# I'm getting a Dell **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [April 23, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699 "2006-04-23T20:01:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Willofdarkness](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@Willofdarkness](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Willofdarkness)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/21 "2006-04-23T21:39:16Z")
i never ask my mommy for pc stuff… that’s the beauty of living on your own and having your own money. ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/22 "2006-04-23T21:41:15Z")
well I am only 14 without a job so I have to ask. well I could do what you guys said about hiding files and all but I still want to have my own computer. Cause sometimes I have to get off because other people want to go on so yea. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 9:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/23 "2006-04-23T21:55:29Z")
Well, I’m only 15 and I don’t have a job… so yeah. 😜 I do online things to make money, and do stuff for my parents. Plus, I save really well. You can do that, too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Mik3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/24 "2006-04-23T22:22:29Z")
Nokrev, same here! Up until '98 (Bondi Blue iMac) my family has only had one computer. (Always Macs.) Then PCs became cheap and we moved over to them. (We hated them but it was the only way we could get multiple computers in the house.) Now everyone in the family has their own computer. ---
**Author:** ![GW02](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@GW02](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/GW02)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/25 "2006-04-23T22:46:11Z")
Our family used to buy an insane number of computers, like one a year or something. Then they stopped. Now I’m still using a Dell that’s 6 years old whose only unupgraded parts are the case, mobo, power supply, and floppy disk drive. Well, and the battery on the mobo. I think I’m picking up a MacBook Pro and a semi-decent desktop this summer as well as keeping my current desktop as a server or something. We’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 10:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/26 "2006-04-23T22:56:37Z")
> [@nokrev](#): > > Man… only one computer in the entire house? It hasn’t been that way here since… 1995 (or so…) (and that one computer was a Mac ;)). > > I’ve got six computers in my room, including 4 that work (the other two are old Dells… hehe). One IBM Windows XP Professional notebook, one MacBook Pro (without bootcamp…), one Mini Mac, and one Dell Dimension 2400 that has SuSe on it. > > One of the old broken Dells is the second computer we got (the one that made it so that we had more than one computer in the house). The second is my dad’s old business laptop. > > My dad gave me the Thinkpad (IBM) notebook (it was his computer after the first Dell notebook) a few years ago when he got his PowerBook. I paid for the Mini myself with cash I’d gotten from the Christmas two months before. The Dell I split with my parents for my 13th (I think) birthday. The MacBook Pro I split with my dad… I paid half with saved up money, and my dad paid half for me working for him a ton. > > We also have…[LIST] > [_]A Dell Dimension (XP) from about 3 years ago downstairs. It’s the “family” computer. > [_]A Dell PowerEdge server running SuSe > [_]My dad’s PowerBook > [_]My brother’s IBM Thinkpad > [_]At my brother’s apartment… he has a Dell Dimension desktop, and a HP (I think) tablet. > [_]Last night my dad came home with a old IBM from my grandma’s house running Windows 98, but I think he’s about to put XP on it running IIS. > [\*]Last week we lost another Windows server. It was bought for my uncle, and he just had it shipped here, first, so we could install stuff on it.[/LIST] > Heh. This post sounds stupid. > > My point is… I’m amazed people still have one computer in their house. Especially anybody on this forum. Wow… not rich or anything? 😛 I got One decent computer in my room and my mum has one for business work:hitman: ---
**Author:** ![Mik3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ed655f/32.png) [@Mik3](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Mik3)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/27 "2006-04-23T23:03:10Z")
> [@darkmotion](#): > > Wow… not rich or anything? 😛 > I got One decent computer in my room and my mum has one for business work:hitman: It is not hard to buy expensive things. But you have to give up things you like. For example, don’t eat out very much, etc. I am not rich at all, yet I’m sitting here wearing a pair of very expensive Japanese jeans that I really wanted. If there is something you really want, and you don’t mind giving up the small expenses that are unecessary, you can easily get things you want. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:21pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/28 "2006-04-23T23:21:45Z")
