Is Dell computers good?  - the cheap one that is 299 to 399 dollars?
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Yes they are.  Don't listen to what those other people say it is bad.  It is good and affordable.  It is cheap and good.  Very fast!
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Well if you plan to build it yourself, i can personally recommend a good system for under $400 ( without monitor )\n\n* This type of conifguation, is good for the home user, meant for music, photos, internet , nothing extreme.\n\nAMD 64 3600+ ( 2.4GHZ )\n512MB DDR-400 Ram\n80GB HD\nGeforce 6600 128mb card\nAudigy 2 sound card\n\nThis is perfect, if you want to save even more money, just skip the graphic card, and get a better sound card, i paid $114 for this new card by creative called " X-FI: XtremeMusic ", the sounding is awesome!\n**** In response to the first poster = DELLS SUCK... They will break in a few months, avoid the long nights, and bad headaches, AVOID A DELL At ALL COSTS. Why spend $329 ( their cheapest ) on a PC, when its going to break, and has poor realibilty ****\nCheck out www.newegg.com\nThey will definilty help you out.
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Its not tooo hard to buy a computer under $300. Look at http://www.craiglist.org for your area.\nThere are a lot of cheap monitors (free or $10 for 17") I have seen a  number of NEW computers for under $300, at some local stores and WalMart
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If you are looking for the best deal Dell is the perfect place. I did some research when i was buying my computer and Dell truly has some good offers.
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Dell's computer should be good for you...they are cheap and quite reliable, also they provide LCD screen with low price
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If you're set on buying a name brand pre-built PC, Dell is still probably the best choice.\n\nYou may want to consider looking in your newspaper or around town to see if there are any small shops that do custom computer builds.  You'll often find it cheaper to have the parts purchased individually and then built together by someone not part of a big business.  Good luck!
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Just get a Dell. You can save money by building it yourself or buying from TigerDirect, but if you ever run into problem. You are the techsupport, and good luck collecting any waranty from newegg or TigerDirect.
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Well, this depends on what you want, quality or quantity (performance). When I tell you the prices, make sure to count in taxes and shipping fees and additional add ons. \n\nIf you are looking for quality, I'd say go for a starting system for Dell, you'd probably get a 40-80 GB harddrive, a cheap video card, 256-512 MB RAM, a 17" CRT monitor, CD RW n DVD, and perhaps an Intel Pentium 4 processor with 2.5gHz speed.\n\nFor performance, go for a emachine computer. A computer at the price should get you a 17" CRT monitor, 512 MB RAM, CD RW (and maybe even DVD RW), Pentium 4 processor with 2.8gHz processor or a bit faster, an intergrated video card, and up to a 120 GB hard drive. \n\nThough I recommend saving up your money to get a better computer, after all you are spending money on something you can use for the future. For just 200 dollars more or so, you can get a MUCH better PC.
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dell has good deals for a little over 600$\n- try the inspirion range\nboth the inspirion E1505 & E1405 are priced 699\n-- just wait 4 few days, hopefully better deals on these two should be on dell site\nhttp://www.dell.com
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for the best value/performance ratio, i suggest you try checking out aldi or lidl... i know it sounds crazy, but they actually use good quality components from well-known manufacturers such as pioneer and samsung... you don't end up spending money on a brand name.\n\ni got my laptop from lidl about 18 months ago and it was as good a spec as anything out there - and it's still up there, no problems whatsoever.\n\nit also has a three year guarantee, which dell will charge several hundred quid for...\n\notherwise, toshiba machines are generally regarded as being very reliable. \n\nof course, if you're not doing a lot of gaming, pretty much any laptop will do the trick nowadays. i would advise against a laptop with shared graphics memory however...\n\ntry and get one that has its own dedicated graphics card and video memory...
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They are pretty good budget machines. I had one, etower 366, went great for 4-5 years, then just blew out. I know, kinda weird, but I didn't really take care of it.\n\nNow I have a emachines T2858 and it is pretty good and a great deal also! Customer Service sucks, but still the PC is cheap. I don't have any complaints other than that my PC occasionaly makes a soft winding sound...I think its the HD. Still works great and I hope it will continue to work great.\n\nOverall I recommend over DELL because you get more for less. Also Dells are filled with junk that slow ur pc down.
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i would go on the dell website cause dells are pretty reasonable
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Better than Gateway.\n\nIt all depends if you really get what you pay for, or if you get what you paid for.\n\nI hate paying for things I don't want or need.  So, I build my own systems.  For much cheaper at times.  The only time Dell (or any other Brand name) is cheaper is if most of the cost is due to the Flat Screen.\n\nSo, if a complete system with Flat Screen is $499, than that is a good bargain IF it has 512 MB DDR and 80 GB HDD or better.
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All Dell computers are less expensive.  I don't think you should overlook its performance over price, but get a computer that can handle the task you choose to perform on it.  Try visiting a store just to inquire what you exactly need.  I paid a lot more for a home PC than i really needed.  All that bundled software and 1GB of memory, I'm sure I'll never really use as I use my laptop more.
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Get Alienware.....awesome machines....as long as you don't mind spending a little bit more for it. If money is an issue and you want something cheaper, I recommend a Dell. Don't go with Compaq or HP if you can avoid it, they are just proprietary, production machines.
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for the best value/performance ratio, i suggest you try checking out aldi or lidl... i know it sounds crazy, but they actually use good quality components from well-known manufacturers such as pioneer and samsung... you don't end up spending money on a brand name.\n\ni got my laptop from lidl about 18 months ago and it was as good a spec as anything out there - and it's still up there, no problems whatsoever.\n\nit also has a three year guarantee, which dell will charge several hundred quid for...\n\notherwise,  toshiba machines are generally regarded as being very reliable. \n\nof course, if you're not doing a lot of gaming, pretty much any laptop will do the trick nowadays. i would advise against a laptop with shared graphics memory however...\n\ntry and get one that has its own dedicated graphics card and video memory...
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How cheap is cheap?  Hate to use the age old addage of: u pay what u get for...but this can really be the case with computers.  Fry's usually has really cheap base model laptops and computers that can be anywhere from crappy to decent.  Dell.com is a good place to shop for laptops that will give u a bit more piece of mind and there are usually discount numbers available from a simple web search that will bring down the price of a laptop to about $399