I have a dell xp professional 2003. It's used for the home...nothing special. I have had security put on and use name brand protection, email, etc. But my computer crashes all the time and I end up calling dell to fix it! Now I'm thinking about getting a new computer...what is the best one I can get that will not crash all the time?
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Nothing is crash-proof.  It depends a lot on how it is being used, the software involved, etc.  If your machine started crashing recently think back to what changes were made at that time.  It is also possible that you have a lot of malware inspite of having anti-virus programs (which don't do much for malware) running.  Try downloading and running Ad-Aware SE, spybot and Windows defender (all free) and see if that makes a difference.  A different answer mentioned ram - very true, for XP you need a minimum of 128 - 512 would be much better.  You also need hard drive space for what used to be called the swap file - if your dive is so loaded that you have less than 1G of open space - that is one of the reasons you are crashing.
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Delll is the best computer off all since all offices use dell & u can switch it on for almost a year or two.... unlike sony & others u cant do with that ....this is the main advantage with delll & also dell is a very well known reputed company too....... so one can buy it with thier eyes closed.
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STAY AWAY FROM IT.  There are class action lawsuits against Dell for faulty Inspiron 5150s.  The 5150 was made with many defects that affect the motherboard and battery.  Buying this computer will only lead you into the commonly known Dell hell.  I am a current sufferer of an out of comission Inspirion 5150.  I can't stress enough - stay away!
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I ordered a dell INSPIRON B130 from dell and with out all of the add ons it was just under 500\nit took about a week to get here \nit has windows xp home edition \na 15.5 inch screen \nand it by far exceeds your expectations \nI use mine for work and it is great it even comes with the networking card built in \njust go to www.dell.com and check it out
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dell is the best and you are talking to Natalie that is true i am talking thru dell it lasts longer!
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Either call Dell and tell them it's a piece of crap or do yourself a favor and return it.  I've had 2 Dells and neither lasted 2 months out of warranty.  While in warranty they were slow, took forever to get on internet, they said there wasn't a problem.  Take it back and do yourself and your friends a favor- tell everyone not to buy a Dell, they're cheap for a reason.
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There really is no "good" PC's because it all depends on what you do with them.\n\nAnd the Dell Demension series has quite a range in years now, so it would be hard to answer your question depending on how old the computers are\n\nBut Dell makes so pretty powerful PC's and any brand new PC these days are quite nice for their price
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I've worked on computers for 16 years, and had lots of experience servicing many, many brands.\n\nThe absolute best two companies on the planet right now are HP and Dell.  I wouldn't even consider anything else, if I were buying for myself.\n\nBoth are excellent products, great prices, and excellent service.\n\nAnd let me guarantee you, service and support on a notebook is much more critical than on a desktop, every component is proprietary.\n\nAlso, strongly consider upgrading your warranty to include accidental damage.  Make sure you have a 3 year warranty, because when a notebook goes out of warranty, you really don't want to pay for repairs, they are more expensive.
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I provide helpdesk services so I visit the Dell tech support often ... on fustrating feature of their support is they do not directly reference the hardware installed on a Dell system but generalize. They are also very protective in that if you are not the origional purchaser of the hardware they will not talk to you... Their overall intenet support is well below average ... their phone support is being outsorced to India and alot of people have told me that it is very below standard...
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Dell is great! I have a Dell Inspiron and i love it!!!
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I have Dell I'm in school My ex w/ 2 business has a Compaq in order to watch the security camera's on it. Dell's customer svc is not friendly over the phone. P.S. no doctor I know can spell either or write its not uncommon. I know plenty of them but when you are making that much ummm who cares. I rather mispell in a Benz than Spell each word in the dict and drive a Dodge.
