Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 12:15 AM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>wrote: > That is older Dells which they built their name on, newer ones are > sub-standard IMO... > We had a crop a few years ago that were not so great, all with motherboard issues, but we use Dells (by contract) on the campus and I would say that for the most part they are a reliable product. We have something on the order of a hundred Dells in the Library that me and another guy take care of, and I just can't agree with you. Once in a while a power supply will pack up, or something will fry, but that is really rare. Almost all problems we run into are pilot error. > > > > > Dell has terrible reliability reputation. I should know, I bought > > three Dells desktop and they all died within 3 years. > > > > At our University Library, we're likely to hit 8 plus years with Dell > desktops. They go obsolete much more often than they fail. > > > > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA