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>> they don't make it easy to figure out what exactly you're getting in the very beginning I've bought computers from both Dell and Apple, and I think their si

by lhorie 16y ago

>> they don't make it easy to figure out what exactly you're getting in the very beginning I've bought computers from both Dell and Apple, and I think their sites are about the same. If you go to the Dell site, right off the bat, you can choose whether it's a home or a business computer. Then you can pick based on rough specs and price, and then customize from there. Which is not to say you have to customize. You don't. Same with Apple. The main difference was my mentality when choosing who to buy from. With Dell, I wanted to customize. With Apple I wanted to not have to care. I think generally that's the main determining factor when people choose a manufacturer.

orangecat 16y ago
If you go to the Dell site, right off the bat, you can choose whether it's a home or a business computer. Not only "can", but "must", which is really obnoxious. If I pick "business", are they going to try to rip me off because they figure I'm not spending my own money? If I pick "home", are they only going to show me the cheap stuff? There's no reason (that benefits users) to segment their products like that.
- lhorie 16y ago
  >> If I pick "business", are they going to try to rip me off because they figure I'm not spending my own money? If I pick "home", are they only going to show me the cheap stuff? That's a strawman, considering Apple computers generally cost way more than the PC equivalents, and that Apple can be quite the cheapskate in components also (e.g. when i bought mine, it had a crappy the-sort-of-thing-you'd-see-in-a-HP video card and no upgrade options). Also, if the wizard-style sites bug you, retailer sites are often more "window-shopping" oriented. (On a off-topic side note, I just noticed you can search Dell laptops by screen size, by weight and some other parameters. That's pretty cool http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&cat=prod&k=laptop&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=sys%2fnotebooks&rf=all&nk=f&sort=K&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=anavTop http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&...)

by lhorie 16y ago

orangecat 16y ago

If you go to the Dell site, right off the bat, you can choose whether it's a home or a business computer. Not only "can", but "must", which is really obnoxious. If I pick "business", are they going to try to rip me off because they figure I'm not spending my own money? If I pick "home", are they only going to show me the cheap stuff? There's no reason (that benefits users) to segment their products like that.

lhorie 16y ago
>> If I pick "business", are they going to try to rip me off because they figure I'm not spending my own money? If I pick "home", are they only going to show me the cheap stuff? That's a strawman, considering Apple computers generally cost way more than the PC equivalents, and that Apple can be quite the cheapskate in components also (e.g. when i bought mine, it had a crappy the-sort-of-thing-you'd-see-in-a-HP video card and no upgrade options). Also, if the wizard-style sites bug you, retailer sites are often more "window-shopping" oriented. (On a off-topic side note, I just noticed you can search Dell laptops by screen size, by weight and some other parameters. That's pretty cool http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&cat=prod&k=laptop&rpp=12&p=1&subcat=sys%2fnotebooks&rf=all&nk=f&sort=K&ira=False&~srd=False&ipsys=False&advsrch=False&~ck=anavTop http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=gen&...)