After owning an HP Pavillion, never again, and working with Gateways and Dells at college and now work I can't find a difference in any of them.
I repaired students PCs at college for 3+ years and saw no real trend of any brand showing up more than others. Dells tended to produce more calls, but more students owned them. The only PCs that were 'rare' were Sony machines (and Apples), granted they both were in more limited quanities due to their price, but they did seem to have better staying power.
After my HP mistake, I built my own and recommend it to anyone. Dell may only be slightly worse off b/c of no AMD support, the market is slowing and AMD sales are increasing somewhat b/c they are the better processor and sadly enough ppl are FINALLY realizing it. Go with an AMD.
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After owning an HP Pavillion, never again, and working with Gateways and Dells at college and now work I can't find a difference in any of them. I repaired students PCs at college for 3+ years and saw no real trend of any brand showing up more than others. Dells tended to produce more calls, but more students owned them. The only PCs that were 'rare' were Sony machines (and Apples), granted they both were in more limited quanities due to their price, but they did seem to have better staying power. After my HP mistake, I built my own and recommend it to anyone. Dell may only be slightly worse off b/c of no AMD support, the market is slowing and AMD sales are increasing somewhat b/c they are the better processor and sadly enough ppl are FINALLY realizing it. Go with an AMD.