No doubt that IBM makes good quality laptops --but they don't have (at least not in Canada) Complete Care style warranty. For those of you that aren't familiar --this covers breakage by stupidity... spilling on it, stepping on it, dropping it, etc. For somebody like me that actually uses her laptop as a portable computer... it is insurance I appreciate.
Also, IBM doesn't have 6800 and higher video cards... screen resolutions aren't as high either... and forget trying to get next-day service in-home on them without sacrificing your first born. My first laptop was a ThinkPad, and I liked it. It was entry level and cheap and did the trick. But now, I want to game, do OpenGL development, etc... and that needs more juice. >-----Original Message----- >From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 16, 2006 11:35 AM >To: CF-Community >Subject: Re: Stupid Dell > >I used to like dells a lot, but lately, their quality does seem to be >slipping. Maybe it's because they're offering the low end versions that >everybody seems to buy. I don't know of anyone with a dell laptop that >hasn't crashed yet. My brother's latitude has lost 2 drives, my sisters 3 >month old XPS lost a hard drive already, Anthony, the guy who's family is >currently living with ours, has lost 2 hard drives on his 1.5 year old >latitude. Also, his panel above the keyboard that shows the scroll lock and >num lock overheated a chip and burned it up. Meanwhile, of the 3 thinkpad's >I've owned, none have lost a hard drive and the only problem I've had with >any of them was the 'p' key would come off the riser every once in a while. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:209624 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
