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Aren't Dell and Apple still the only two companies where you can have a computer built to order? The difference is that Dell never managed to create a web inte
by Tichy 14y ago
Aren't Dell and Apple still the only two companies where you can have a computer built to order?
The difference is that Dell never managed to create a web interface to their shop that doesn't suck.
- archangel_one 14y agoI don't think the web interfaces are the biggest difference between the two. If Dell was selling the same quality hardware as Apple without the thousand different models and home/business price segmentation BS, I could put up with their website as is. Edit: ugh, it is pretty bad though, I think it's actually worse than I remember. I suspect it's just a symptom of a fundamental problem though - as the late Steve Jobs might have said, they simply have no taste.
- Tichy 14y agoI suppose they just followed another strategy for selling, which I personally don't like. It's just a shame because with the build to order thing, they would have been halfway there.
- fpgeek 14y agoNope. At least Lenovo (via the front door of lenovo.com) and HP (if you know where to look) permit this, as of the last time I priced out a laptop anyway. There are also smaller shops that will do highly customized builds (and often have web configurators since they're "cheap" these days), but I suspect you didn't intend to include them regardless.