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post #41 of 66
10/8/05 at 12:29pm
I've been buying Dell laptops since the P II chips came around, can't remember when that was, but I've never had problems with Dell laptops. The cheap price has not meant a decrease in quality for me.

I did opt to go with a Chembook 2056 (Compal CL56) a year ago after finding this great website, and the thing broke twice- lcd died and I also went through 2 keyboards w/ keys popping off....that is not quality to me. Sold that thing on Ebay.

I now have my Dell 700m, and I just got a Dell i6000D from the outlet- 1.6(730)/wsxga+/2200bg/512/60gb/x300 128mb/9-cell battery + 1 year at home service for $840. I couldn't resist at that price, and even when I upgrade to 1 GB Crucial RAM, for about $945 total I got a pretty sweet laptop that meets my needs.
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post #42 of 66
10/8/05 at 12:48pm
What where you doing to your poor CL56?
I've had mine for almost 1.5 years and have yet to experience any problems. The keyboard is still fine after having hundreds of documents typed up on it. It might have just been bad luck on your part.

Besides, I believe that Compal is one of Dell's ODMs, so I would imagine quality to be, on average, similar between the two brands.
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post #43 of 66
10/8/05 at 4:42pm
Haha, that is funny I've heard that before as well actually about Compal and Dell. I think I just type funky or something, but that's never happenned before on any other laptop. As for the LCD, I don't know what caused it to die, I kept all the stock settings and took excellent care of the computer as a whole. I can't complain about ChemUSA's support though, they were top notch, the tech called me and told me step by step what he was going to do which I thought was cool.
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post #44 of 66
10/8/05 at 10:04pm
People buy name-brand laptops for 2 reasons:

1. reputation or brand recognition
2. support

That's pretty much it.
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post #45 of 66
10/8/05 at 11:42pm
There is only one reason why we buy nambe brand well maybe 2...the main reason is cause we have someone to blame if it goes wrong. Usually big companies while may not provide service on time will eventually do it cause they got alot of money. smaller companies msotly for laptops sicne they are expensive cannot easily afford problems.

The other reason would be same as why you wear jordans or nike or why places that have high member loyalty, memebrs still support even though it offers no services other then pre generated messages.

Its simple take a pile of poop, place alot of celeberties next to it and watch it sell like no tommorow.

also people tend to have a feelign of security..see lets say dell, all that bought dell after it started its outsourcing know that it worse then its used to but we psyhcologicly cant say its peice of garbage cause then we gotta admit that we wasiting mone yand runnign a useless pc. this comes in many arguments. People tend to stick up for what they have even if they slightly hate it. Ofcourse if they really hae it, they'll support the other thign no matter what it is.
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post #46 of 66
10/9/05 at 1:04am
having a dell and wearing air jordans is NOT the same thing.
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post #47 of 66
10/9/05 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by thelostpatrol
What is this, a fashion show?

M.
In some aspects it is. No one is going to buy a 2in thick laptop if there is another one that is 1in thick if the specs are comparably similar.
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post #48 of 66
10/9/05 at 4:58pm
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Originally Posted by unlimitedx
In some aspects it is. No one is going to buy a 2in thick laptop if there is another one that is 1in thick if the specs are comparably similar.
People who are interested in productivity or portability make that choice because the 1in is bound to be lighter. It can be a choice devoid of "fasion."

M.
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post #49 of 66
10/9/05 at 5:29pm
I'm going to be honest. I bought the Dell I9300 because it had a video card compareable to modern desktop video cards. The 256MB GeForce Go 6800 PCI-E is absolutely amazing. Sure, it may be cheaply made, but I'm saving $200-300 over a competitor's price with that same video card installed. Dell knows what to design their products for - gamers and thrifty buyers.

If the Enter key pops off, or a dead pixel appears, so what. If it doesn't look as shiny, or sparkles at a higher resolution, so what. The fact of the matter is that my lappy could outperform an equal competitor, which most likely costs more $$ to shell out for the opposing customer.
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post #50 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:28am
Ok, we decide people that prefer name brand computers just incase something happens they will make it all better. We don't agree on the build quality. I don't like Dell build quality that much because my Dell 6000 used to have a considerable flex to it as apposed to my msi 1029. As far as hardware choices go, I think for a single model they have lots of customizations but for the amount of models I don't think they cut it. Especialy when your looking for a certain GPU. Dell doesn't even have a midrange GPU of any kind like a 6600 or x600 or x700. I haven't any expiriance with other big name laptop such as HP, Acer, Gateway, etc. If Dell is the only one with the problems I listed please tell.
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post #51 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:41am
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Originally Posted by drizek
IBM is different, they pwn

anyway, the asus is more expensive. a decked out 700m could be had for less than 800 bucks back in the good 'ol days when coupons were around. Now, i think a lot of the people who were considering a 700m will definetly turn to companies like asus and sager because they have higher quality products for less money. before it was higher quality products for more money.

