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From: Ron Hardin on 24 Dec 2009 17:40 William R. Walsh wrote: > Unfortunately, with the number of systems that appear to have this > problem, I doubt that simply replacing the motherboard would buy you > more time than you got the first time. But at the current price, and > if you could do it yourself, assuming the replacment board lasts > another 20 months...by then the system's value would have dropped > more, and you'd have gotten more time out of it. > > (I'd be extremely disappointed if I'd have purchased a laptop only to > have it die after 20 months.) > > This time around, consider a Latitude. They are a better computer than > the Vostro and Inspiron. The D800, D830 and D6x0 are all very good > systems for a lot of work. So too is the Latitude E5400. The office experience with Vostros is pretty good, about 1 in 10 fails in the warranty period but not thereafter. This would be a late failer, considered in that population. Late failers are bad news. On the other hand my Inspiron 1200 that I use at home as a desktop has been going strong for years. Overall the Dell stuff seems pretty good. Maybe we're exceptionally good at complaining nicely but persistently, though. -- rhhardin(a)mindspring.com On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |