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This episode covers the humble beginnings, rapid rise to success, and eventual dominance of Dell Computer Corporation. Join me in LGR Tech Tales, looking at stories of technological inspiration, failure, and everything in-between!
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It's time for my yearly rewatch of tech tales. Clint, bring them back! Please lol
I still remember one of their advert slogans that went something like "We don't build computers for anyone. We build them for only one. You." I never bought a Dell computer, but for some odd reason I still think that slogan was rather touching.
Dell is a nice name for a company. Simple but memorable.
for ordering things I need the internet … I hate telephones 😂
Love Dells. Classic, no bullshit PCs.
they still exist? huh
Michael Dell is someone that makes me proud to be from Houston. This man founded a multi-billion dollar company out of his dorm room. Much respect goes to this dude.
I worked a tech support job from the mid 90's to about 2010. Where getting a Dell was about as exciting as getting your teeth cleaned. But I also remember my first laptop, a dell core duo with XP. Thing was a tank I put 7 on it.
3:51 drool
My favorite was the optiplex 755 Fat. That thing worked hard to the grave. Have to get it fixed now.
7:36 That PC tower like more classy than boring if you ask me.
I’ve had a few Dells over the yrs. Some were quite good. And some that weren’t quite good. But I did like the Dells tho.
I remember my dad and I ordering our second computer (first dell) at the local mall’s dell kiosk with all the options we wanted and a flat screen which was so freaking exciting at the time. It was a dell dimension 8250 with a pentium 4 512mb of ram and a nvidia mx420 chipset for graphics. I played the crap out of Medal of Honor allied assault and call of duty on that thing!!
watching this on my optiplex 9020 lol. these things are really reliable ngl.
Watching this on my Dell Latitude 7480, and I've got a few more Dells laying around.
Very nice machines, and very easy to repair too!
Dell still sells PCs, IBM does not. That's a statement in and of itself. P.S. This comment was NOT sent from a Mac, LOL.
I've re-watched this classic LGR video many times.
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dell sucks
I honestly don't know why Compaq was so "respected". Their computers, at least here in Mexico, were crap: failure-prone and expensive. When HP bought Compaq and it turned out to be a fiasco, I wasn't surprised. HP's quality declined during that time and only recovered in the 2010s. Carly Fiorina surely deserved to be fired on the spot.
About Dell, they began advertising in local magazines in the late 1990s. I was always amazed of how awesome their specs were, but they didn't have local distribution and their prices were in dollars, so they were really really expensive. I always wanted one because HP, Compaq, IBM and all of them always sold computers that were already obsolete even brand new from the store, and it frustrated me that they couldn't be upgraded that much. Custom-built systems weren't really that good around here at the time, because they were made with the cheapest hardware available, so I could only dream about having a dependable and upgradeable machine.
In the early 2000s, Dell finally had local distribution in Mexico, including a local website and phone number, and their prices were finally in pesos. Their website was like porn for geeks because you could customize almost any PC with almost any kind of hardware you could imagine, and since they were operating locally, sometimes they made deals with banks and credit-card companies so you could buy the PC of your dreams easily. That's how I finally got my first "proper" gaming PC in 2003, with my first-ever graphics card (a GeForce FX 5200). I just can't go back to integrated graphics anymore. lol
dell servers my beloved
I ordered a Dell 2-in-1 laptop last year and so far I'm very happy with it. Performs well, no major issues, and I actually think it's beautifully designed.
Not only I am a computer user, I am a computer technology fan and a fan of Dell. Hence, this is my first Dell keyboard that I should have purchased nearly twenty years ago. Dell computers are more efficient and reliable computers that perform better than the other leading brands. It took a defective computer with a dead motherboard for me to buy a Dell computer. I have called my microcomputer my keyboard because it is my powerful typewriter. My Dell Inspiron [keyboard] has lasted for 4 years with no problems. The first keyboard I had which was the Cybernet ZPC-9000 and my Dell Inspiron 5488 are all-in-one personal computers. Cybernet had the computer peripherals in the console (keyboard), and Dell had the computer inside the monitor. I miss using Microsoft Office XP Professional programs with Microsoft Windows XP Professional operating system, but I am doing fine on Microsoft Office 2019 Professional and using Microsoft Windows 10 Pro. Also, I learned more techniques for using the business productivity programs in ways that I would not be taught in a job.
Dell was my favorite Computer Company from Austin Texas. Even was still a private company for a long time!
They say to make it on YouTube you need to have as solid and professional an identity as possible out the gate, and LGR is an exemplar of this. I legit could not tell this was from 6 years ago
Dells are trash because they are for business and school.
The name's Dell. Michael Dell.
Dells are seen as very reliable computers here in South America, also they are used in my country's main airline to supply software updates to Boeing 737 Max's. I personally have two dells, an old latitude and an Inspiron 5000. Not flashy at all but they get the job done. I am also building a desktop, because of course they suck for modern gaming haha.
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