I choose Dell for their business offerings, specifically PowerEdge rack servers and Precision series laptops, both of which provide beastly specs at reasonable

I choose Dell for their business offerings, specifically PowerEdge rack servers and Precision series laptops, both of which provide beastly specs at reasonable prices. Wouldn't touch their consumer level "Home" product line, nor would many here on HN I asssume, given that programmers and designers abound (who typically need/want quality hardware). If expanding outside of their niche helps Dell survive/thrive for years to come, I'm all for it, just keep the business products alive and well, we needs them ;-)