Why would anyone getting a netbook buy Dell?
They run 40 to 60 dollars higher than comparably performing machines from Asus or Acer. And certainly Asus and Acer are as good on customer service as Dell has become these days.
Name recognition is the only thing I can think of.
I’ve had a Dell Mini-9 since last December and absolutely love it. I use it when traveling for business and prefer it to the even smaller “smart” cell phones. For durability, I chose XP with a 32GB SSD (solid state drive) so no moving hard drive parts and dead silent - perfect for travel to get emails in hotel at night and surf web for news. HIGHLY recommended.
Well the main reason anybody buys a dell mini-9 or 10 is not for the OS that’s on them but the OS that they will put on them. They simply make the best hackintosh’s so return rates for Dell’s are certainly not the industry norm when it comes to the OS being the reason.
A lot of corporations consolidate their purchases or leases through one company. If they wanted a netbook for an employee, they would just roll it onto the same account. Makes life easy on the bean counters and is usually cheaper because they get a discount of some variety.
For personal use though, I agree with whoever posited name recognition.