topic Re: DELL COMPUTERS in Electronics

DELL COMPUTERS

Cats3000 — Sun, 07 Jul 2019 21:13:03 GMT

Just heard the Dell rep. mentioning Michael Dell and how the company started. Great sales pitch, but totally divorced from reality.

I submit that Michael Dell is about as far away from today's Dell Computers as Henry Ford, the elder, is from today's Ford Motor Company.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

Foxxee — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 01:09:08 GMT

@Cats3000 wrote:
Just heard the Dell rep. mentioning Michael Dell and how the company started. Great sales pitch, but totally divorced from reality.

I submit that Michael Dell is about as far away from today's Dell Computers as Henry Ford, the elder, is from today's Ford Motor Company.

@Cats3000

And it shows.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

cbrite — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 01:19:10 GMT

What is the processor in the TSV? I can't find the info.

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qbetzforreal — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 02:19:14 GMT

@cbrite wrote:
What is the processor in the TSV? I can't find the info.

@cbrite- 2.3GHz Intel Pentium Gold 5405U dual-core processor with 2MB SmartCache

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

cbrite — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:10:00 GMT

@qbetzforreal

I don't know that one...but have not used Windows since 10... is that similiar to i3, i5 or i7 ?

TIA

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Nuttmeg — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 08:49:39 GMT

@cbrite wrote:
@qbetzforreal

I don't know that one...but have not used Windows since 10... is that similiar to i3, i5 or i7 ?
TIA

It is an i3. A budget processor.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

apple1964 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:26:05 GMT

I would never ever order any device from a shopping channel. There have been problems with deliveries and they sell older models with a ton of bloatware. They kept saying this is a flagship computer. Nope this is as entry level as you can get. Dell use to be a good company when Michael Dell owned it but, now forget it, I would not take any Dell device on a bet or if they gave it to me for free.

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apple1964 — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 11:28:56 GMT

@Foxxee wrote:
@Cats3000 wrote:
Just heard the Dell rep. mentioning Michael Dell and how the company started. Great sales pitch, but totally divorced from reality.

I submit that Michael Dell is about as far away from today's Dell Computers as Henry Ford, the elder, is from today's Ford Motor Company.

@Cats3000

And it shows.

I agree! What happened to this company once the Indians took it over is a disgrace. That is what happens when a big company like Dell goes global.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

FranandZoe — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:05:04 GMT

I bought my Dell laptop from QVC going on 10 years ago. I've replaced the battery and power cord but other than that no problems. HOWEVER after a terrible experience with an HP laptop for my grandson I would never buy another computer from QVC as their warranty is 30 days - period. To HP's credit they did end up replacing the computer after fixing it twice. I would definitely buy another Dell. In fact I did replace the HP with a Dell purchased directly from Dell. And my husband is using his second Dell desktop - purchased from Walmart. It's a great brand.

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SilleeMee — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 13:29:15 GMT

@qbetzforreal wrote:
@cbrite wrote:
What is the processor in the TSV? I can't find the info.
@cbrite- 2.3GHz Intel Pentium Gold 5405U dual-core processor with 2MB SmartCache

Wow, I would have thought for the price of the TSV it would be a quad-core. Why would anyone buy a dual-core these days??...especially in a Windows product.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

gardenman — Mon, 08 Jul 2019 16:31:48 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@qbetzforreal wrote:
@cbrite wrote:
What is the processor in the TSV? I can't find the info.
@cbrite- 2.3GHz Intel Pentium Gold 5405U dual-core processor with 2MB SmartCache

Wow, I would have thought for the price of the TSV it would be a quad-core. Why would anyone buy a dual-core these days??...especially in a Windows product.

I thought it had to be a misprint, but no. These Pentium gold dual-core processors seem seriously over-priced for what you get. They're slow, use a fair amount of power, only have two cores and four threads. From a price/performance standpoint there seems to be a mismatch. They're a newer CPU, just coming out in January, but for a list price of $161 you could be/should be getting a lot more, at least compared to desktop CPU's. My two year old AMD FX 6300 has a base freq of 3.5 GHZ, six cores, and sold for less than $80 back then. There's more to CPU performance than the numbers, but it seems like you should be getting a whole lot more for the money.

Re: DELL COMPUTERS

apple1964 — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 11:04:30 GMT

@SilleeMee wrote:
@qbetzforreal wrote:
@cbrite wrote:
What is the processor in the TSV? I can't find the info.
@cbrite- 2.3GHz Intel Pentium Gold 5405U dual-core processor with 2MB SmartCache

Wow, I would have thought for the price of the TSV it would be a quad-core. Why would anyone buy a dual-core these days??...especially in a Windows product.

You just proved my point not to order any computing device from a shopping channel ... "OLD" and outdated. Buyer beware! Alot of folks out there do not know this.