GageMW said:Dells, HPs,Sonys they're all the same, except for compaq which is 10x worse and there is no reason to get one, if you have little money, unless you're stupid and/or extremely clumsy build your own, if you have lots, again build your own or go with custom made like alienware or falcon-nw, and forget the warranty **** most of newegg's parts have at least a 1 year warranty thru them or manufacturer. + you cannot do shit with HPs or Dells, i would know as im sitting on one now. No bios change, annoying HP spyware/software,shit OCing bad drivers SHITTY proprietary parts... thie list goes on, DONT BUY COMPAQ EVER, same with hp and dell and sony and emachine and.... you get the point
might think of:
1. not everyone wants to overclock.
2. more than half of people using computers dont even know what BIOS is
3. A $500 DELL is probably MORE than the average computer even needs to do what they do (e-amil, internet, watch DVD's...etc)
I have a compaq laptop and have no problems with it in the 2+yrs. of owning it. Doesn't overheat or anything surprisingly. Also have older Desktop AMD 475MHz computer...never had problems with it. What is wrong with your compaq's?
GageMW said:agreed on the getting job done, but which is worth more? the time to build a custom pc or the money to buy a dell and then twice the time it would take to make custom dealing with tech support like this: http://www.illwillpress.com/tech.html
why do you need tech support? i have probably 13 HP/Dell/IBM/Compaq/emachines computers in my house...never called tech support once in my life. If one has a problem i simply fix it myself. If you cannot fix it (dont know how i guess) then Google it. i honestly have found EVERY answer to my computer questions online or from word of mouth. googel is very n00b friendly