Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread Ross Clutterbuck
Any ideas on how to fix this or on what she should do? Basic advice Riva is tell her not to buy a Dell! Not sure what the custom PC market is like outside of the UK but over here you can buy good quality machines without paying the premiums you do for branded PCs and support from

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread PBC Web Design
At 05:06 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote: *cough* www.apple.com Going away now... Will I've heard that many times (above) g but seriously - I will never buy a Dell again after all the problems I had w/them. I was a died in the wool Dell customer for years but no more. I know, to late now. But

RE: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread Cheryl D Wise
grin / Trying to get Apache set up the way I wanted on OS X 10.2 was probably my most frustrating experience ever with a web server. Give me IIS any day. Heck, I'd even prefer working straight on any version of Linux; at least the documentation would be available and probably a lot more accurate.

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread Portman
This is very frustrating. I have had both good and bad experiences with Dell but I guess I must have had more good than bad because I bought my last 2 computers from them. They even sent me out a new power supply and motherboard when someone gave me the wrong advice about installing RAM and

RE: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread Ann Dietz
Riva, It's been awhile since this happened (2002) so I may not have all the details quite correct but I got a lemon Dell Latitude C640 on the first ship. Among my chats with various people at Dell that I recall, there was mention that if the computer was within a 30-day time frame from when it

RE: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-10 Thread John Hughes
-Original Message- From: PBC Web Design [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 January 2006 13:58 To: wdvltalk@lists.wdvl.com Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem At 05:06 PM 1/9/2006, you wrote: *cough* www.apple.com Going away now... Will I use a Mac at work and it is every bit

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-09 Thread Drew Trusz
On 1/9/06, Portman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, My sister has always been getting cheap, junky computers and I finally convinced her to buy a Dell. She did and is now having endless problems. She installed SBC DSL and when she restarted her computer, she got a blue screen with a

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-09 Thread Portman
Thanks for the reply. My sister knows very little about computers and is scared to mess with it. Dell did tell her that she could call another number and pay for support - but it is a brand new computer. She did mention that she would sometimes get to the desktop that would be empty. Other

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-09 Thread William Stewart
*cough* www.apple.com Going away now... Will On 1/9/06 3:47 PM, Portman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, My sister has always been getting cheap, junky computers and I finally convinced her to buy a Dell. She did and is now having endless problems. She installed SBC DSL and when she

Re: [wdvltalk] New computer problem

2006-01-09 Thread Joseph Harris
From: Portman Thanks for the reply. My sister knows very little about computers and is scared to mess with it. Dell did tell her that she could call another number and pay for support - but it is a brand new computer. She did mention that she would sometimes get to the desktop that would be