I have (over the last three weeks) had the opportunity to work at different
places that have recently purchased new Dell Computer Equipment. A few small
business's and some home users, so it's been a combinations of Vista
Business and Home Edition.

My experiences have left me extremely cold on what Dell considers to be an
acceptable platform for the Vista operating system.

All of the equipment is way under powered for decent use, though I have to
say it would be fine for Windows XP.

512MB RAM - it's crippling the system!
On-board video - Aero - zero chance of that happening for these users and
certainly no WOW factor!

The thing is, the people buying the equipment don't know any better but they
all said the same thing... Why is the new computer running so slow? Surely
it should be really fast with the new vista on it?

As I run Vista Business on a dual-core Athlon 5600+ with 2GB of ram, and I
find it sluggish at times, all I could do is tell them that in future, they
should ask advice before just buying something cheap.

As for Dell, a company that is trying to tell people that it KNOWS about
computers, they should hang their heads in shame.. but the good thing is
that independent computer builders now have a chance of making good spec
pc's that will work better for the end user!