Ordering from Dell

Kevo

Im on the check out page on Dell.ie and I keep getting a warning about secure connections.

First it tells me that i am on a secure connection but when the next page loads it tells me "This page contains both secure and nonsecure items, Do you want to display the nonsecure items?".

Obviously Dell is a legit store but im just worried bout giving out my credit card details over a partially nonsecure connection. Is it completely safe?

angelofdeath

bout as safe as online shopping gets, i wouldn't worry bout it, if you don't feel comfortable ordering online, call them up and order it

leeroybrown

The insecure content will probably be images or an included advert that is being pulled from an ordinary HTTP server. Once the page you are using is running over HTTPS you should be fine.

Dave91

i wudnt even buy a dell if i were u. They aint that good, my friend had one for 2 months and the hard drive went. other friends of mine have been having multiple problems 2! Dave

Kevo

Yeah i know they aren't the best. I only ordered from them because I need one quickly. I was waiting a month for a laptop from Fujitsu Siemens just for them to tell me that they dont make that model anymore. Wasnt able to find any better deals from other stores, so I just went for Dell.

If you know any good deals on gaming laptops let me know. Might cancel my order form Dell if I like it.

Mac daddy

What about the acer ferrari series?

Kevo

Had a look at them but they only come with a 128mb graphics card and also their RAM only runs at 333MHz(I might be wrong on this one).

The one from dell has a Geforce Go 6800 256MB and its RAM runs at 533Mhz. I dont actually like Dell laptops much but I cant find anything with equal specs for the the same price.

commited

more memory doesnt mean a better graphics card.

Kevo

Well the Geforce Go is a great graphics card and having more memory is an advantage. The only problem I can see with the card is the memory isn't DDR3.

astrofool

The memory for the cpu is different to that of the graphics card. CPU's do not currently use ddr3, ddr2 being the newest they support.

Graphics card usually support ddr or gddr3. Maybe list the spec's of each and people could tell you what u're looking for? seem a bit confused atm.

Wertz

Dave91 wrote:

i wudnt even buy a dell if i were u. They aint that good, my friend had one for 2 months and the hard drive went. other friends of mine have been having multiple problems 2! Dave

Just to be a foil to this guy's sabre, I've two dell desktops and more recently a dell laptop over the last 4 yrs...never a moment's trouble that wasn't user or s/w related. Any hardrive can fail...dell didn't make it to begin with...
Hey, maybe I'm the statistical anomlay...or maybe your friends are...

@OP be advised that Dell will take at least a forthnight to get your unit built and shipped, unless you're buying from the refurb outlet.
"Jesus thats gre" has an XPS gen2 that he's looking to sell on the FS computer hardware forum....you should take a look...might be a bit pricey for ya though

Kevo

astrofool wrote:

The memory for the cpu is different to that of the graphics card. CPU's do not currently use ddr3, ddr2 being the newest they support.

Graphics card usually support ddr or gddr3. Maybe list the spec's of each and people could tell you what u're looking for? seem a bit confused atm.

Yeah the RAM is DDR2 at 533mhz and the geforce is either ddr or ddr2. Def not ddr3 cos it costs so much.

1

I got a dell pc and have had no issues. People ahould really get over slating them at this stage.

leeroybrown

Dave91 wrote:

i wudnt even buy a dell if i were u. They aint that good, my friend had one for 2 months and the hard drive went. other friends of mine have been having multiple problems 2! Dave

As Wertz mentions above Dell tend to be fairly reliable. I've bought a large number of desktops and laptops for business environments that endure very heavy usage and none of them have had any problems - in fact they were more reliable than a lot of the other equipment they sit along with. Dell's stuff may have it's failings from the point of view of someone who wants that bit extra from their PC but if all someone wants is a hassle free pre-built machine then they're hard to beat.

batman2000

Yeah I've had 3 dells and a laptop. Not a single problem ( abit of delay with shipping) but the H/W and S/W are fine.

Lydesia

Ive heard a good few complaints about Dell HD's failing :[
But HD's do commenly fail, and DELL make a lot of computers