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i bought a full-hd/i7 dell laptop 2 years ago, for 1750?, i'm sorry to say that but i never saw such a poor quality product (dead pixel, poor finishing : case parts didnt match firmly , screen hinge play ...)
The worst part was the after sale service : so incompetent, that when calling them, half of the time they didnt even know the existence of the highest-end model of the brand
it ended in lot of money loss in useless calls, they never accepted a return(for refund or repair) and only offered me to take a screwdriver and to open the computer with them by phone in order to try to fix the various hinges !!
i had no other alternative than re-selling it immediately for half price instead of crying every time i would see the laptop (i need my computer every second i'm not sleeping)
maybe this kind of behavior is ok for 300-500e laptops but certainly not for >1500? products
and maybe the laptop dell division is different from the desktop division
so, perhaps it's only my personal story but my conclusion is that dell only want your money and dont care at all about your problems with their products, and i will never recommend anyone to buy a so called "high-end" laptop from dell
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Originally posted by adrenochrome View Posti bought a full-hd/i7 dell laptop 2 years ago, for 1750?, i'm sorry to say that but i never saw such a poor quality product (dead pixel, poor finishing : case parts didnt match firmly , screen hinge play ...)
The worst part was the after sale service : so incompetent, that when calling them, half of the time they didnt even know the existence of the highest-end model of the brand
it ended in lot of money loss in useless calls, they never accepted a return(for refund or repair) and only offered me to take a screwdriver and to open the computer with them by phone in order to try to fix the various hinges !!
i had no other alternative than re-selling it immediately for half price instead of crying every time i would see the laptop (i need my computer every second i'm not sleeping)
maybe this kind of behavior is ok for 300-500e laptops but certainly not for >1500? products
and maybe the laptop dell division is different from the desktop division
so, perhaps it's only my personal story but my conclusion is that dell only want your money and dont care at all about your problems with their products, and i will never recommend anyone to buy a so called "high-end" laptop from dellAll opinions are my own not those of my employer if you know who they are.
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Originally posted by adrenochrome View Postthe serie was alienware and the model m15x
Now I've got a Dell Inspiron R Special Edition. It's the same physical size but it's a lot more heavy than my old Compaq but it runs a lot cooler and I can feel when I pick it up that it's got a lot more copper in it and the vent is 2.5X larger. CPU is rated to 100C but *never* goes above 50C.. I like it a lot because you can game on it all day and all night and it never feels hot.
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To anyone here saying "wait for Haswell version": Haswell laptops won't really arrive until half a year from now, and by then Microsoft might kill the Sputnik project anyway. Remember Microsoft got a stake in Dell now? I don't want it to happen, but it likely will happen.
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Originally posted by Krysto View PostTo anyone here saying "wait for Haswell version": Haswell laptops won't really arrive until half a year from now, and by then Microsoft might kill the Sputnik project anyway. Remember Microsoft got a stake in Dell now? I don't want it to happen, but it likely will happen.
With Haswell, Intel is going to directly compete against AMD and nVidia. Talk about stepping up to the plate..Last edited by Sidicas; 18 February 2013, 09:38 PM.
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Originally posted by carewolf View PostThat's a little more than I am willing to pay for a laptop that doesn't have a trackpoint or an ethernet port.
Seriously, I am getting tired of Thinkpad, you would think that after 10+ years that someone else might get a clue and try to also make a good laptop that isn't a ripoff, espcially now that Lenovo is has risen to number one??!
I personally am sticking with Thinkpads (I have an 11.6" X100e), but my brother has a Precision laptop he got from the Dell Outlet for ~$650 (standard price is closer to twice that). There's a backlit keyboard with a (black, concave-topped) trackpoint and full keyboard (including numeric keypad).
Of course, Precision is "mobile workstation", which means more workstation and not much mobile (15.6" or 17.3" screen).
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Originally posted by Ibidem View PostTry a Precision, then.
I personally am sticking with Thinkpads (I have an 11.6" X100e), but my brother has a Precision laptop he got from the Dell Outlet for ~$650 (standard price is closer to twice that). There's a backlit keyboard with a (black, concave-topped) trackpoint and full keyboard (including numeric keypad).
Of course, Precision is "mobile workstation", which means more workstation and not much mobile (15.6" or 17.3" screen).
Not that the chance to go elsewhere I high anyway, not like there anyone else making 7-row keyboard laptop left that I know.Last edited by iniudan; 18 February 2013, 11:29 PM.
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