[wplug] (OT) Laptop Durability

[Henry Umansky]

I must be the devil's advocate.  I've had nothing but love from my Dell 
Inspiron 8500.  Does almost everything I want.  Although teaching me how to 
build a yurt[tm] is still producing unexpected results.

-Henry

--On Wednesday, November 19, 2003 8:27 PM -0500 ehsiung at bellatlantic.net 
wrote:r

> Similar experiences here; Dell's quality does seem to be slipping. My
> company  bought 9 Dell Latitude D800 a couple of months ago. Within the
> first day, one had a  video card go bad. Just recently another one had a
> problem with the LCD screen.  Both problems were repaired quickly by Dell
> but these problems are in stark  contrast to our earlier Dell laptops
> which were pretty bulletproof.
>
>
> Eric
>
> On 19 Nov 2003 at 11:14, Rick Harris wrote:
>
>> My experience with Dell laptops recently has not been
>> good.  Two of my co-workers and I have all have
>> 2-year-old Dells (two Latitudes and one Inspiron, all
>> P-III models).  We all have on-site service, which is
>> a good thing, because Dell has been out here many,
>> many times.
>>
>> This is surprising since this is my third Latitude.
>> I've had one through work since the mid-90s.  Never
>> had a problem with the first two.  This one has been
>> repaired five times so far and I need to call again
>> for a broken touchpad.
>>
>> Other than that it runs great!  :-)
>>
>> - Rick
>>
>> =====
>> ------------------------------------
>> Richard Harris
>> 412.855.8763
>> rick at fogwater.com
>>
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Henry Umansky
University of Pittsburgh
Computing Services and Systems Development
hmust2 [at] pitt [dot] edu
(412) 624 -4357