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 04-04-2006, 09:06 Post: 127158
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  Has anyone purchased a Dell computer lately

Yikes. For my engineering business, I own nothing but dells. I have about a dozen of them in my office building, all purchased anywhere from 5 years ago to 6 months ago. I also plot to a 36" color plotter that has a standard paralell port. I used to use a usb/parallel port cable, but I switched to an EpsonNet external print server for $44. This plugs into your paralell port and all your PC can print to it via your ethernet network. I buy most of my misc. items at provantage.com - search for epsonnet at provantage and you'll see what I'm talking about. They also sell the usb to parallel cables for around $20 - $30. Theses work just fine for all my parallel needs. While having a parallel port is nice - 99% of business and home users don't need them anymore, so I can see why dell has ended installing them - afterall, there are 100's of aftermarket solutions to solve the issue.

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  Has anyone purchased a Dell computer lately

For all of those folks who are now scared of Dell - I'd like to state that not only do I have a dozen + functioning Dells that I am happy with, I have also purchased and set up dozens more for clients. Only one had an issue out of the box - and tech support was not an issue. Yes, they due outsource tech supprt to India now - which I'd rather they didn't - but if other PC companies don't already - I'm sure they will soon.

While I understand yooperpete has some issues, I would think that every PC manufacturer is equally capable of screwing one up every now and then. I wouldn't know who to even recommend other than Dell... Gateway is less than 5 years away from going out of business (in my opinioin), IBM pc's are now made in China... Maybe HP?

And no, I don't currently own or promote Dell stock at this time.






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Maybe the alternative is a MAC. Apple announced today they're releasing some software that will allow their PC's to run windows XP. (Personally, I'll pass on that experiment.)






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