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Well here the deal with  Dell No ONE CARRIES THE DELL CARTIDGES\nand if you get them refilled they may not work and if they do the most they will is 2 times this is becasue dell put a chip in the cartriges that tells the PC that its bad so you have to buy them from dell so your going to pay sooner or later
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Dell comes to mind. Everybrand has good and bad models it mostly melts down to the stats.\n\n\nI suggest you get an AMD or Intel processor most of the new laptops will have powerful AMD or Intel processors. Of course I would grab dual core processor witch should be no problem almost every knew PC or laptop uses dual cores.\n\nYou will want at least 1GB of ram.\nYou will want at least 80GB of hard drive space probably more around 160GB.\n\nIf your main desire is gaming DO NOT get a laptop even the best and most expensive laptops are only half as good as the average desktop at gaming.  Many laptops can handle medium end gaming quite well but you will need to look into that before you buy it.   If your looking for something to web browse , play light or medium end games well , and look at video or pictures what I listed above will be enough.\n\nAlways research a PC before you buy it and get advice from at least 2 people because any 1 person can be wrong.\n\nSo ASK twice buy once....\n\nEdited--- I have not used much Laptops but I hear dells are ok. The one you hate will probably be a lot different from a new modern laptop or desktop but If you looking at a desktop dells suck. Go with HP if you can they rock!  But I away custom build myself witch if you were into gaming I would for sure go custom but your not.  From what you say your looking for almost any average laptop or Desktop thats HP or Dell will be good.  I like HP over dell for sure when it comes to desktops I would never touch a Dell desktop. But when it comes to laptops Dell it high up on the charts right now.   \n\nRemember AMD or Intel dual core CPU. 1GB or ram or more and at least 80GB hard drive place.  Get that and you will be laughing from viewing videos , pictures and web browsing. Note with this setup you can also multitask this is no weak PC.  Remember the newer the better.
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Since it is an Emachine under warranty apparently you will just have to deal with the hassle of them sending you part by part. Next it will be a new motherboard, then new RAM, power supply... Companies like that don't really troublshoot, they just have you rebuild the computer until something works - at least thats what Dell usually does.
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OK, OK... I know that Dell has her quirks and lemon model but right now she is putting out there more good models like the Latitude & Dimension. Dell has a more strict production Q & A. I know because I saw it. remember the Sony battery problem, who was the first one who admitted it and offered remedy. It was Dell and others just follows but in the previous years other brands has a lot of battery incident problems. I've used HP, Compaq, Apple, IBM, Lenovo & Fujitsu and they all had problems and most of the time could not be fixed. When I had a Dell Latitude D410 Laptop it never gave me any problem. Sure I dropped it several times and left the charger overnight but it never gave me any bad experience. I already had it since January and all I can say is that this is what I should've bought before. HP is something you can offer to your enemies, criminals and terrorist so that they will have problems all the time. Good luck.
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Hello,\n     Well the first thing u need to do is get a Internet Security package from Bestbuy, Circuit City, ect..  Norton Internet Security 2007 is very good and does not use a lot of system resources.  What this product offers is a complete firewall, antivirus and spam features.  There is a ad and popup blocker seperate to download from Symantec.com  Once u run the installation program it will ask you to do a quick scan to see if there is anything that is going to interfer with the installation.  I have a Dell inspiron 1100 and I have a 40Gig Hard drive with 768MB of Ram.  I use Norton Internet Security 2007 and I have no problems with my system.  If you have any other questions, u can email me or write back on here and help u out.  Barry_Woodward1976@yahoo.com
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This depends on what you want to do with the system. \n\nFor gaming, movies, pictures, or music, go with Windows Media Center. These computers are also equiped with hardware that most other computers don't have (e.g. a Tv tuner). However, the cost may be slightly more.\n\nFor advanced users and those demanding higher customization in their operating system, Windows XP Pro is good. Though in my opinion, you'd never end up using much of the features more than once if any. Though sometimes dell includes XP pro free of cost, otherwise, i'd say it isnt that useful.\n\nFinally, for basic home users who work on their school assignments, office papers, light gaming, watch a movie or two here and there, surf the web, etc, home edition is a good operating system to use.