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    What I learned from having a Dell as a digital buddy

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by technomumbles, Apr 9, 2008.

  1. technomumbles

    technomumbles Newbie

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    -If you call customer service enough, you'll learn so much that you'll never ever have to call them again. But the they did seem however interested if i liked sports.

    -Inspiron 6000 isnt what you'd call...durable. I got in jan 2006. As of Feb 2007 the AC adaptor had to be replace and this one is very much on its way. As of now, I have 2 of 4 usb ports broken because both spit out pieces and when you try to fix it or accidently use it, the screen chokes and Im forced to restart. I also have L, O and < keys missing now from my keyboard. Be amused that its difficult to "LOL" and cringe >_<. And the most recent fun thing. The screen has become flimsy or it lifts up with half of the upper keyboard section where the power button and capslock/numberlock indicators are. Not to mention when I first got it, I had clicky sounds constantly and the screens for this series were awful with light leakage. Did I mention my cds sound like they wanna die when I run them?

    Just thought I'd give my opinion first hand of a dell as a starting of postings on the forums. I always lurked before :p
     
    technomumbles, Apr 9, 2008
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  2. yuio

    yuio NBR Assistive Tec. Tec.

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    lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol >_< sorry could not resist... my experience with acer was worse, at least you can get the data off the computer before lets say a repair... acer's just stop working: hdd or mobo is fried! lol I have lost about 35gb of unrecoverable data to a hdd disk failure on my acer, oh was I ****** off when I called support and they just jurked me around...
     
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  3. Sparky 1720

    Sparky 1720 Notebook Consultant

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    Don't feed the trolls.....
     
    Sparky 1720, Apr 10, 2008
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  4. pixelot

    pixelot Notebook Acolyte

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    Well, the Vostro 1400 IS what you'd call durable. :D
     
    pixelot, Apr 10, 2008
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  5. Samuel613

    Samuel613 Notebook Evangelist

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    I know of a number of Inspiron 6400s that are doing quite fine still and look almost like new.

    To each his own, though.
     
    Samuel613, Apr 10, 2008
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