oh, the one reason why wouldnt buy the asus is because it has a 1024x768 non-glossy display.
i bought my dell m70 for 2,000 bucks loaded no asus could match that and the video card is almsot 2 the preformance as the x700. Also its a lt quiter than all asus notebooks. But that doesnt mean i dont like asus in amtter a fact i recetnly ordered the w3v from ebay.
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post #52 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:43am
i have a dell d810 and an i6000 right here. the 6000 is built like a ford explorer and the d810 is built like a tank.

not all dells are crap, just the crappy ones.
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post #53 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:43am
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Originally Posted by unlimitedx
In some aspects it is. No one is going to buy a 2in thick laptop if there is another one that is 1in thick if the specs are comparably similar.
actually asus did not offer me what i needed a "quiet notebook" only dell has offered that so far. The reason the thickness Asus tries to hard to copy apple it isnt owrking as there g4 consume a mesely 10 watts un maxium load, while centrino nearly 25 watts and dont forget the gpu. that is why i went with a thicker design, reulting in a much cooler and quiter machine.
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post #54 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:45am
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Originally Posted by drizek
i have a dell d810 and an i6000 right here. the 6000 is built like a ford explorer and the d810 is built like a tank.

not all dells are crap, just the crappy ones.
well the precision series are usually the top quality you can get. Mine is perfect with the best support i can possibly get. and i havent even see tha paint fade or anything.
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post #55 of 66
10/10/05 at 1:50am
Uh oh... Laptop<3 posted... this should be good.

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Originally Posted by Laptop&lt View Post
Asus tries to hard to copy apple it isnt owrking as there g4 consume blah blah blah blah
You do know that ASUS is one of Apples leading ODM's right?

Wait wait... Do you even know what an ODM is?

I'm sorry to flame you... but sometimes the things you post are so off the wall I just have to say something (and being that the nice approach hasn't worked... I'm trying out different things).
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post #56 of 66
10/10/05 at 10:55pm
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Originally Posted by Bahama.Llama
Uh oh... Laptop<3 posted... this should be good.



You do know that ASUS is one of Apples leading ODM's right?

Wait wait... Do you even know what an ODM is?

I'm sorry to flame you... but sometimes the things you post are so off the wall I just have to say something (and being that the nice approach hasn't worked... I'm trying out different things).
Wow, I thought the exact same thing as soon as I saw his multiple posts that are so filled with grammar and spelling mistakes, even DarqHelmet would cry.
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post #57 of 66
10/11/05 at 12:17am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by pyro_dragun
Wow, I thought the exact same thing as soon as I saw his multiple posts that are so filled with grammar and spelling mistakes, even DarqHelmet would cry.
This is not an academic writing forum.
It is possible that English is not everyone's native lauguage. Plus, who cares about grammar and spelling. What are you some kind of English Bebop professor? You are such a dork.
Lastly, your comment has nothing to do with branded laptops. How about you come out with a legit argument huh?
:P
*edit
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post #58 of 66
10/11/05 at 12:26am
Thread Starter 
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Originally Posted by Laptop&lt View Post
actually asus did not offer me what i needed a "quiet notebook" only dell has offered that so far. The reason the thickness Asus tries to hard to copy apple it isnt owrking as there g4 consume a mesely 10 watts un maxium load, while centrino nearly 25 watts and dont forget the gpu. that is why i went with a thicker design, reulting in a much cooler and quiter machine.
well if dell can only come out with alloy case and frame, then their books can be thin. Oh wait, dell don't make laptops!!!
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post #59 of 66
10/11/05 at 12:49am
(sorry, answered in the wrong thread... ) had two tabs opened.... duh!
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post #60 of 66
10/11/05 at 6:25am
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Originally Posted by Bahama.Llama
Uh oh... Laptop<3 posted... this should be good.

You do know that ASUS is one of Apples leading ODM's right?

Wait wait... Do you even know what an ODM is?

I'm sorry to flame you... but sometimes the things you post are so off the wall I just have to say something (and being that the nice approach hasn't worked... I'm trying out different things).
Asus designed/sold/supported Centrino is a bit different from Apple designed/sold/support G4. Laptop love dude may be off in right field but he's not totally all wet.

Also: typing this on a dell, my 5th or 6th. All have been rock solid (lattituded) and very reliable not one has failed. I don't consider the high end latitude/precisions cheap or lowend as the OP suggests.

Also have a thinkpad, it's ok but this DELL will kick it's but any day.

OP needs to get out more and see what the name brands are offering.
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