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RE: Are dells that great? - Twicks - 03-17-2011
My first, and current, laptop is a Dell. It's not even one year old, and I've had to get the keyboard, motherboard, battery, and screen replaced. Then I got the battery and charger replaced again. A few months later I had to get ANOTHER battery replacement. Then, after 2 hours on the live chat, I was able to get a refurbished replacement.
RE: Are dells that great? - GrammarPhreak - 03-20-2011
Dell is pretty good, some people has problems with them and some don't. I have an HP laptop, works awesome, never had a problem with it in a whole year.
RE: Are dells that great? - wtftwice - 03-20-2011
The main problem with Dell for me (after going through 4 of their laptops) is overheating. Other then that I've had no complains whatsoever.
RE: Are dells that great? - Scalise - 03-20-2011
Dell is the worst computer company known to man. Horrible customer support with a horrible track record. Just stay away from them.
What exactly are you trying to get out of this computer? If you're trying to game don't even look at a laptop, it's not worth it, trust me.
As Nemmyy said build your own desktop, and save yourself a ton of money and time arguing with customer support when something breaks and you have to send it in.
You won't regret building your own.
But if you must get a laptop, HP's are nice, with great customer spport. I think you got unlucky.
RE: Are dells that great? - GrammarPhreak - 03-20-2011
Some of the top laptops:
http://www.pcworld.com/shopping/browse/category.html?id=10010&tk=pcw_01_SHOP+LAPTOPS+ALL+SRCH&utm_source=Google-CPC&utm_medium=SRCH&utm_content=Shopping&utm_campaign=SHOP+LAPTOPS&utm_term=SHOP+LAPTOPS+ALL+SRCH
RE: Are dells that great? - Scalise - 03-20-2011
(03-20-2011, 01:48 PM)GrammarPhreak Wrote: Some of the top laptops:
http://www.pcworld.com/shopping/browse/category.html?id=10010&tk=pcw_01_SHOP+LAPTOPS+ALL+SRCH&utm_source=Google-CPC&utm_medium=SRCH&utm_content=Shopping&utm_campaign=SHOP+LAPTOPS&utm_term=SHOP+LAPTOPS+ALL+SRCH
I'll stand by all the Lenovos on that list. We have them at work, excellent computers.
RE: Are dells that great? - Splodge0007 - 03-23-2011
Personally I don't think that the Dell or HP "Machines" are any different to the ones you can build yourself. They're just a tad more expensive part for part wise. I mean, you can buy all the parts in a Dell or HP machine, chuck them into a case and save possibly ~30%.
RE: Are dells that great? - RDCA - 03-23-2011
No dells aren't that bad, I had a desktop that was dell that never had any problems. i buy an acer laptop two weeks later and I am taking it back getting a new one. next computer i get I am building.
RE: Are dells that great? - fuck_prohibition - 03-24-2011
I only had one Dell in my lifetime, it wasn't that bad at all. But at the time, all I was using it for was the internet, so if you're planning on buying one for gaming or server hosting I can't really make a recommendation for you.
RE: Are dells that great? - Splodge0007 - 03-26-2011
A dell computer is just your usual computer parts put together in a different case with there name on it. There is no difference.