Ok- Dell Laptops Suck- AGAIN AND AGIAN!

We had 2 Dell laptops in the house; one an Inspiron 8100 and the other
a newer 2650. The 2650 went dead just after the warranty. Yes, I know
it's often worth purchasing extra on items like that. Still, that is
beside the fact that it failed after only 13 months of rare use. I
used my 8100, which was refurbished by the way, about 10 hours a day
and the 2650 was hardly used that much in a week.

I just don't believe in Dells anymore, especially for the price
premium. I now have a Toshiba and it has much better graphics, you get
a bigger HD without having to pay extra, etc.

Now I am in 5th year- they wont extend the warranty. Every few times- the
Laptop does not boot up, putting out an error message that 'no bootable
services found'. When it boots up it does work fine. But there is no
guarantee that it will boot up. Iwas told by Dell that its either the hard
disk (once replaced) or the motherboard. I am not certain yet what I should
do. Those were my problems with DELL.
Delllaptops are heavy and crude.
The only good thing is that Dell has a half-decent customer support.
Since you are a student and you need something that works all the time and
for several years- DELL is a bad choice.
I suggest that you look into HP or SONY.
"Clint" wrote in message
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I've got an Inspiron 9100, and I'm not sure I'd recommend it for a
college
student. Not if you're going to cart it around to classes, anyway. Too
heavy (close to 10 pounds just for the laptop), and battery life is too
short. As a desktop replacement, it's not too bad. And for games, it
supposed to be pretty good, with an ATI Mobile 9700Pro card in it.

Clint

"Bobby G" wrote in message
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I am going off to college in the fall and am buying a laptop. I would
like it to be a fast computer that can handle current games. Size
isn't a huge issue but I don't want something overly bulky. I have
about 2000$ to spend (a little over won't hurt, but should be
worthwhile). Right now a few I am looking at are the HP/Compaq nc800,
Inspiron 9100, and the HP zx5000.

What I must have in the laptop:
-A fast processor
-128 MB video
-512 ram at least
-40 gig HD is sufficient
-3 Year Warranty
-XP Professional
-DVD/CDRW drive
-Wireless LAN
-Extra Battery
-Carrying Case

So if anyone has any suggestions for me it would be greatly
appreciated.

so you got a new laptop that has better graphics and a bigger hard drive
from a laptop from 4 years ago for the same price so you expected to pay the
same price for the 4 year old laptop today as you did 4 years ago?




"Sachin" wrote in message
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We had 2 Dell laptops in the house; one an Inspiron 8100 and the other
a newer 2650. The 2650 went dead just after the warranty. Yes, I know
it's often worth purchasing extra on items like that. Still, that is
beside the fact that it failed after only 13 months of rare use. I
used my 8100, which was refurbished by the way, about 10 hours a day
and the 2650 was hardly used that much in a week.

I just don't believe in Dells anymore, especially for the price
premium. I now have a Toshiba and it has much better graphics, you get
a bigger HD without having to pay extra, etc.

Now I am in 5th year- they wont extend the warranty. Every few times-
the
Laptop does not boot up, putting out an error message that 'no bootable
services found'. When it boots up it does work fine. But there is no
guarantee that it will boot up. Iwas told by Dell that its either the
hard
disk (once replaced) or the motherboard. I am not certain yet what I
should
do. Those were my problems with DELL.
Delllaptops are heavy and crude.
The only good thing is that Dell has a half-decent customer support.
Since you are a student and you need something that works all the time
and
for several years- DELL is a bad choice.
I suggest that you look into HP or SONY.
"Clint" wrote in message
news:Na0Mc.94830$od7.10813@pd7tw3no...
I've got an Inspiron 9100, and I'm not sure I'd recommend it for a
college
student. Not if you're going to cart it around to classes, anyway.
Too
heavy (close to 10 pounds just for the laptop), and battery life is too
short. As a desktop replacement, it's not too bad. And for games, it
supposed to be pretty good, with an ATI Mobile 9700Pro card in it.

Clint

"Bobby G" wrote in message
om...
I am going off to college in the fall and am buying a laptop. I
would
like it to be a fast computer that can handle current games. Size
isn't a huge issue but I don't want something overly bulky. I have
about 2000$ to spend (a little over won't hurt, but should be
worthwhile). Right now a few I am looking at are the HP/Compaq
nc800,
Inspiron 9100, and the HP zx5000.

What I must have in the laptop:
-A fast processor
-128 MB video
-512 ram at least
-40 gig HD is sufficient
-3 Year Warranty
-XP Professional
-DVD/CDRW drive
-Wireless LAN
-Extra Battery
-Carrying Case

So if anyone has any suggestions for me it would be greatly
appreciated.