If you are thinking about getting a Dell Computer. I highly encourage you look somewhere else. I have had nothing but difficulties with this system. It does not co-operate with either Windows Vista, or Windows XP. I am considering going with Ubuntu on another partition. To try and locate an actually operating system that works.
I am using a Dell Laptop. It is an Inspiron 1501, with Duo Core Chip. There is an 80 Gig Hard Drive on Board. I believe around a Gig of Ram.
My system runs painfully slow. If I run my free registry editor, it comes up with 2-300 registry errors. Even if I run this every day. This system has not run right since the day I took it out of the box last year.
Truth be told I am considering using my old pentium tower. It is an old outdated piece of junk. But it runs faster than this ridiculous product sent to me from dell.
The first problem I had was the laptop came with Windows Vista. No matter what project I did on that software. The programs and response time was painfully slow. Web pages could take as long as ten minutes to load. Most of the time they would time out. Then I purchased some peripherals for the laptop. I thought it was a range problem on my wifi card. So I have things like two different range boosters. They cost me a total of around $180.00 in addition to my purchase price of the laptop. Then I purchased a medium end digital cam. Only to find out that it would not connect to my laptop. I needed a firewire card for it to work. I had asked the salesman if this cam was compatible with my laptop. He assured me it was. When I purchased a Firewire card from Milwaukee PC. I found that Dell's card slot was proprietary. I had to loose even more time returning the said item.
Then I contacted Dell to tell them I wished to downgrade to Windows XP. They wanted to charge me yet more money to make my computer work. So I went back to Milwaukee PC and purchased a basic version of Windows XP SP2. I formated the C Drive and Installed the software onto the computer. It never ran right. the response time is painfully slow. at times software just crashes. or locks up my computer. What a scam, and pain in the backside. Having to purchase two seperate operating systems, only to find that neither work that great.
Here is what I suspect is the problem. I don't think it is just one issue. I suspect it is several issues. I have tried to contact tech support from dell. Most of the time, I can't figure out what the person on the other end of the phone is saying. The English can be rather broken and the tech support people often don't understand what the problem really is.
- Two Pentium Chips, I suspect that The laptop is not using both chips simultaniously. I think it is using up all the memory in the first chip, then dumping over into the second chip. The end result is a painfully slow system. Often software crashes on me. In many extreme situations. I have to unplug the laptop and remove the battery for a bit. This seems to be the only way to get things to shut down. ctrl+alt+delete is unresponsive most of the time.
-Java, I repeatedly get Java Error messages in my browsers. It doesn't matter if I am using Internet Explorer.which I can't even use with most pages. Firefox, Crashes regularly. Especially if I am trying to upload any html or video to the internet sites. I currently use YouTube for my videos. I am not sure if there is errors in their coding.
-Flash, I have seen critical errors pop up on a screen. Saying that flash encountered a serious problem. Then everything dumps and dies.
-Memory, I can't tell if my RAM is refreshing itself.
In addition to the before mentioned symptoms. I have learned about this duo processor accelerator. It seems to be a fictitious file. I can't find it anywhere on the Internet. Supposedly it fixes the problem of one chip being used up, then spilling over into the next chip. I can't tell you if this works. Because like I said, Finding the file online is not been an easy task.
Dell is only interested in taking your money. I will never purchase another product from this company. I feel that they are sneaky and underhanded. That they let the problems continue and are not doing enough to alleviate customer stress. I have given up on this company for any form of support.
Probably the most frustrating part about all of this. Go to dell's Websites and read the testimonials about the great product they purchased. I wonder if those are not paid staff making stuff up.
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the worst. I give dell an overall rating of .5, they suck and should be run out of business. I for one am going to start trying to locate Products made in the United States. This was I can hopefully get greater customer care. If I find that company stateside outsources for products or staff in another country. I will refuse to deal with them ever again. Dell use to have a Reputation of quality products. They repeated what every other American Business Staple has done. Went with inferior products and staff.
Make no mistake about this. Dell is not a free trade concept. It outsources to malasia and india so that they can save money. Paying those workers far less than they would have to Stateside. The scary part of this. How can it be cheaper to ship those products around the globe. while maintaining staff in other countries? This is just backwards and what is wrong with world commerce.
The financing is a system that works against you to. I hadn't realized this, but recently I looked at my bill. It turns out that for the last year, all I have been doing is paying off the interest. I will never purchase a computer on credit again. This bill keeps inflating to the point of not being able to pay it off. So they are continuously making high profits off of me. I am implementing a plan to pay this ridiculous company off, and be done with them once and for all.
You would be wise to never purchase a computer on credit. Credit is designed to destroy the consumer. making them think they are getting a leg up. It is not true. You would be better off going to your credit union and getting a loan. If you can't get a loan from your financial institution. You probably shouldn't be making the purchase on the store credit.
