When i encounter a Dell, it’s a mass produced, bare minimum computer.
Most people buy Dells exactly for that reason. For evidence, see a “DUDE, YOU’RE GETTING A DELL” commercial.
The Dells I come in contact with are bought mostly by the college bound as basically a typewriter that can access the internet.
My school used Dell computers, and whenever we used them, everyone in the library would just hang out for five minutes waiting for the system boot up. Even my old Sony, using Windows 95 was faster… (though i’ve noticed that Mac’s are pretty darn quick… even the 20 year old ones…)
(last summer they got a whole new shipment of dells, they run fine now…)
So, with the exception of BRAND NEW dells, my experieces have shown me that Dells are slow, anorexic pieces of crap.
Mostly because Dells are marketed on their affordability.