my lease is up on my dell and i was wondering what you all are using and the + and - of it and what you would get if you were looking again

 

Build your own..Go to Fryes

 

I've been in the field for 10+ years, and I always recommend Dell to all of my attorney's and co-workers. I have personally built too many PC's to count and have purchased my last 3 PCs from Dell with absolutely no hardware problems. I don't like HP too much because I have worked on a few home HP computers that seem to have hardware problems frequently (but that could just be a coincidence). I will always buy Dell because they are easy to configure and have a very good price point and configuration options.

 

I have to agree with HummerGuy..I also buy from Dell..just bought a new desk top and a lap top and very happy with both.

 

i agree also
my desktop and 2 laptops are dell
and i havent had any problems out of them
the desktop andone laptopare over 3 years old

 

Desktop - Dell

Laptop - Toshiba

 

Being in the computer business for 17+ years, and specializing in custom built machines, I'd have to go along with the other members here. If you are capable of it, ordering your own parts and assembling yourself will still get you the most bang for your buck, but as for buying from someone, if I had to choose, Dell would be my first choice as well. Just make sure you buy one of their higher end ones, as the entry level models have several shortcomings. Look at the ones using the Intel Core 2 duo, and don't skimp on the RAM.

 

thanx for your help all .......i just ordered a Dimension XPS 710 with an intel core 2 extreme QX6700 (8mb L2 cache, 2.66GHz, 1066 FSB)
4 GB DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz
750GB serial ATA 3Gb/s hard drive (7200rpm) w/Data Burst Cache
768MB nVidia GeForce 8800GTX video card
sound blaster X-Fi Xtreme music (D) sound card
AGEIA PhysX physics accelerator

do you think this will be a good combo?

 

Yep, minesweeper will work pretty good on that spankin' rig.

 

Very good choice