[The Apache]

colemancb, on Oct 2 2006, 05:08 PM, said:

So, I guess everyone speaking of Dell's 'target audience' is talking about people that don't know s*** about computers.

LOL

dude, you can buy memory for such cheap prices. isn't a problem really lol.

[CoffeeFiend]

Dell's target isn't idiots. It's people who want good value in a rather generic PC with half decent support. Nothing more.

And no, I haven't heard about whatever deal she bought her Dell from (I just don't memorize those things). But I bet she got her 300$'s worth. Quite frankly, I don't know what you're expecting to get at that price. Celerons aren't that bad for basic office work and such (not like she was buying a gaming rig at that price - clearly a "value" machine), and it seems more than sufficient really (some Dimension 2400 actually shipped with P4s). And as the reviews I've seen on the web shows, it normally ships with 256MB, which wasn't all THAT bad for a low end PC that's more than a couple years old (and again, cheap upgrade). I'd like to see you build one from new parts yourself, with a Genuine copy of windows for that much (you likely have ~200$ left to buy all the hardware), and see how much better and faster your rig is. The DDR2 I was considering for my Core 2 Duo rig cost more than 300$ per GB. You got a whole computer for less than that, I don't know what you were expecting.

That's like buying a new car for less than one buys a new engine for, and complaining it doesn't have 350BHP. Misleading advertizing for sure...

[colemancb]

What I was trying to say was that my mother (not knowing anything about computers) just thought it was a good deal because that's what the commercial told her. I'm saying that in my opinion, Dell takes advantage of people who don't know anything about computers except how to check their e-mail, and sells them a cheap computer knowingly.

[SovereignScorn]

colemancb, on Oct 2 2006, 06:32 PM, said:

What I was trying to say was that my mother (not knowing anything about computers) just thought it was a good deal because that's what the commercial told her. I'm saying that in my opinion, Dell takes advantage of people who don't know anything about computers except how to check their e-mail, and sells them a cheap computer knowingly.

Does she ever have any problems checking her email on her cheap computer? If not then I'd call it a deal.

[CoffeeFiend]

SovereignScorn, on Oct 2 2006, 09:18 PM, said:

Does she ever have any problems checking her email on her cheap computer? If not then I'd call it a deal.

Couldn't have said better. Selling low end systems to folks with very minimal needs like checking email only... Nothing wrong with that.

[colemancb]

colemancb said:

family PC

I had trouble checking _my_ email. haha.

[The Apache]

SovereignScorn, on Oct 3 2006, 03:18 AM, said:

colemancb, on Oct 2 2006, 06:32 PM, said:

What I was trying to say was that my mother (not knowing anything about computers) just thought it was a good deal because that's what the commercial told her. I'm saying that in my opinion, Dell takes advantage of people who don't know anything about computers except how to check their e-mail, and sells them a cheap computer knowingly.

Does she ever have any problems checking her email on her cheap computer? If not then I'd call it a deal.

rofl, owned.