personally i hate dell... id get a toshiba or acer or a hp. find dells unreliable to say the least
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Hi, not for me, but for a teenager who wants to play some games
What you think of this $980 PC?
http://www.dell.com/au/p/studio-xps-...tudio-xps-7100
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been dealing with Dell for quite a while now - never have had any issues with any of the PC's I've bought (laptop and desktop) - probably about 15 all up in the last couple of years.
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Nothing special, but should be quite capable. Not going to set any performance records, but no major stand-out problems either, and not a bad price. Still might be able to build faster from parts for the same price, but not by a long way (versus the normal price you'd beat it hands down from parts).
Only issues for me would be a better OS - at least Pro (I generally don't think Ultimate is worth the upgrade cost), and make sure you get the OS install disks. Dell offer the ability to tweak the spec - so check the upgrade costs out when ordering for both of those things.
With the OS install disks, you can do a proper clean install and get rid of all the hateful bundled crap software. It's annoying to have to do it, and it'll take you/him a weekend to get the machine properly sorted doing it this way, but it's so worth it in both performance and usability terms. IIRC I got charged $2.50 or something for the "upgrade" of having the disks shipped with the machine...
+1 for Dell, at least you get good back up from them
theres a nice alienware lappy on here http://www1.ap.dell.com/au/en/dfo/df...refid=df&s=dfo
I bought my laptop from the outlet saved $800
I've never had trouble with Dell, and their customer service seems ok when I had to make a warranty claim.
I'm happy to buy a Dell, but just wondered on the specs for a gaming machine..
For my own PC, I would have built from scratch, but it's not mine and I don't want to get involved when it doesn't POST or it gets a malware... recovery can be done by amateurs.
thanks Gravy, there is also this http://www1.ap.dell.com/content/topi...=au&l=en&s=dfo
But not sure about the graphics card, but everything else is great.. I'll prob pick this up.
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Best PC is the one you build your own. It's cheaper and easier to upgrade parts in the future. Just my two cents.
i built my own pc. saved heaps of $ if you want a warranty the best thing to do would be go to a computer shop and get them to build it for you. theyl probably build you a better speced pc for the same money as dell would charge. i know ijk charges 45 to build your computer for you as well as give you a one year warranty. but theyre in sydney. just my 5c
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you'd be better off buying from a 'bigger' company
always wonder how long that 'cheap' computer store around the corner will be there if you have issues
or need something replaced under warranty
your choice though
and a huge +1 to what vectracious said
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