Be more specific on why you hate Dell. What is it exactly? Is it quality of products? Or just poor customer service? Maybe it's bad from a techies perspective, but great as a home buying customer.
I own a Dell desktop now. I had problems first month I had it. System crashed.
After that experience, have had no problems in last 23 months.
But yes, Technical support is very poor from a communication and length of time on phone perspective. Very true. But still overall I think Dell is the best option for most non-techie consumer buyers.