> They produce far too many models of laptops and 2-in-1. There are currently 285 models, it takes 24 pages of store just to display them all! (Compare this to

> They produce far too many models of laptops and 2-in-1. There are currently 285 models, it takes 24 pages of store just to display them all! (Compare this to Apple which is a far larger company and has ~5 laptop models) Meh. Some people don't like the Apple "you can have any color you want, as long as it's black" product strategy. It's not a bad thing to not ape Apple. I actually got a Dell recently, it it was solely because they offered an affordably-priced 16:10 model. If they did the Apple, "we offer 4 models, take it or leave it," I guarantee, none of them would have been affordably-priced 16:10 models. > The design of their machines is so bad I have come to the conclusion that no one is designing them. I know this sounds like a ridiculous claim, but I am quite certain it’s true... > Look at this camera positioning. Great for showing off your nose hairs! Meh, again. I'm almost certain that camera placement is due to the economic decision to use a 16:9 screen on that machine, leaving a giant bezel that's just inviting someone to put something in it. 16:9 panels in laptops are a stupid fact of life, because people like cheap, but it's kind of dumb to jump to the conclusion that "no one is designing them" based on stuff like that and an experience with one of Dell's competitors. > What is with the naming? > There is a laptop named “New XPS 15”. Who the fuck names a laptop “New XPS 15? How am I supposed to talk about it in a year when Dell creates another XPS 15? Is this guy even paying attention? The literal answer is in the screenshot with the broken image link right below this passage. That reveals that the "New XPS 17" has proper model number, and they offer both the old and the new model in their store (which is not a bad thing). It's obviously a just a good temporary label to make that situation clear to a user of their store. This guy obviously lionizes Apple (in comparison, at least), but they're worse in this regard: they've marketed literally dozens of models as "MacBook Pro 15," and the best they do to differentiate them is tack on a year, which doesn't tell you which is the new one unless you know thier whole product lineup.