Re: "Dell's halo is fading"
- From: Alan Walpool <awalpool@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 09 Dec 2005 11:12:57 -0600
>>>>> "no" == nobody@nowhere net <mygarbage2000@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
no> On Thu, 08 Dec 2005 05:08:56 -0500, George Macdonald
no> <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Quoted from PCWorld's latest Reliability & Service survey:
>> http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,123409,pg,1,00.asp. I
>> hadn't realized how far things had gone here: e.g. on its low-end
>> systems, they have a 90-day warranty and for ~$25. you can get it
>> extended to 1-year.... is that nuts or what? Makes ya wonder how
>> many bad capacitors it'd take to sink the company; when you
>> stretch the elastic that far, the snap-back can be vicious.:-)
Bottom line here, and dell works for the shareholders and not the
users . Some of those other brands you can't even get any support even
though you have a one year warranty.
no> What a news - Dull Computer sucked for long, long time. I thought
no> that at least their business line was OK. But after being issued
no> with brand spanking new Latitude D610 (? - can't look at it -
no> don't work there anymore) it came on me right away that I like my
no> wife's old T22 much better. Everything from style (hated that
no> grayish-silvery paint job) to screen (same size, same res, but
no> old IBM looks much crispier) to docking (IBM is a snap, and with
no> Dell you need to actively search for that position to push it
no> down) to weight (you can feel these few extra oz when you carry
no> it on your shoulder a noticeable distance). IBM even feels more
no> responsive even though it's only P3M 900, and the Dell had
no> something like PM 1.4(or was it 1.6?). The only good thing about
no> Dell was Centrino wireless - worked much faster than PC card
no> WI-FI a-b-g in the same spot in my house. To sum it up, Dell lost
no> the last drop of my respect with that lappy, and I was almost
no> happy returning it back to the employer when the project was
no> over. That's what happend when they sent production to China,
no> support to India, and R&D, that always was cut to the bone,
no> someplace in Asia (India? Taiwan? doesn't matter - outsourced to
no> 3rd party anyway). Now they are purely consumer brand and
no> marketing company. Even at that, they seem to do everything to
no> make the brand lose its premium luster. No wonder Mickey is about
no> to lose his #1 preferred customer spot at INTC to Steve.
no> NNN
Another point with the new laptops and xp. The last several laptops I
have seen running this XP had some type of CPU speed reduction to
increase battery life. So one reason they are less responsive is
because of this. Turn it off and the laptop is much quicker, but
battery life goes away rapidly. I think you can disable this when
connected to AC.
All dells don't suck. Some of them are actually good. The cost
cutting is having an impact on the whole industry. Buyer beware. I
have been lucky with the two dell laptops I have recently purchased
the 600m and 700m. Both have done very well so far, but time will
tell.
True. However, someone will have to make a high end (durable laptop)
because there is a market for such a laptop. I suspect the main
drivers of the laptop market today are college students and even high
school students. Doubt if Mom/Pop will want to pay too much and 500
bucks looks about the right price point. Hay all they are doing is
wordprocessing and hooking up the ipod. That's about it.
Whatever.
.
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