Peeps have been talking as of late about these Dell Displays that are supposedly the same LCD as the Apple ones. I have had two Apple fans tell me that they were considering a purchase of this nature. After gathering my senses and laughing in my head at them while they spit out 'facts' of the linked article above, I told them both, the bottom line: Dude, it's a Dell.
I don't care if it's connected to the speediest Dual 2.7 G5 maxed with 8 gigs of RAM and loaded with stolen software. It's still says DELL on your display, and that is simply unacceptable. One of them listened, as for the other (let's call him Dan), it was too late. The order had been made. Then I get an IM from Dan this morning.
Dan: Dude I got that dell display.
MF: Oh yeah?
Dan: It looks great when your sitting in front of it!
MF: Really?!
Dan: But then you notice that it leans to one side...
Dan: And then you turn your head and notice the viewing angle is almost 0 degrees...
Dan: And then you call Dell to return it!
MF: LOL!
Dan: They offer me $200 off the price if I agree to keep it.
MF: What the Futon?!
Dan: Yeah, I said no way.
It makes me wonder how the customer service rep for Dell was so quick to offer Dan a rebate on his new Dell display... There must be something in place for a 'nobody in the Dell totem pole of somebodys' to be able to offer Dan such a significant discount without first checking with a manager. Either Dell is getting a lot of returns on this product, or they just know it's all Futon'd up and are just trying to unload them, no matter what the cost. Either way, it's a Dell.
You know if you spell Dell backwards, it spells Satan.
Adam Michela says,
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Well... Apple spelled backwards is Elppa.
Posted @ May 2, 2005greenroom says,
FORD = Fixed or repaired daily
DELL = Don't ever lose le'-receipt
DELL = Dollars-saved Every-purchase Looks-like-crap Lemme-have-my-$-back
APPLE = Who cares how much it costs. This thing is incredible! Can you charge me extra for a 2-button mouse and way extra for a legitimate productivity suite? I am willing to pay as long as the bag i get at your Apple Store looks way dope. The dopest ever. I think i will save it forever!!!
Posted @ May 2, 2005Keegan Jones says,
Honestly, how could you ever consider hooking up a Dell monitor to a Mac? That's worse than carrying around a PowerBook in an Microsoft briefcase. That's worse than installing Linux on your Mac. That's worse than setting Microsoft.com to your default browser page. Thats worse than [insert your own obnoxious phase here].
Posted @ May 2, 2005Noah says,
Keegan - A man after my own heart... in the least gay sounding way as possible.
Posted @ May 3, 2005Caleb HAGEN says,
i think DELL is not real. just think about for a second. has anyone EVER actually seen a customer representative? clearly, they have the kiosks in the mall. but that's as much of a customer representative as the UPS store is a UPS representative. have you ever asked a question at the UPS store? I mean a real, you-have-to-know-the-right-answer type of question? well, if you're up for a good time, go to a UPS store and ask something like, "Excuse me, where is the nearest UPS pick up area near my home?" or "Hi, I was wondering if there were any drop off boxes on the east end of town." You will recieve a short (but important) answer. Something like this, "Oh, we're not actually UPS, you'll have to call UPS and ask that question." Do you know why they say this? It's because they live in a 365 day halloween cycle. They dress up like their UPS every day of the year, but they aren't really. As I like to put it, they just want some candy.
Well, DELL is doing the same thing. They're not real. I mean look, this whole discussion is over a monitor that is supposedly the exact same thing as something that another company has. Hmm. Slightly suspicious. If you start to do some digging you'll realize that all of their products are just wrapped in black plastic with that ghetto logo on it. And what the heck is with the logo? Look at the "E". I think this is simply a clever way of indicating that they are the same company that produced the E-Machines. Remember those? The ones from Costco. Yeah, the E is prominent in both products. An obvious similarity indicates that they're the same thing in my estimation. Oh, they also stole that from Apple. Except that Apple uses an "i".
Posted @ May 3, 2005Adam Michela says,
My :\ just turned into a :|
Posted @ May 3, 2005Noah says,
Adam - I'm not understanding... according to your blog you just got yourself a brand new mac... So why the :| ? I'd think with your new Powerbook in hand, you'd be :) about anything and everything! You've got a shiny new Powerbook!
Posted @ May 3, 2005Adam Michela says,
It's a :| because I have no idea what the hell Caleb was going on about! I'm lost.
As for the Powerbook... it only makes me happy from 5PM - 9AM. From 9AM - 5PM I can't get on my network at the office with it because they are Apple haters. So it just sits here on my desk sleeping, reminding me how tired I am. It mocks me with its throbbing white light. Bastard.
Posted @ May 3, 2005Noah says,
I live in the same hell you do, a PC riddled-virus collection center. Of course, a lot of employees here used to work for Apple, myself included... so the WiFi here is Apple friendly!
Posted @ May 3, 2005Red Futon says,
My :/ just turned into a futon.
:/ing in my futon
Posted @ May 3, 2005redcanary