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I bought a Dell Precision M50 a couple of years back. Nice 17" screen and has never given a moment's trouble, not even after being sent flying across the room when I tripped over the power lead.
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I bought a Dell Inspiron in 2001, slipped on ice and dropped it on concrete the first day I got it, which put a crack in the case, but it hasn't missed a beat and is now wifeys word processor.
Bought an Inspiron 9400 about a month ago and the hard disk died within two weeks.
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Originally posted by expatQuite so. Why is a contractors' board discussing cheap gear?
As it happens I have just purchased a Dell XPS notebook and it is most satisfactory. Lovely 17'' widescreen and 1920x1200 resolution means a lot of desktop real estate to play with. Runs a lot quieter and cooler than my mate's Alienware thingy too.
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Originally posted by Cowboy BobI have a Thinkpad R51 (from 2004 when they were still made by IBM).
It's seen some heavy work, been dropped, and went flying down the centre aisle of a bus once when it had to brake heavily. The only thing wrong with it after that abuse is one dodgy pixel on the LCD. It's built like a tank, but still feels quite light. I wouldn't swap it for one of the cheaper brands for anything.
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I have a Thinkpad R51 (from 2004 when they were still made by IBM).
It's seen some heavy work, been dropped, and went flying down the centre aisle of a bus once when it had to brake heavily. The only thing wrong with it after that abuse is one dodgy pixel on the LCD. It's built like a tank, but still feels quite light. I wouldn't swap it for one of the cheaper brands for anything.
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Originally posted by SpacecadetIn the space of 3 years i managed to get through 2 Dell latitudes, thankfully neither were paid for by me One of them stopped booting everytime, the other one suffered from a broken keyboard and mouse pad.
In their defence, I was a very heavy user, about 10+ hours a day every day almost including a few 36 hour stints. So they definitely got (ab)used a bit
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In the space of 3 years i managed to get through 2 Dell latitudes, thankfully neither were paid for by me One of them stopped booting everytime, the other one suffered from a broken keyboard and mouse pad.
In their defence, I was a very heavy user, about 10+ hours a day every day almost including a few 36 hour stints. So they definitely got (ab)used a bit
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I've been using a client's Toshiba for the last 18 months. It's been ok but the batteries's run out of steam (only has about 30 mins stand-alone life before I have to find a socket) and now no longer shuts down normally. I'm backing up every night 'cos I'm not expecting it to wake up the next morning...
My Fujitsu is still going strong (I'll give it to hubby when I buy a new one later this year).
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Originally posted by TheMonkeyLatitudes were great - I got throught 5 of them in the day (XPS series).
MacBooks will burn your cock right off.
Only going to use it on a desk and unfortunately my cock doesn't reach that far. Plus they've lowered the price and upped the spec today so it looks like a veritable bargain.
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Originally posted by interestedI used to have a Toshiba, which was great until I spilt a load of red wine on it, I now have a Dell Latitude which is kind of OK.
Am seriously thinking of the 17" Macbook Pro for home use.
MacBooks will burn your cock right off.
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I used to have a Toshiba, which was great until I spilt a load of red wine on it, I now have a Dell Latitude which is kind of OK.
Am seriously thinking of the 17" Macbook Pro for home use.
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Originally posted by TheMonkeyI have a Toshiba Satellite M50 - P4M 1.73GHz / 14" widescreen / Radeon / DVDRAM / 60Gb disk. Bought it from John Lewis the day it came out for £899.
Keyboard and touchpad are tulipe though - one crumb and they pack up.
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I have a Toshiba Satellite M50 - P4M 1.73GHz / 14" widescreen / Radeon / DVDRAM / 60Gb disk. Bought it from John Lewis the day it came out for £899.
Keyboard and touchpad are tulipe though - one crumb and they pack up.
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Looks like someone is trawling the web for negative comments about dell and then rebutting them. Prolly a standard post as well.
Fron the language they are definately not UK based either. Definate colonial odour there.
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..so know we know what Dell sales guys are reading at 1 o'clock in the morning.
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