dati i disdain Dell kasi i am so hooked up with IBM and Compaq. but then I am an employee of Dell so you gotta love it hehehe.
pero seriously, pare-pareho lang naman ang mga manufacturers ng PC's na hindi sila mismo ang nagmamanufacture (outsourced ba) pero sila ang nagdedesign. may mga stress test na ginagawa sa mga PC's na binebenta nila bago iship out. as far as dell is concern i'll go with the latitude models kasi ito talaga matitibay. business model kasi mga ito eh.
but to be fair, check mo rin ang after sales services ng both parties. kasi kung sa pinas, hindi masyado readily available ang parts ng Dell. I think HP yata meron silang service centers dito e. Dell parang wala masyado maliban sa Accent Micro. I'm not even sure if they do service or parts lang.