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Some name brand machines used to be quite good. I have two IBM IntelliStations and two Compaq Deskpros from the mid-to-late 90's (PPro boxes) which are still running fine. Of course, they're also SCSI boxes (Adaptec 2940UW's, mostly), which tells you there was some expense involved when they were new.
I didn't buy them new. eBay is my friend.
My Lenovo Thinkpad is no where near as well built as my previous IBM Thinkpad was.
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Dell was always based on just-in-time inventory and delivery, not quality products or market-leading technology. Michael Dell designed a fulfillment system that cost less to operate, thus lowering the overhead cost in the consumer product. This allowed a slightly lower consumer price and wider profit margins than the competition.
I have to go back a bit in time to find a firsthand example, but I will respectfully disagree. Not "always."
The first x86 computer I ever owned was a Dell System 220. This was a little pizza-box PC with a 40MB hard drive, a 3.5" floppy, and MS-DOS 3.3, but the real selling point was the fact that it had a Harris 80280 chip in it which ran at ... get this ... 20 MHz! It also had VGA/MCGA video on board, which was nice at the time.
Computer Shopper and other mags at the time were holding it up as one of the fastest boxes around. It was a screamer ... I don't think Intel ever made a 286 which ran faster than 16 MHz ... and the mags were presenting it to consumers like it was some sort of computer Porsche.
This was before much software was out to take advantage of the fledgling 386 architecture and its 32-bit data bus, so in most respects the 20 MHz 286 was actually better than its 16MHz 286 and 386 rivals.
Here's a walk down memory lane (at least for me!):
I have to disagree. I've dropped or bumped fairly hard my laptop several times since I got it and it's still running strong. I did that with my dad's laptop in the 90s and, well, my ass was red after that because I broke it (hard drive). It was more expensive, too.
You really never know with computers. Long ago we had an old Gateway desktop (back when Gateway had retail stores) that was nothing special at all, we bought it because it was cheap. We upgraded it a couple times with more memory, a bigger HD and a video card. That thing wasn't all that fast but it plugged along for over 8 years without a glitch while the kids went through high school. We finally replaced it because we couldn't upgrade it any more and my son wanted a gaming machine. He built one himself and used that for awhile but just recently bought an Alienware.
We have not had good luck with laptops though, and usually need to replace them every 2-3 years. Right now we have a Dell, and Asus, and an HP.
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