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[Rider]

Originally Posted by marko138

I will never own a Dell...I have heard TOO many bad things about them. Mac FTW.

Dells are purposely made to fail after 3 years or so of use. If you open up their laptops the air plenums that provide the cooling air are made with very small openings for the air to flow through.

With that said, I have a Dell laptop and it was so cheap that if I get 3 years out of it, I'll be happy. PC's and laptops are throwaways now just like DVD players and digital cameras.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Rider

Dells are purposely made to fail after 3 years or so of use. If you open up their laptops the air plenums that provide the cooling air are made with very small openings for the air to flow through.

With that said, I have a Dell laptop and it was so cheap that if I get 3 years out of it, I'll be happy. PC's and laptops are throwaways now just like DVD players and digital cameras.

Well, be that as it may, I won't buy one.

[LeeNetworX]

Originally Posted by marko138

I will never own a Dell...I have heard TOO many bad things about them. Mac FTW.

We've had nothing but good experiences overall with ours.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by marko138

Well, be that as it may, I won't buy one.

Just like I won't pay over $2k for a mac laptop that will be obsolete just as quickly as a much less costly PC and just as stable as an ubuntu laptop.

[Digifox]

Originally Posted by psychochild28

haha I did that with my old dell..... It crashed about 3 times before it finally just wouldn't turn on again. ANd the one before that did almost the same thing

Its a proven Fact Dell is Crap
Hey that kinda has a nice flow to it...lol

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Rider

Dells are purposely made to fail after 3 years or so of use. If you open up their laptops the air plenums that provide the cooling air are made with very small openings for the air to flow through.

With that said, I have a Dell laptop and it was so cheap that if I get 3 years out of it, I'll be happy. PC's and laptops are throwaways now just like DVD players and digital cameras.

so mod the case, my gateway m500 came out before they realised how serious the heat issues were in desktop replacement laptops. Needless to say my intake and exhausts are whored out.

[marko138]

Originally Posted by Trip

Just like I won't pay over $2k for a mac laptop that will be obsolete just as quickly as a much less costly PC and just as stable as an ubuntu laptop.

If thats your perogative thats fine. I know that with my money I will never buy a Dell. I hear nothing but bad things about them. I personally know several people with Dell laptops and every goddamn one of them is a broken down piece of shit.

[Rider]

Originally Posted by marko138

If thats your perogative thats fine. I know that with my money I will never buy a Dell. I hear nothing but bad things about them. I personally know several people with Dell laptops and every goddamn one of them is a broken down piece of shit.

Walk into any computer repair store..... they are LOADED to the gills with Dell laptops that aren't worth fixing. Not sure if they are really more prone to breakdown or the number of units sold are that much more than the competition but I've seen with my own eyes, stacks and stacks of Dell laptops at the repair store but at any rate, the tech there told me to avoid Dell at any cost. He pushed Toshiba as far as reliability.

[Gas Man]

But what did you pay for it?

[Trip]

Originally Posted by marko138

If thats your perogative thats fine. I know that with my money I will never buy a Dell. I hear nothing but bad things about them. I personally know several people with Dell laptops and every goddamn one of them is a broken down piece of shit.

My work laptop is a dell. It's a government laptop so it's like 5 years old and will probably go another 5 years before I get a new one. No issues. I wouldn't buy a dell laptop either though. I am not a fan of laptops though, build my own desktops. I wouldn't mind a small netbook running ubuntu. Not as bulky. I can't see owning one of those 19"+ laptops, just ridiculous for a laptop.