Yes most will warranty their equipment, but you have to pay to ship it back to them, let them look at it and get a new one shipped to you. A lot of companies still do not believe in cross shipping and you hardly ever get express shipping on warranty items unless you pay for it. So why wait a week or more to fix your machine when Dell will have it fixed in 24hrs for most cases? I've been upgrading Dell's for years and never had any problems. They aren't hard at all to upgrade. You can visit the Dell website and pick the components you want to go into your machine, brands and all. I just had a business buy 50 Dells.. Pentium 4 1.8 ghz with 512 ram and 17" monitors. We also bought 8hr turnaround service. I checked pricewatch to see what it would cost to put these together myself. I believe the cost was a mere $200. It wasn't worth it to me to have to warranty these puppies for 3yrs with 8hr turnaround time for $10 grand....
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Wheatley) on 06/27/2002 01:21:28 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) Subject: Re: New computer But when you build a custom system you know what you have in it and you can always upgrade and most hardware vendors warrenty the parts. Build custom and save yourself the caish and use what you save to buy a new leather chair Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Raley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:02 PM Subject: Re: New computer > I've built quite a few computers and sold them to people/business in the last 10 > years and in that time although you can save a few dollars, with the prices of > hardware vs complete systems for me it comes down to warranty. With Dell your > going to get a good warranty and someone will be there to ship you a new part or > on site to fix it. With building your own there is always al ittle more hassle > with warranty issues dealing with vendors and or manufacturers.. I find this > costs me more time then what its worth. I've established a relationship with > Dell where I know what they are going to ask so I do the upfront troubleshooting > and have someone out the next day or a part shipped same day. Its become like > clock work. The last 2 yrs I've just been buying Dell's and/or recommending > systems to people. We've bought a few compaq's but dell is the main vendor. > > > > > > > Michael Dinowitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/27/2002 01:02:34 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: CF-Community <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Scott Raley/LPEC/ASD/SEMCORINC) > > Subject: New computer > > > > It's always when you don't want to that you have to get a new computer. I've got > to upgrade my home system and I've got a question for anyone here who knows > hardware; Is it better to buy a complete system or to build it. I've got a quote > of $1608 for a 2ghz Dell with 512 ram and 80 gig hard, plus a 19 inch. It looks > like a stacked system but would there be a major savings if I bought all the > parts and built it from scratch? Shipping isn't an issue as Dell has free > shipping now. > > > Michael Dinowitz > Master of the House of Fusion > http://www.houseoffusion.com > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
