[wplug] eMachines?

[Kuzman Ganchev]

I've had a a Dell Latitude CP.. (maybe CPi -- I don't remember and it's
at home), and it's been to Paris with me including going to class every
day, and never had any problems. The only scratches are from when I
tried to open the case and failed. My friend had spilled a glass of
water on it and I wanted to dry it out -- hair drier finally did the
trick. 

I hear Dells have gotten a lot worse in the recent past though (mine is
a Pentium I 233). 

Kuzman

On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 05:13:48PM -0500, Carl Benedict wrote:
> I've been using Dell laptops for the last 4 years or so.  I have a CPi
> 233, which I bought from eBay.  It has never failed on me, but it does
> have a few issues: 
> 
> 1) touch pad pointer "floats"
> 2) on occasion, locks up if moved
> 3) the ] key is stuck
> 4) some minor case cracking on the screen top
> 
> These are all common problems w/ Dells, and my laptop is showing its
> age.  I still think that these are decent laptops for moderate use. 
> When I was at Fore / Marconi, everything was Apple, then Compaq, then
> Dell.  I still prefer Dell (call me biased ;) ).  Dell seems to always
> be able to offer expandability and compatibility with decent prices.  I
> also like the ease at which you can work on Dells (opening cases, part
> removal).  Then again, anyone who remembers the Packard Bell PCs or the
> OLD Dell 486 desktops would feel the same! :)
> 
> -- 
> Carl Benedict
> Pittsburgh Techs
> Main:  724-741-0233
> http://www.pittsburghtechs.com
> cbenedic at pittsburghtechs.com
> 
> On Thu, 2004-01-29 at 10:45, Jason Dunn wrote:
> > I have to agree with this.  I work at Penn State and see many many 
> > computers, especially laptops, and the ones that always last are the 
> > IBM's over Dell's.  I use a Dell laptop and an IBM laptop and the Dell 
> > is currently in for service for a floating pointer (which I've seen many 
> > others do also) and a busted CD/DVD drive.  Whereas my IBM has been put 
> > through the rigors of being pretty mobile just like my Dell and I've had 
> > absolutely no problems with it.  Dell laptops just don't seem to hold up 
> > as well construction wise. 
> > 
> > I must say however, that when my Dell works, it's great, but IBM gets my 
> > vote for reliability.
> > 
> > Jason Dunn
> > 
> > Ryan W. Frenz wrote:
> > 
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > >
> > > Personally, I would never buy a Dell unless I couldn't build the machine
> > > myself.  (May end up buying a lappy from them)
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> > >
> > >
> > > As far as laptops go, in my experience IBMs are well worth the extra 
> > > money.  Most dells are exactly what they claim -- "desktop 
> > > replacements" -- if you plan on actually being mobile with it, I 
> > > haven't seen them hold up too well.  Mostly dumb problems like 
> > > floating pointers, keys getting stuck, etc.  Example -- I've had an 
> > > IBM thinkpad for 5 years now.  I've never had one hardware issue with 
> > > it.  My brother has had a Dell Inspiron 8100 for 1.5 years, and he's 
> > > had: a fried mobo, dead USB controller out of the box, and a floppy 
> > > drive that stopped working.  You might not be getting cheaper parts 
> > > per se, but with a Dell you definitely get cheaper construction.
> > >
> > > Ryan
> > >
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