Inside the box of a desktop or the case of a laptop, all computers are pretty much made of the same parts. Of course, there are variances in processor clock speed, single core vs. dual core, RAM, video memory, etc. These are all things that you can choose from to "customize" your computer. So, essectially what you're looking at when buying a new computer is "How does it look?" "How does it feel?" and, of course, the company's reputation for customer service. We're on our 3rd Dell laptop. I always custom order ours on their website because I can 'cherry pick' what options I want and where to concentrate my funds (RAM, HD capacity, video memory, battery size, etc.). So, to answer your question: Yes, Dell has good computers. yes and no I have a dell and later on down the road when you want to upgrade all their parts are proprietary and if you want to upgrade you have to buy from dell and everything is more expensive from them. if you dont upgrade then yes they are good computers but in my opinion there are better brands like hp and toshiba