Dell arrrghhh...

[Dennis Gordon]

I've just rehabbed the 3rd or 4th Dell this year that apparently shipped with XP and 128 megs of RAM. The usual symptons: dog slow, virus laden, impossible to work with. I got rid of the virii and spyware. Machine still horribly slow. Check the system properties. 128 megs. Unbelievable. Commandeer another 256 from another machine. Plop it in. The system is literally 10 times faster. Of course, I should've checked the system memory first, but I find it hard to believe that a builder with any experience would knowingly ship an XP box with less than 256 megs; and yet this is the 3rd or 4th machine I've rehabbed this year that came with 128. Stupid Dell. How many poor saps suffered with similar boxes over the past few years? OK, rant over. Feel better....

 

[rysher]

DELL always does that to illiterate computer users because their prices attracts them. but by the time you upgrade it'd cost you a lot than the initial $$$ advertised.