Re: Advice sought on which processor for a laptop


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David Livingstone wrote:
In message <c6f2f4hhknqano478nh37qg523jt0cbv7o@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes

I hear that Dell DOA levels are still pretty high. Four out of thirty
lossage on the last bunch we got in at work, in July.


Indeed, knackered screen (backlight) on a delayed arrival with a pals
son's new Dell Studio laptop for Uni :-(

Not impressed with Dell support at all - the new student and machine was
120 miles away - but the repaired (not replaced) machine had to be
returned home to his Dad. The fresher meanwhile, had to have the family
laptop for the start of his course.

No sympathy from the 'helpdesk' at all - even although it would have been
easier for them to pick and return directly to Edinburgh - and after
another 10 days, when returned the case was all scuffed and very badly
re-assembled, especially the top of the screen bezel. If it was not
essential to him, it would have been returned.


Never again.
like all things, people only bleat about bad experiences. With higher
sales you will obviously have higher returns - it is inevitable.
For my part, I'd never have a new machine repaired - you should have had
it replaced.
I have a Dimension 9200 and an XPS M1530 laptop. Both spot-on and I would
buy again.

What a strange thing to say. Surely you mean MORE returns, but that's better
because it gives you a better overall view. If you buy two laptops and one
fails in the first year then that's a 50% failure rate, if you buy a hundred
and one fails then that's a 1% failure rate and changes your perspective.

Of the thirty seven HP laptops we had in twelve months ago, two have failed,
both with dead Samsung SATA hard drives. On machines that get as much use
and abuse as they do (primary school) I'm of the opinion that that's not
bad. These were C2D mid range machines and although I wouldn't normally
recommend HP myself, being a Toshiba fan, I have to say these aren't bad at
all. I didn't buy Toshibas because they didn't have the spec of these
machines at the price point and still don't.


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