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    i'm surprised no one is talking about this..

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by jaebaby, Aug 23, 2007.

  1. jaebaby

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    Wow. Dust in the paint. Can't they work indoors?

    Dell puts out a fine product and manages to screw it up again.
     
    jhomara, Aug 23, 2007
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  3. Greg

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    Oppsie on Dell's part.

    They were probably trying to do the painting in a non-clean room environment, or one that was not clean enough.
     
    Greg, Aug 23, 2007
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    This is the first I've heard of it...
     
    jhomara, Aug 23, 2007
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    ouch, im surprised its not in the new york times or something bigger
     
    Crimsonman, Aug 23, 2007
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  6. Greg

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    Well, the bottom line is that I never really liked the look of Dell's silver and black job. Always like the colors more...too bad.
     
    Greg, Aug 23, 2007
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    The heading of that article is extremely misleading.

    If you read the article, Dell has not 'scrapped' the different colours, it is merely telling consumers that there will likely be a delay. The only colour scrapped is the Pearl White one.

    Rubbish Journalism.
     
    rage), Aug 23, 2007
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    Errr, this was posted at the Direct2Dell blog 20 days ago. News articles are just recently starting to pick up on the story and rehashing it, obviously with sensationalized titles to grab people's attention.
     
    chuck232, Aug 23, 2007
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    I guess this is the way to rile up this crowd.
     
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    You gets what you pays for when subcontracting work.
     
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    wow ......
     
    zfactor, Aug 23, 2007
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    congrats to ppl with the other colours other than black =p it mite be a collectors item in the future if they do plan to scrap ^^
     
    Dookiepants, Aug 23, 2007
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    I heard about this on the Dell blog last week or so. I don't know what to say. Other than I ordered black. whoopie do.
     
    l0x, Aug 23, 2007
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    i kinda want to call and switch to white but man i am questioning the overall quality of the job on them now
     
    zfactor, Aug 23, 2007
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    Very interesting, given that you can still order the colored lids in the configurator at this moment...wonder if they mean they're not going to do it again after this line, or if they're going to give up on it while the xx20/21 lines are still out?
     
    seaice, Aug 23, 2007
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    That arcticle is blowing the issue out of proportion, pretty sure Dell might sue them for mispresentation or something if they dig it out.
     
    Zetto, Aug 23, 2007
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    The article is wrong and misleading, they have not scrapped colors, just delaying and charging more for certain colors. We actually reported on this issue several days ago: http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsid=3880

    Most of the mainstream media have reported on this now.
     
    Andrew Baxter, Aug 23, 2007
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    They still have a ways to go to catch up to Apple charging $125 extra for the black Macbook... at least Apple colors the whole laptop though.
     
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    Well with all that marketing they did about those colors (I saw like three commercials today) they'd better deliver. If they don't catch HP or Mac for style points, it won't matter how good their hardware is.
     
    jhomara, Aug 24, 2007
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    i dont know if you saw but i have a thread on the painting issues somewhere lost in the forum.
     
    manu251125, Aug 24, 2007
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    On the 1420 I had (before returning it) I did think the red micro satin finish was beautiful. That lid was gorgeous. But the rest.. display frame, keyboard etc.. had a very generic/plain look to it. I ordered a HP dv6500t now and other then only coming in white or black.. looks years better in the style department. All dell did was put a colorful lid on their typical ho hum boxy looking notebook. I guess they expect you to go to their XPS line if you want better styling.
     
    HI DesertNM, Aug 24, 2007
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