Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
Dell is notorious for putting shovelware on their PCs. Best advice I've heard is that if you get stuck with a Dell, wipe the drive and start over. To quote Ripley, "It's the only way to be sure."
I agree wholeheartedly. Dells run horribly out of the box in my experience. There's so much unecessary garbage that comes loaded on the (Dimensions in particular) that they run like 486s. Once you get a clean install on them, it's much better.