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    Ridiculous Story about a Studio 15 from Staples

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by imdashep, Jul 18, 2008.

  1. imdashep

    imdashep Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    So I got the laptop for $799, all excited. Bring it home, looks terrific, boot it up, everything great.....

    Oh wait, there ISNT A FREAKING HARD DRIVE IN IT. Back to Staples tommorrow I suppose.
     
    imdashep, Jul 18, 2008
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  2. legato

    legato Notebook Geek

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    hahaha....april fools.
     
    legato, Jul 18, 2008
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  3. MexicanSnake

    MexicanSnake I'm back!

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    Isnt a little late for that?.

    Tell the store, but if you want to keep it so badly then just buy a HHD, but THE STORE MUST DO THAT.
     
    MexicanSnake, Jul 18, 2008
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  4. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    How do you know there isn't a hard drive in it? Did you open the system, or did you get the error message when you boot it up, or did you look in the BIOS?
     
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  5. imdashep

    imdashep Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    I will clearly not keep it, returning to store tommorrow.

    As far as how I know, there is an error message at boot up. When I look at BIOS, it scans for hard disk, but doesn't find one! I don't want to open it up, in case that would screw up return policy.
     
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  6. diggy

    diggy Notebook Deity

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    Thats crazy - where in Va was this? You going for an exchange or straight up return?
     
    diggy, Jul 18, 2008
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  7. f4ding

    f4ding Laptop Owner

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    I guess that makes sense. The reason I asked is if there is a harddrive in it and the problem is only loose connection then you can just connect it and hopefully it works well. But I agree that it is best to return the machine.
     
    f4ding, Jul 18, 2008
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  8. imdashep

    imdashep Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    This was at the Cary, NC staples (off of Harrison ave). By the way, it had a hard drive in it, but the guy didn't want to touch it for fear of ruining the warranty. Oh well
     
    imdashep, Jul 19, 2008
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