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Originally posted by Soulgirl
My husband builds PC's for a living and says that whilst these large companies producing PC's for home use are cheap for their specs - the actual hardware used is cr@p... I haven't bought an off the shelf pc myself so can't say I have looked in the box but always worth checking what parts you are getting for your money.
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this is generally true. If you build your own, which I always have, you know EXACTLY what is going in. And there was a time when building them yourself was also cheaper, but now the cost of manufacturing the parts is so cheap, big companies offer excellent deals, ie, printers, scanners and cameras with the pc at a very competative price.
I support an Estate consisting of around 6000 pcs which are Dell, and they are very reliable machines. Rarely does our team have to deal with Dell themselves for hardware faults, and if we do, their customer care is excellent.
I have worked with Pcs for years and have always sworn by building my own, but I would have no problem with buying a Dell system. They can be slightly more expensive than other makes, but you do get what you pay for (this includes after sales).