5/5

posted Mar-24-2006
After cancelling my order at Alienware (see my review at Alienware) I ordered an XPS 600 from Dell. It will be my third purchase from Dell. I had and Inspiron laptop that gave good service even though it had a keyboard issue that Dell never fixed properly. And I have a Dimension 8200 purchased from the Dell refurbished store online in May or June of 2002--obviously getting a little close to its use-by date.
I like Dell's online order service. It is an easy interface and allows the buyer to select or deselect any number of components to tailor a computer to his needs now, and hopefully offer expandability for the future.
I had no problem putting together my 'dream' computer, and was given a delivery date about 10 business days later which was fine.
About 6 business days later, the computer order number was cancelled and reentered as a new number. This did not disappoint me as I hope if anything goes wrong on the diagnostic table they scrap the computer there instead of sending it to me.
The second order number is now in production, has been for 3 days, and they gave me an un-requested upgrade to overnight delivery...my (new) computer will still be delivered within the original forecast!
That's where it sits this Friday (3/24) at noon. I hope to come back with a followup by the end of next week with my new XPS 600 quietly purring on my desktop!
April 6---My new Dell arrived in perfect condition on April 3...three days early. I had changed the order one time and that changed the delivery date to April 5-7...but it came in on April 3.
It is a beauty. It purrs, it flys, it is everything I wanted and more.
I am sure most of the unhappy folks post their critiques in resellerratings.com. I also think most happy people go their own way and don't post anything.
I have been totally thrilled with all of my purchases--3 computers--from Dell and the prices have always been more than competitive. Sure there are little bitches here and there, but when you spend $3,500.00 on a new box you want to trust the manufacturer. I trusted Dell and I recommend them to anyone.
And gamers? You will burn ass with the XPS 600! Guaranteed.

This review was modified by
aj_franklin on April 06 2006 08:28:55 PM