Why I Don't Do Dell
Point number one. This was the best I could do, and it's not even what I wanted:
So it's three times more than the parts I bought and not what I wanted. Hmmm. I didn't want an operating system, which is not a choice, not obvious anyway. And I had to pay 99 bucks to "upgrade" to XP which is bullshit; Lenovo and all the other bastards are no different on that point. The jump from the half gig ram to 4 gigs ram was HUGE which is ridiculous, RAM ain't that expensive.
The biggest reason I don't do DELL? That's no fun. As much as I like to complain, I feel really good after putting in time building a machine. I'm not a hardware guru, so it's that sense of accomplishment that I like feel after the machine is up and running. No adware bullshit is installed on my machine(my thinkpad had quite a bit of crapware installed which was annoying).