I believe that I must say a few things in Dell's defense. Ok, I make no claims that this is the perfect computer company or anything, but the first computer I ever owned (personally) was a Dell. I went away to college and bought the computer thinking that I was significantly more computer savvy than I actually was. It's a simple matter of getting what you pay for. For a new user, it's a great machine. I nuked the OS and they were happy to either send out a tech or send me a new hdd with the factory install on it. Mind you, nuking the machine was entirely my fault and I shared this fact with tech support. Further, they overnighted the replacement drive to me. Their tech support was my safety net. Yeah, so they didn't really know how to fix things themselves, but tech support isn't exactly a sought after IT/Comp. Sci. job.
Ok, so I'm older and wiser now, and certainly capable of building my own system. Yes, the proprietary power supply thing makes no sense, and the machines are expensive. Would I buy another Dell? No. Would I recommend one to a new user? Yes. Fewer than half of my fellow students ever open their machines, and I go to an engineering school. Dell sells computers for the masses, and in my opinion they do a good job of it
at Lehigh.edu they're implementing a new capping system done by physical jack instead of MAC address (previously used and exploited) 500meg up or down in 12 hours then capped for 72.
what's interesting is that i signed a user agreement outlining one cost/use schedule
but more interesting than that is that living on campus i have no other option if i want net access. installation of dsl is impossible, and cable is not permitted. our way or the highway kinda sucks
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"She said her client was playing with his young daughter, using the laser's narrow green beam to point at stars..."
Am i missing something? How does this work? It's pretty obvious to me that the daughter wouldn't be able to see the dot on a star.
There's an article in on of The Onion's books:
Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeros
it was really funny until now
so that is where the DoS came from
Ok, so I'm older and wiser now, and certainly capable of building my own system. Yes, the proprietary power supply thing makes no sense, and the machines are expensive. Would I buy another Dell? No. Would I recommend one to a new user? Yes. Fewer than half of my fellow students ever open their machines, and I go to an engineering school. Dell sells computers for the masses, and in my opinion they do a good job of it
at Lehigh.edu they're implementing a new capping system done by physical jack instead of MAC address (previously used and exploited) 500meg up or down in 12 hours then capped for 72. what's interesting is that i signed a user agreement outlining one cost/use schedule but more interesting than that is that living on campus i have no other option if i want net access. installation of dsl is impossible, and cable is not permitted. our way or the highway kinda sucks