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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Very nice machines, and very easy to repair too!
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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
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