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Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question



On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:31:32AM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Calum Mackay <calum.mackay@sun.com> [2002.12.13.1107 +0100]:
> > Out of interest, why not?
> > 
> > I've had an Inspiron 7500, and now have a Latitude C400. Both have 
> > worked very well with unstable.
> 
> Because Dell is really dropping in Quality. I've had Dells all my life
> and noticed this trend. While the CPi-A from four years ago was a cool
> laptop, my current C610, the C800, and the Inspiron 4000 are pathetic.
> ACPI is not implemented at all, the things are very loud because APM
> is not standards-compliant (it works with windoze) only, and the Dell
> service is pissing me off!
> 
> It's just apparent that Dell is Windoze-only and doing as much as
> they can to make it harder and harder for users of other OSs. Plus the
> fact that I am forced to feel neglected, because even though I own
> like 11 Dells, I am only a small-scale user and thus unimportant.
> 
> Also, the laptops break a lot. That never happened to me with IBMs.

I completely agree with martin.

My old CPi-A is a great laptop (now working like a charm with FreeBSD), 
rock solid. I've disassembled it a couple of times to fix some things and
it shows it's well done.

My new 3,XXX EUROS (lots) C840 is much more fragile. In the first two
months the LCD broke without any reason. The AC charger is not able to
charge both batteries while docked (it gets *so* hot, it turns itself
off before becoming a nice fireplace). The plastic pieces look (and
probably are) weaker that the CPi-A ones and than the ones on IBM's.

Dell's technical support in Spain is the worst I've ever met!
They have no fscking idea of what the sell, and how it works,... They
are mostly French people with little knowledge of Spanish, sometimes is
impossible to know what they're trying to say!!

No, my next laptop won't be (probably) a Dell.

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