About a year ago I wrote an article about how I purchased a Dell Studio laptop and it ended up being the worst purchase of my entire life. Little did I know, I would end up writing about Dell one more time. It will be the last time I write about them because I will never spend another penny on one of their computers. At the time I bought the Studio laptop and returned it a day later, I had two XPS desktops that I was fairly happy with. I replaced my Studio laptop with a Sony VAIO and have never been happier with a laptop.
Having more than one computer works is a necessity in this household. We tend to work with three computers. A laptop for our on the go use and two desktops (one for me and the other for Dom). We’re both in college and run multiple full-time jobs, as well as working on the computer. In short, our computers are our lifeline in many ways. We a few months after the Studio was sent back my XPS died. It would have cost me money I didn’t have to fix it, so I figured I would save up money and buy something that I would like more instead.
As it was my birthday this week I thought I was going to have that opportunity, but it didn’t work out that way. Unfortunately, while I was planning to buy a new computer for myself, Dom’s computer was slowly dying. I prefer to work on a desktop at home, but it’s necessary for Dom because it’s hard for him to work a laptop from his wheelchair. It’s easier to have a desktop for his work, too. You see Dom is in charge of all of our website building. He makes the awesome templates that design our blogs and his computers hold the huge programs that get those jobs done.
Apparently, Dell’s custom drivers were unable to be updated on the system we purchased (they are created by Dell) so he was continually having graphics problems. This turned into the inability to use some of his Adobe products. It got to the point where he was hardly able to do any of his work and if he could work, it wasn’t as effective as we would have liked it.
Well, I like to think I am pretty resourceful, so I figured whatever the problem was could be fixed. It’s not a virus or any associated malware issues. It’s a buggy computer. I purchased a new HP Pavillion for my birthday and gave it to Dom for the good of our websites. I figured I could reformat the Dell and suffer until we can make the money to replace that hunk of junk. Well, when I got it moved into my office and turned it on it started giving me crap about an error and it would not boot up. I have been trying to fix it all day long.
It looks like, at the very least, it will need a new hard drive. I am not sure I want to bother spending the money, considering I am sure that’s not the last of the problems it will see. There is a chance that it could come back on, though at this point, after hours of trying to fix it, I am not holding my breath. So, I am out a computer. Again.
The moral of the story is that I would spend twice as much before I would buy another Dell. Although, it’s worth saying that I spent $300 less on the HP we just purchased and it’s an all around much better system. The only bad thing we’ve found on it so far is the speakers, which is much better than the list of complaints we could form about our previous Dell computers.
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Written by Ashtyn Evans – Visit Website
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Ashtyn is in her early 30s. She is a mother, writer, college student, and music lover. Ashtyn has had a successful career as a writer since 2003. She turned to blogging in 2005. Ashtyn attends Wright State where she is getting a degree in Psychology. She has extensive knowledge in SEO and Social Media Development.
