The results are in: Most dotTechies build their own computers, with Dell, no favorite, and HP following close behind
December 25, 2009 9
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Two weeks ago I asked “What is your favorite computer brand?”. The polls have now closed and the results are in – most dotTechies build their own computers:
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If I do say so myself, I am surprised at the results. I expected Dell, HP, and no favorites to be at the top. However I truly did not expect that most dotTechies build their own computers. More power to us!
In my experience, building high-end machines yourself is cheaper than purchasing them from a company while purchasing low-end machines from a company is cheaper than building them yourself.
Thank you to everyone that participated. Feel free to voice any opinions on the matter below.
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This Acer laptop would be a truly hard to build on the cheap machine. Not only is it a laptop, it has a beautiful, crisp 17″ display (wide screen HD 720p)and a built in webcam/microphone and 4GB of RAM and a 2.2GHz processor and a consumer-grade feel and… yeah I could go on and on. I needed a computer that was a laptop and a nice screen, but was easily transportable, and an added extra was a 2nd HDD bay, now with a harddrive and Windows 7 RC. I love this thing! For the price ($649) it would be hard to get a comparable desktop system (or laptop), custom or not, at this price.
@Locutus:
Which model Acer did you get? I’ve got a Lenovo that’s about three years old with 3GB and XP Pro. I could up the RAM and install Win 7, but I’m curious about yours.
Just a note:
The initial page had already many useful comments.
The results are no surprise to me, as most readers here are “researchers” :-)
Interesting point Ashraf, the different aproach between low and high end machines, I do agree.
Nevertheless, I insist, that if you want reliability, go for a brand.
I have about 100 business customers (from medium to multinational companies) and only 2 of them “built” their high end servers…
Buying computer items individually and assembling them is not only cheaper but also the warranty is longer. For eg., Hard Disk’s warranty can be had for 5 years.
Agreed…High end is best home built. Low end is usually cheaper at end of the model year.
To the point, I just picked up an AMD quad core with 500gig HD and 4gigs of triplethreaded ram for $299 shipped.
@Ron: The Aspire 6530. (see this picture. Mine doesn’t have the fingerprint reader on the touchpad.) It’s nice.
@Al Hall:
Sweet!….where did you score that deal?
http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/expired-deals/974981
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