Um, about Dell hardware...
...as far as I understand, it isn't all manufactured in the same place.
I can't really cite facts to back this up, but it's what I've heard from friends and colleagues.
Most of the Dell stuff on sale in the US has good quality control, since they're at least assembled, if not entirely built, in the West. I think the European ones are supposed to be okay as well.
But the Dell machines intended for, say, Asian markets tend to be of lower quality. Those would be put together in Southeast Asia, China, India, and so on. I used to work for a radio station in Singapore that used Dell computers, and reliability was a major complaint among staff.
So not all Dells are created equal.
-- Acyl
...as far as I understand, it isn't all manufactured in the same place.
I can't really cite facts to back this up, but it's what I've heard from friends and colleagues.
Most of the Dell stuff on sale in the US has good quality control, since they're at least assembled, if not entirely built, in the West. I think the European ones are supposed to be okay as well.
But the Dell machines intended for, say, Asian markets tend to be of lower quality. Those would be put together in Southeast Asia, China, India, and so on. I used to work for a radio station in Singapore that used Dell computers, and reliability was a major complaint among staff.
So not all Dells are created equal.
-- Acyl