I am using a Dell Laptop. It is an Inspiron 1501, with Duo Core Chip. There is an 80 Gig Hard Drive on Board. I believe around a Gig of Ram.
My system runs painfully slow. If I run my free registry editor, it comes up with 2-300 registry errors. Even if I run this every day. This system has not run right since the day I took it out of the box last year.
Truth be told I am considering using my old pentium tower. It is an old outdated piece of junk. But it runs faster than this ridiculous product sent to me from dell.
The first problem I had was the laptop came with Windows Vista. No matter what project I did on that software. The programs and response time was painfully slow. Web pages could take as long as ten minutes to load. Most of the time they would time out. Then I purchased some peripherals for the laptop. I thought it was a range problem on my wifi card. So I have things like two different range boosters. They cost me a total of around $180.00 in addition to my purchase price of the laptop. Then I purchased a medium end digital cam. Only to find out that it would not connect to my laptop. I needed a firewire card for it to work. I had asked the salesman if this cam was compatible with my laptop. He assured me it was. When I purchased a Firewire card from Milwaukee PC. I found that Dell's card slot was proprietary. I had to loose even more time returning the said item.
Then I contacted Dell to tell them I wished to downgrade to Windows XP. They wanted to charge me yet more money to make my computer work. So I went back to Milwaukee PC and purchased a basic version of Windows XP SP2. I formated the C Drive and Installed the software onto the computer. It never ran right. the response time is painfully slow. at times software just crashes. or locks up my computer. What a scam, and pain in the backside. Having to purchase two seperate operating systems, only to find that neither work that great.
Here is what I suspect is the problem. I don't think it is just one issue. I suspect it is several issues. I have tried to contact tech support from dell. Most of the time, I can't figure out what the person on the other end of the phone is saying. The English can be rather broken and the tech support people often don't understand what the problem really is.
- Two Pentium Chips, I suspect that The laptop is not using both chips simultaniously. I think it is using up all the memory in the first chip, then dumping over into the second chip. The end result is a painfully slow system. Often software crashes on me. In many extreme situations. I have to unplug the laptop and remove the battery for a bit. This seems to be the only way to get things to shut down. ctrl+alt+delete is unresponsive most of the time.
-Java, I repeatedly get Java Error messages in my browsers. It doesn't matter if I am using Internet Explorer.which I can't even use with most pages. Firefox, Crashes regularly. Especially if I am trying to upload any html or video to the internet sites. I currently use YouTube for my videos. I am not sure if there is errors in their coding.
-Flash, I have seen critical errors pop up on a screen. Saying that flash encountered a serious problem. Then everything dumps and dies.
-Memory, I can't tell if my RAM is refreshing itself.
In addition to the before mentioned symptoms. I have learned about this duo processor accelerator. It seems to be a fictitious file. I can't find it anywhere on the Internet. Supposedly it fixes the problem of one chip being used up, then spilling over into the next chip. I can't tell you if this works. Because like I said, Finding the file online is not been an easy task.
Dell is only interested in taking your money. I will never purchase another product from this company. I feel that they are sneaky and underhanded. That they let the problems continue and are not doing enough to alleviate customer stress. I have given up on this company for any form of support.
Probably the most frustrating part about all of this. Go to dell's Websites and read the testimonials about the great product they purchased. I wonder if those are not paid staff making stuff up.
On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being the worst. I give dell an overall rating of .5, they suck and should be run out of business. I for one am going to start trying to locate Products made in the United States. This was I can hopefully get greater customer care. If I find that company stateside outsources for products or staff in another country. I will refuse to deal with them ever again. Dell use to have a Reputation of quality products. They repeated what every other American Business Staple has done. Went with inferior products and staff.
Make no mistake about this. Dell is not a free trade concept. It outsources to malasia and india so that they can save money. Paying those workers far less than they would have to Stateside. The scary part of this. How can it be cheaper to ship those products around the globe. while maintaining staff in other countries? This is just backwards and what is wrong with world commerce.
The financing is a system that works against you to. I hadn't realized this, but recently I looked at my bill. It turns out that for the last year, all I have been doing is paying off the interest. I will never purchase a computer on credit again. This bill keeps inflating to the point of not being able to pay it off. So they are continuously making high profits off of me. I am implementing a plan to pay this ridiculous company off, and be done with them once and for all.
You would be wise to never purchase a computer on credit. Credit is designed to destroy the consumer. making them think they are getting a leg up. It is not true. You would be better off going to your credit union and getting a loan. If you can't get a loan from your financial institution. You probably shouldn't be making the purchase on the store credit.
