That's how Dell wins...
See the review in PC World: pcworld.com
Well, this is their top ranking:
1) Dell, P4 1700, performance score: 203
2) Gateway, P4 1700, performance score: 224
3) Xi Computer, Athlon 1400, performance score: 242 (!!)
4) Micro Express, Athlon 1333, performance score: 231 (!)
5) Sys, Athlon 1333, performance score: 237 (!)
So, Dell is the worst performer in this list. Xi Computer has a 20% (!!) higher performance score than the Dell. Even the number 6 (PC with Athlon 1333) and number 7 (Athlon 1200) beat the Dell computer in performance. But Dell wins...
You wonder how this is possible? Well, it's easy: 30% of the final result is due to "vendor's reliability/service". Here Dell gets "outstanding/good" whereas all the quoted AMD systems get "fair" with the notion "Insufficient data to give a rating, or the rating is derived from the vendor's Reliability and Service survey scores for its home PCs".
I think this kind of review is crap. My proposal: "Vendor's reliabilty/service" should represent 100% (instead of only 30%) of the total result. And "vendor's reliabilty/service" should be measured by
a) market share
b) market share of the CPU producer
c) amount of advertisement
Then we finally don't have to bother any more about such esoteric things like performance or (God beware!) newcomers who want to get a fair chance...
Peter (angry!) |
