My mom needs to get a laptop for work, and she was wondering if the Dells were good. I have no experience with laptops so I don't know. :(
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My mom needs to get a laptop for work, and she was wondering if the Dells were good. I have no experience with laptops so I don't know. :(
Quite frankly no one carries a higher reputation for reliability and durability than Dell laptops. They are the prennial winners of the PCWorld laptop of the year award. Dell is probably the first place I'd check for a laptop if I were you. They have outstanding service as well
Check prices with Micron, because I have had very good luck with their laptops.
I have a refurb Dell Latitutde CPxH (i believe that's the model #) and it's been very good to me over the past few months. Even though it's old it's got a nice LCD screen, and is very well built, with very few problems...
Get your mother's priorities for laptop required features and required software because Dell comes bundled with software that may or may not be required. Yes one pays dearly for bundled software such as MS Office or graphics tools.
Consider weight, battery run time, proc speed, memory, disk capacity, DVD/CDRW, NIC, modem, wireless (802.11 or bluetooth), floppy, PCCard slots, USB, IR, Firewire, graphics, LCD size, . . .
Rank them in sequence so the models will start to falling into place.
If your mother travels alot the first two items, weight and battery run time will be important. Don't forget to price a spare battery.
i just ordered a custom inspiron
i am very excited for it :D :D
dell's are some of the top laptops - i just think its rather stupid how you have to order them, and you cant get any preconfigured ones in stores
my friend had a vaio and the mobo died a month after the warranty was up, and sony had already quit making them. It would have cost him 600 to replace it.
I have an Inspiron 8200 and love it...
It's a little clunky and heavy, and the build isn't wonderful (it's plastic) but the performance is excellent.
a good majority of laptops are plastic, or mainly plasticQuote:
Originally posted by The Droog
I have an Inspiron 8200 and love it...
It's a little clunky and heavy, and the build isn't wonderful (it's plastic) but the performance is excellent.
Ditto with my I8000. I take this thing everywhere with me, it's great.Quote:
Originally posted by The Droog
I have an Inspiron 8200 and love it...
It's a little clunky and heavy, and the build isn't wonderful (it's plastic) but the performance is excellent.
That's one of the reasons that they have the competitive edge that they have. No excess inventory = no waste. And very little depreciates quite as quickly as computer hardware.Quote:
Originally posted by The Love Bunny
i just ordered a custom inspiron
i am very excited for it :D :D
dell's are some of the top laptops - i just think its rather stupid how you have to order them, and you cant get any preconfigured ones in stores