Yeah, back in the day Dell was great and I would recommend ... still have one of the first 1000mhz machines from them still running. Although I still have a Gateway 200mhz Pentium Pro, overdriven to 333mhz, that continues to breeze along too..... Just good with making machines run I guess!
Back to Dell though ... I build machines for a very "select" clientele.... and for the rest I recommend Dell, some folks just need a Dell if you know what I mean.