbage. Period.

Yeah, because you have had one working Gateway, you should go back to them. Makes sense. I have had so many Dells it's ridiculous. To list a few, I have had a Dell Poweredge 400SC (still running non-stop for 2 years), a Dell Latitude C series (the old one), Inspiron 600M, Insprion 6000, Inspiron E1505, and now an XPS 400. The 400 has been flawless for me. The only issues I have had was a bad sound card on the 6000.

Just because you have bad luck with one or two systems does not say anything for all their systems. It's just silly to think so. They are computers! Those things happen. If you don't like it, go back to board games and writing letters.

You're arguments are so compelling I think I'll cancel all my open Dell orders and change to Gateway this morning!

If you go Gateway, why don't you post on their forum about how happy you are.    Does Gateway have a forum like Dell's  ? 

I never had to go to Gateways forums or tech support. That is the difference. That is how it should be. That is great that you guys arent having any issues with your Dells. But the first impression, is the most important. Okay, so I got a lemon on the first one. No problem. I understand that happens from time to time. But to be having major issues(replacing mother board and power supply) on the 2nd one, is just unsat. You can make all the smart remarks you want and defende Dell all you want. It does not change the fact that I got 2 junky computers. I spent over $2400 on this system. Forgive me if Im a little angry. I have that right at a customer. So if you guys are so happy with Dell, I'll sell you mine, as is. You can have the headache.

.02 and you pay shipping???

The difference is that I paid $2400 for a Dell. Not a Gateway. I dont understand why some of you think that I should just bend over and accept poor quality/service. You guys must work for Dell. It's one thing to have a few minor issues. But to have one computer replaced, then have to replace major components on the new one, again is unsat. Plus read all the negative articles(I wish I read before I purchased) on the XPS 400.