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Originally posted by campbellcj
Looking at a Viewsonic VP211b (21") right now which I really like a lot.
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That ViewSonic 211 is an insane monitor. Extremely clear, bright and acurate. Not cheap, but completely worth it if you can spend the cash.
Back to PC's... My wife is a Dell certified tech. She worked for a very large Fortune 500 company as a tech and that company had a mix of about every brand out there. She's worked on just about everything out there and by far prefers Dell product. They are just better built and hold up better under abusive operators. Whenever someone asks her what brand of PC to buy (desktop), it's Dell only.
Her brother had a 2 home built PC's. My wife would be rebuilding these PC's every quarter since he kept messing with them. She finally got sick of it and told him to buy a Dell since she was no longer going to fix his home built junk anymore. That was 3 years ago and we haven't had to fix his PC since. So, if a Dell can hold up to his abuse, it's gotta be decent.
We've got 3 Dells running in my household. An old 600 that's 6 years old now that's still kicking. My Dimension 4500 has been rock solid for 3 years with no hickups at all and my wife's 3.02 Dell has been on non stop for 2+ years now with zero problems.
I agree that RAM and hard drive space are more important than processor speed. Music and video files are HUGE.
My wife just fixed a Gateway yesterday for her friend. I'll agree that Gateway is not the best...
Building a PC from scratch can be fun, but it seems the days of saving huge amounts of money by sourcing your own components and then building them yourself are kinda over. The systems from the big boys are cheap enough now that there isn't much incentive to building your own unless you like doing that type of work. I would bet Dell and the other huge PC makers can pressure component makers for very good pricing...
Just more data points for your consideration...
Jay