[raybbr]

Just curious. How many people buy/use Dell?

All my boxes are built by me - I have two. One runs on Linux Mint and the other XP Pro. Been building them for ten years.

Two laptops. One a Lenovo - ok. One a Toshiba - pretty good with Vista.

[raybbr]

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[KarlInOhio]

How many people buy/use Dell?

I have a couple and have been pretty happy with them. I needed Windows on them and buying that retail would have made a home built system about as expensive as I could buy it from Dell.

[golfisnr1]

“She did not turn on the computer, and Dell gave no details about what’s under the hood.”

Sounds like Bambi.

[Viking2002]

I have three Dells, but I'm a bit biased, as I'm a Dell technician, and I get my hands on all manner of leftover goodies.

[antiRepublicrat]

Another desperate attempt to reach Apple's successful market?

Also, the name reminds me:

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[AZLiberty]

A model stood and removed a thin, black laptop from a bag and posed "Project Runway" style for a scrum of photographers. She did not turn on the computer, and Dell gave no details about what's under the hood.

A square piece of duck tape appeared where you might expect the Apple logo.

[Hazwaste]

What is a “luxury computer”? Do the keys have a mink lining? Maybe a diamond stud on the “F” and “J” keys for finger positioning?

[Nateman]

I bought a laptop with Ubuntu Linux preloaded. The amazing thing is that thanks to free upgrades every 6 months the computer is actually better than when I bought it.

[informavoracious]

Somehow I think the timing isn’t quite right for a “luxury” anything.

[Malsua]

Not a big fan of Dell these days. I suppose they’ll work. I’ve purchased at least 150 HPs in the past year and only had one that needed re-imaged.

[AFreeBird]

Just got a new Thinkpad - T61, came with Vista Business, now running openSUSE 11.1. I'm toying with using Xen to run Vista as a VM. Also playing around the VirtualBox on another 11.1 machine to run W2K as a VM.

I'm a Thinkpad user from way back in the 80486 days. Great laptops. My T30, also running openSUSE 11.0, was one of the last of the IBM models. So far the Lenovo is living up to the Thinkpad name, but I haven't yet dropped it a couple of times while it's running like I did the T30. Which BTW, other than a corner missing from the case, still works fine.

And I absolutely refuse to use a laptop the doesn't have a trackpoint mouse. I can't stand those trackpads.

[neb52]

Does this mean that Alienware is dead? Why create a new line product that will compete with one you already own?

As to owning Dells. The company I work for now is a Dell shop and I have worked with Dells for over 10 years working as a full/part time tech for another company. I don’t care for them, especially there support. Much prefer buying HP business line products. The support staff is usually American, if not you can ask for one and be rerouted.

[RandallFlagg]

Have a Dell desktop and a Dell XPS laptop. The newer laptop is a heck of a lot faster than the older desktop. I’ve wanted to build one from some good stuff at Newegg, but just never seem to get to it.