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xps or sony?
I have been a Dell customer for years now and own about 6 of there systems....laptops, desktops & printers.
My last purchase (about 7 mths ago) from Dell was the 700m laptop. I absolutly love it and the only problem I have with it is the sound card. Its cheap and horrible and it sounds like junk. if you try and connect a mic to it, its even worst.
With that said, I am looking to purchase anotehr system. I am interested in the XPS 400 desktop. Some friends have told me that they saw on the news that Dell's products are pretty much going down. Now that HP & Gateway are using the same parts as dell it has brought on some competion. Now Dell is using cheaper parts so that they can sell there computers at cheaper prices.
I looked it up as well and did find info at this article:
I also read some posts in the foums on this site about people complaining there systems are breakin down alot recently. So this makes me nervous to spend all thsi money on a system that is equivalent to an HP.
So my question is, has anyone recently ordered an xps and had problems with it? Also, how do you feel about this whole Dell boost in the news latley.
Thank you for your time!
Nene
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Posted March 23rd, 2006 13:00
Dell's are good in general. The XPS 400/Dimension 9150 is a good system.- I'm on my 3rd Dell and have had really good luck. My newest Dell is a XPS400 which I really love. The only think I regret is not getting more than the 160 GB hard drive I opted for. I plan on adding an additional hd soon.My first "windows" PC was a Gateway that was nothing but trouble. I don't blame it on Gateway, just happened to be a bad egg. I think all PC manufacturers have some bad eggs, some maybe more than others.1st Dell Dell Dimension xps450mHz P3 12GB HD......2nd Dell 8100 P4 1.3gHz/ powerleaped to 2.6gHz3rd Dell XPS400 3.0Ghz
Message Edited by waseechee on 03-23-2006 05:14 PM
Thanks for all of your input...much appreciated. Like I said I have about 6 of Dells computers already and never had a problem. I think the whole bad egg thing is right and hopefully I never have one!!
I went ahead and ordered the xps 400 today.
Thanks again!
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Posted March 24th, 2006 00:00
Just received a xps600, refurbished. Researched the xps fairly well. I am impressed so far. The 600 system is Microsoft vista operating system ready. Ready for the future, Pentinum D 820, 1 gb, geforce7800gtx,nvidia sli ready, raid ready, 160gb sata,, cdburner,dvd player, SB xifi xtreme, wireless keyboard and mouse, no speakers, monitor or floppy, around $1,000....
I've had no hardware problem yet, still giving MCE the once over. 2nd refurbished system, had no problems with it either.
As far as the above link, all computer manufactures do the same thing. The XPS series seem to offer quality hardware.
I'd like to know the "how many sold" to "How many returned with Serious Problems" ratio.
The xps is upgradable, dont know about Sony
tigerwolf7
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Posted March 24th, 2006 21:00
I'm sorry you got a defective unit, but the XPS 400 is not junk. There haven't been any wide spread problems with it-less even than it's predesesor, the 8400 (at least a decent number of those had fans that didn't thermal adjust correctly).tigerwolf7
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Posted March 24th, 2006 22:00
Umm...like I said, there are no known issues with the XPS 400...- Well I have an XPS400 that is as useable as a boat anchor and Dell has done nothing to fix it. Service Tech will not return calls, Dell Techs call when they know you are not home and leave stupid messages, I am in process of returning the machine via my Credit Card Company No Questions Warranty since Dell refuses to repair or replace.XPS400 has KNOWN defective Motherboards, Power Supplies and Memory problems and Dell refuses to acknowledge this in order to ship junk and make bottom line look good.My co worker has HP and got a bum unit with SAME warranty as Dell-HP replaced machine in 48 hours with new unit...Dell? "Sorry we are stupid and cheap" to a customer who owns 6 Dell units...Dumb Move Dell
- Dell printers are worse than junk...they are abysmal machines that fellatiates ink like a porn star and then die 10 days after warranty...why do you thin k Dell is all hot to give them away for free? Simple - Replacement ink and toner costs twice what anyone else charges and is IMPOSSIBLE to find in 90% of the office supply stores...Dumb Move Dell...
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Posted March 22nd, 2006 16:00