But Dell said I can't

[bubbadubba]

The following is not meant to be overly critical but to encourage. I've added this disclaimer because I've re-read my post and it seems like I'm upset but I'm not. Trust me my "bark" is worst than my "bite".



Is it me or am I picking up on two diverse attitudes or I guess you could say "beliefs" of people that are posting to this board.


First group:

"I bought my Dell, it's mine and while I like having the nice warranty from Dell it's not going to stop me from improving my computer. I recognize that in a year or two from now I'll probably be buying a new computer anyway so I'm going to have fun learning all about my new Dell. Neither Dell nor their warranty is going to tell me what I can or can't do to MY computer."


Then there's the second group:

"Dell said I can't do this. Dell said I can't do that. I would like to improve my Dell a little but the service rep said I can't."


My heart goes out to anyone who feels this way. I understand that you have invested a good amount of money into your computer and that the warranty is part of your investment. But did you ever consider that maybe you were placing your trust in the wrong thing. You see I rather put my trust in myself and not in a piece of paper. What I have done to my Dell, by lowering the operational temperatures, is prolonging the life of my computer. Given the choice I rather have the piece of mind knowing that I have a cool running machine instead of a warrantied "hot box". What I've done to my XPS is akin to what a smoker does when he\she quits smoking. I've ADDED YEARS to the life of my computer. And in my opinion I don't need Dell's warranty anymore. Just something to think about...


Bubbadubba


P.S. On a side note, when I think back on my purchase it wasn't the warranty from Dell that sold me, it was the level of technology that did. I was interested in buying something that had the latest of everything so I could have a computer that wouldn't be outdated too soon. Such as; Serial ATA hard drives, onboard RAID, 3.2Ghz HT 800Mhz Pentium 4, (at the time) latest Intel chip set.

[buzsaw]

bubbadubba you da man! Let's also not forget that history has taught us that as soon as the warranty is up is when things go wrong. So in comes PREVENTATIVE MEASURES. So Xps user, ya have to ask yourself "what group am I in?" LOL. #nosmileys

[TRow]

Bubba, I could NOT agree with you more. Never seen it put so well, and so true. Good points... Don't think anyone can argue with that, but I know someone will....theres always that "one" person.

T.RoW

[avsforsberg21]

I can understand those who live and die with warranty purchases. I pretty much do it on all major electronics purchases. I did so on my XPS as well but have made modifications to extend the computer life. It's much easier to tinker with my rig than my widescreen HDTV! All of these modifications can however be reversed if I need to send the unit in for warranty repair work.

Those afraid of voiding the warranty can take baby steps to do the basics to bring the temps down. I would start with rounded cables to replace the flat ribbon ones and a pci slot fan card. Small little baby steps!

[devnull]

I think everyone is right. When I looked at TRow's site, I see a lot of things that do not perminantly change the machine. If he needed to, he could put the modded fans back to stock status, take out the intel processor heatsink plastic deal and replace it with the stock one and put all the ide cables back. the window kit doesn't count, but still, i think that we can get more out of our computer with waht buzzsaw calls "preventive measures". I just wish I had a computer to modify.