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I think I'll have to agree with Charles. I have a Dell at work - Pentium III - Office 2000 - 17in monitor - and everything possible! My only recommendation with Dell...load up on RAM. It's not expensive to do so. It would seem that the Dell's don't like extremely huge files. But hey, what PC does?
I have a Packard Bell at home. It's not given me too much trouble. We've only ever had to replace the modem in it. But if I had my choice....DELL!
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You guys pay waaaaay too much for a computer. I've got a 600 celeron, 15gig hdd, 192MB of RAM(133mghz) A DVD player AND a CDRW, with 15in Monitor, all for under $1000.
And I haven't had a problem since.
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Ya know, I never really paid attention to the size when the Dell crashes on me...the most important thing is that I've lost several hours of work! But to just to give you a general idea...an Excel spreadsheet with approximately 10,000 lines X 8 columns (or so). After it crashed on me though, CIS came in and loaded it with more RAM. No more problems.
The extra RAM should only cost you about $25.00 per 32MG. Worth it - especially if you plan to have several windows running at one time. Best PC I've ever had to work with!
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Well, that's it, then. You didn't have enough RAM. It wasn't the fact that it was a Dell that was the problem. Any computer w/o enough RAM will have trouble handling too much work at once.
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Well I had a Packard Bell, until it caught fire and burned down.
Now I have some comments about the computers I use;
Gateway: Okay if desparate
Dell: Great, only if the system has the maximum amount of ram and is the most expensive
Compaq: My aunt's laptop cannot run on the battery...
Sony: Good, if the system is the most expensive laptop and has a CD-RW and all the goodies
Micron: Great, but too expensive for some people
IBM: Why bother when there are lots of cheaper substitutes
And this ends my two francs
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Chris (can we call you "Chris"?): Congratulations. You've passed the innuendo test. You're well on your way to fitting right in around here... *L*
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Mircosoft, eh? I wouldn't trust them either, although bugs in the operating system are a given really, considering what the space station was like.
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Chris (can we call you "Chris"?): Congratulations. You've passed the innuendo test. You're well on your way to fitting right in around here... *L*-TSN
Please do - call me Chris. Why - thank you! *bows head* I'm full of 'em...innuendos that is.
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