Re: ideal laptop recommendations?
"Jesse D. Guardiani" <[email protected]>
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| Organization | WingNET Internet Services |
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Darryl Okahata wrote: > "Jesse D. Guardiani" <[email protected]> wrote: <snip> > My previous laptop was a Dell Inspiron 7500 and, while I did > consider getting another Dell as a replacement, my Dell laptop wasn't > exactly problem-free: > > * DVDROM died after a year-and-a-half or so. I ended up paying to have > this fixed, but I've forgotten if Dell's warranty did not cover this > (I had a 3-year warranty), or if I just could not wait. > > * Battery died after 1-2 years (sorry, it was a while back). > Admittedly, this isn't too unusual for laptops .... ;-( Not covered > by warranty. > > * The plastic over the right-side display hinge cracked and broke off. > (If I recall correctly, the entire hinge became broken, and so the > display was largely supported by only the left-side hinge.) Fixed > under warranty. > > * A large, vertical-column-shaped area (~1.5-2" wide) became > "discolored" on the display (from top to bottom). My guess is that > the display connector was getting tarnished, and reseating it would > probably have fixed it. (However, the laptop was out-of-warranty, I > didn't feel like disassembling the laptop, and so I used this as an > excuse to dump my 3+ year-old laptop. ;-) That is certainly useful info. I appreciate it. > > On the plus side, Dell's repair service was quite good (I only used it > once, though). I've heard a lot of horror stories about Sony's, and so > I now try to avoid Sony whenever possible. > > Although I did consider Dell, I ended up getting an IBM Thinkpad, > largely because I found a deal that I couldn't pass up. It's very well- > built. Also, replacement parts "should" be easy to find, although, as I > seem to have one of the "rarer" Thinkpads (an A31), I'm not sure if this > is true for me. How long have you had the Thinkpad? And do you know where I might purchase one besides On-line? (Bestbuy and Circuit City don't carry them) > -- Jesse Guardiani, Systems Administrator WingNET Internet Services, P.O. Box 2605 // Cleveland, TN 37320-2605 423-559-LINK (v) 423-559-5145 (f) http://www.wingnet.net _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"