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"I must have gotten the lemon!" on by jb833
Pros: I really like the concept. I like the single cord idea and wireless everything else. Nice display. The cost is $500 less than HP.
Cons: System crashed randomly. No eject button for CD/DVDs. No TV tuner included.
Summary: I was so excited to get my new One Touch 19 system! I got it out of the box, turned it on and began to play! About an hour or so later the system crashed. I couldn't move the curser. I powered down and back up only to have a repeat about 15 minutes later. On my first call to India I spend almost an entire Saturday on the phone watching the tech edit the software on the system. She eliminated loads of crap that was included in the factory package! She ran virus and malware checks and got rid of more stuff. It was interesting to watch. At the end she turned the system over to me and asked me to continue using it to see if that had solved the problem. Two hours later it failed again. On my next call to India the new tech checked much of the same things and made more edits but as he was about to turn it over to me it failed! He did more checks. While I was on hold I checked the error log and found some code that I gave the tech. They concluded that it was the hard drive that was the problem. They sent a new one and a Tech came to my office and replaced it. I continued to use the system only have it fail about 45 minutes later. Another call to India got me another software drill for about five hours! At the end it was decided that Vista was corrupted and needed to be replaced. They sent disks. The tech asked what disks I had and found that Vista had not been sent so another set of discks were sent. When they arrived I called and the tech wiped the drive and installed Vista. They turned it back to me. I had to install the other software. Part way through MS Office install it crashed again! Another call to India! This time they want to replace the mother board and memory. Frankly, if it fails again it will belong to Dell. It may have been better to spend $500 more even though I have not had good luck in the past with HP.
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"Great product with a few downfalls!" on by briarpatchkids5
Pros: Facial recognition; mulit-touch; Microsoft Works 9 intergrades Microsoft Office 2007 into it?s task launcher so you don?t have to open both programs picking and choosing which programs you like best; DVD/CD Rom capabilities are good too.
Cons: Lack of programs; few games; clutersome having two browsers of the big E;
Summary: Facial recognition is a huge plus as it keeps your computer safe from unwanted use and your private date is safe. Not to mention with just a password your system can be hacked into. mutli-touch screen allows you greater movement than with just your keyboard or mouse. The down side is that you have two internet explorer?s one in 32-bit and one in 64-bit for those web pages that are either or. Making one browser to do both would be better (too much garbage on your computer); and of course they don?t offer much in programs for usability but I don?t use many of them anyway so for me it was no big deal. But for those who do much more than I on their system it?s not a good thing. Of course they could have added a more games instead of the select few they did slap on here but here again I don?t play them often only when I?m brainstorming for ideas for a certain homework assignment. Wireless Keyboard and mouse are an added plus because you really don't have to use them unless you want to. Oh, yea did I mention you don't have to have your eithernet cord connected to get online...wireless does great. A few other downfalls are the color and pixels of the icon's are blurry because of the size of the screen but since I upgraded my graphic driver their much better than what they were when I first turn it on. Other than that it's worth the price you pay.
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"Great for my needs" on by bentpilot
Pros: Crisp, clear display, low profile, wireless, touch screen
Cons: Waiting for Windows 7.
Summary: My sister-in-law downloaded something onto my 1993 Gateway that caused bad things to happen to my boat anchor of an old computer. I figured we were lucky to get the six years out of that machine, so I went shopping and found this Dell at Costco for $799 with Office 2007 pre-loaded.
I use E-mail, Word and PowerPoint alot, no gaming.
I initially thought the touch screen was more of a gimmick, however, now that we have the touchscreen, I find that we really like the interface. That's why we are looking forward to Windows 7 and the reported increase in interface capabilities for a touchscreen.
Honestly, I like the touchscreen interface so much, that I would not purchase another computer without the feature. It's that good!
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"Nice All-in-One design from Dell" on by dSTeVek
Pros: Nice design - looks very neat on the desk
Fast, compact, and quiet
Touch screenCons: could use Bluetooth option
no built in DTV Tuner optionSummary: I bought it as a 'public' computer for all family and friends to use in my family room as a web surfer adn email checker. It works great for this function.
I bought it loaded and have been very please with it.
I have been running Windows 7 RC and have been very pleased with it. -
"Very nice!" on by BlueX273
Pros: -small in size
-not a lot of wires
-awesome multi-touch capabilities
-very nice interface
-not very heavy; easy to move
-doesn't take up too much space
-rivals the "oh so good" macintosh PCsCons: -very hard to service the parts
-could have been better with windows 7Summary: It's a very nice multi-touch screen computer which doesn't take up a lot of space, not very costly, and rivals the Macintosh PCs.
I for one actually owns one and I like it a lot!!!
Updated on Jun 19, 2009
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