lawl- that doesn’t work for me… even if I give up all my shizzle I still can’t afford it ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/29 "2006-04-23T23:41:44Z")
Well, both my dad and I love computers, so that’s really what we buy a lot of. Several people in this thread have had the same number… But yeah… I don’t like to think of myself as rich. It’s all relative. Compared to the people I go to school with, I’m lower. Compared to many people, I’m higher. It just depends who you’re speaking about… ---
**Author:** ![hybrid101](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7993a0/32.png) [@hybrid101](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hybrid101)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/30 "2006-04-24T03:54:27Z")
■■■■, you guys are sick. what would you do with that many computers? i’ve only got a desktop(rarely used athlon) which my younger bro and sis use and a laptop which i payed 1/3 for:) lol, too bad for you plastic forq:( tell your mom to quit touching your stuff on the computer or threaten her that you will crash it;)😛 ---
**Author:** ![esnetni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5a626/32.png) [@esnetni](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/esnetni)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 7:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/31 "2006-04-24T19:55:03Z")
lol Hybrid I could do that but I know better not to mess with my mom, I just rather get my own computer lol. ---
**Author:** ![Bokke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Bokke](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bokke)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/32 "2006-04-24T20:48:59Z")
wtf, why do you want a dell !!?? Are you out of your mind ! :cantlook: ---
**Author:** ![Butters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Butters](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Butters)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/33 "2006-04-24T22:31:22Z")
In my house we have 1 Dell (family PC), a Dell Notebook (mum’s work PC), Powerbook G4 12" (my laptop) and some crappy old Acer notebook that barely runs anymore. And I have my new Maxdata computer in my Uni room 😛 ---
**Author:** ![hl1](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/hl1/32/849_2.png) [@hl1](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/hl1)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 10:40pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/34 "2006-04-24T22:40:41Z")
Told you it’d work forqy, just by the way. ---
**Author:** ![Theros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Theros](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Theros)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:37pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/35 "2006-04-24T23:37:17Z")
Wowza… ^Nokrev does begin to smell :p… Also, geez that’s a hell of a lot of computers… How many people live in your house Nokrev? 6? 8? 9999999? :red: Okay, fine… My families got 4 computers for the family… I’ve got two (One server… :)), dad’s got one, sister’s got one… ---
**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:47pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/36 "2006-04-24T23:47:19Z")
As long as its a Dell Laptop its cool (my dads got the E1705 with the 7800). I’ve had my own computer for a while… although i had to share a comptuer sence i was 5 playing DOOM and Heritic till i was like 13 so i know what you mean now we have like 4 computers 1 of which is going to be changed into a server for Lans. Oh tip when you get the compy put it in your room… it will keep them away trust me. ---
**Author:** ![3d\_Nirvana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/a88e4f/32.png) [@3d\_Nirvana](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/3d_Nirvana)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/37 "2006-04-24T23:50:26Z")
kinda off topic… but why do you call it a cpu? It’s a whole computer… not jsut the cpu ---
**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2006, 11:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/38 "2006-04-24T23:54:25Z")
CPU = Central Processing Unit. The word your looking for is PC. PC = Personal Computer … hope that helps PF. PF = Plastic Forq ---
**Author:** ![TheCanadian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheCanadian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheCanadian)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/39 "2006-04-25T00:20:13Z")
> [@Plastic Forq](#): > > well I am only 14 without a job so I have to ask. Is getting a job out of the question? ---
**Author:** ![Bird\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5fc32e/32.png) [@Bird\_E](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Bird_E)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2006, 12:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699/40 "2006-04-25T00:24:48Z")
> [@3d Nirvana](#): > > kinda off topic… but why do you call it a cpu? It’s a whole computer… not jsut the cpu lol i was thinking this too, but I guess- a cpu computes, and therefore is a ‘computer’. :-/ [Previous page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/im-getting-a-dell/186699.md?page=3)