I have an Inspiron 4000 that I bought from an acquaintance after the screen/top hinge broke on one side. Bought new hinges off of eBay, and replaced them. We used to buy Compaq laptops at work, and I've taken a few apart for various reasons over the years. I couldn't believe the difference in construction between the two brands! I'm surprised the Dell lasted as long as it did. Definitely the Korean car equivalent.
On 1/12/06, Peter Frederick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not really fond of Dell computers for a number of reasons, but > reliability isn't one of them -- we have them at work, and the only > problem we've had is when someone used methylene chloride base > degreaser on a keyboard -- hence I have a slightly melted, although > fully functional, keyboard. > > Peter -- OK Don, KD5NRO Norman, OK '90 300D 243K, '87 300SDL 290K, '81 240D 173K, '78 450SLC 67K, '97 Ply Grand Voyager 78K
