Originally Posted By: Throt
Hey all,
In the market for a new computer. My 5 year old MacBook Air has lost it’s oomph and the small SSD is filled up. This time I’m going back to Windows and want to get a desktop. I’m considering HP and Dell (Costco has a good sale right now) and I’m looking for peoples experiences. So, what say you, HP vs. Dell. i3 vs. i5. I won’t be doing anything crazy like editing video. Just a good home tower. Thanks!
My wife and I are experienced computer users of the past 2 decades.
Im not really brand loyal to anyone but when reading your question, it made me think, so here is my answer.
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Currently we have 3 active desktops (on actual desks) and 2 laptops. 2 Dell, 2 HP and 1 old emachine that just wont quit and is used by my wife but she also works from home with a 1+ year old Dell business desktop machine provided by her company running two screens ya da ya da, all running Windows 10. I just retired my Lenovo A4 and replaced it with an HP.
Except for the Dell Business, none of them are high end machines, I would say middle of the road as I always knew, if your not gaming or extreme photo editing or building many websites the fastest machine will always be the one with the fastest internet connection. Meaning, its the internet connection more now then ever, not the computer.
Anyway My vote goes to HP. Im kind of a anti big company name person, hate buying into marketing cr*p.
Honestly nothing wrong with Dell either, I guess, just never been a big fan of them and I buy on specs and price, for that, I think HP beats Dell but I could be wrong, Im a little biased against Dell dont know why, maybe because my wife had another one years back, never much impressed me and she spent a lot of money on it.
My brand new desktop is an HP with an A12 processor by far fastest computer I ever had and we also have a 100 mbps internet connection that my wifes company pays for and that makes it nice and I feel I have getting the benefits of the connection with the new desktop.
Since I am a value shopper, Im not brand loyal but it just seems HPs offer the best combination of specs and price plus in this case with big name with support, meaning future firmware updates etc if your into that stuff their site makes it easy, as does Dell, Lenovo.
My wife and I are no longer Lenovo fans, they sell some some REALLY low priced stuff with the Lenovo name on it and its cheap garbage, you used to be able to trust the name but they will sell anything now.
I actually bought my wife a Lenovo Desk top on sale last year, returned it, it was [censored], SLOW, garbage to the point that her EMachine now about 7 years old was running Windows 10 faster then the Lenovo.
Anyway, HP or Dell, I think is like asking which oil is better but in this case based on your question I am in the HP camp for sure.
This is our latest computer, just purchased by my wife for me on Christmas, I love it, by far the most powerful computer I ever owned.
She got it on a holiday sale in Best Buy, paid $150 less then the price here (previous post I said 200, it was 150 less, she paid 399>
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