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post #21 of 30
6/27/04 at 8:33pm
That's understandable. I've heard those reports and it seems an issue with how Dell is slapping together the entire lcd assembly (shoddy construdtion?)....
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post #22 of 30
6/27/04 at 8:42pm
Yep, they are fighting with HP each quarter to be the sales leader, so they are struggling to put each unit at a certain price point, then they keep trying to reduce that price point. To reduce the price, they have to find ways to build the notebook for less and less money (cost reduction) which leads to an inferior product that LOOKS just like a previous identical product (but is built from crappier parts, etc.)
That's what happens when you are a sales leader.
Andrew
Austin, TX
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post #23 of 30
6/27/04 at 11:46pm
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Originally Posted by aamsel
My son has an older Dell Inspiron 8200 with UXGA. VERY, VERY nice screen. The new ones I have seen do not compare. Even saw the new workstation one at work (forget the model #) with the widescreen UXGA, and I thought the quality of the display was horrible.
Andrew
Austin, TX
That's what i have as well. Very nice screen so bright and sharp, but the viewing angles are not as good as my new mitac eheh
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post #24 of 30
6/28/04 at 11:23am
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Originally Posted by kevhuynh
Yes, and my brother in arm does what is expected...echo my sentiments. This was what I meant in one of my previous posts Aikeo. For whatever reason, the Dell just "felt" gigantic. The 800 lci at a reported "5.9 lbs" (which is prolly 6 and a half or so with battery etc.) felt so much thinner and lighter. This is one of hte reasons I'm staying away from Dell. I know JS has bigger issues with Dell though ....
My west coast brotha' from anotha' motha' doth speak the truth, as always! I also agree that the old 8200 UXGA screen is a winner. My neighbor has an 8200 he bought from Dell's Outlet store and it's got a gorgeous screen that's a lot brighter and sharper than my former 8600's screen. The 8200 is a B-I-G notebook, to be sure, but it shows that Dell paid a lot more attention to putting out a high quality product several years ago than they do now.
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post #25 of 30
6/28/04 at 11:53am
Agree, absolutely 100%.
Dell used to build a nice system (notebook and desktop).
They don't seem to now.
Andrew
Austin, TX


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Originally Posted by jswriter
I also agree that the old 8200 UXGA screen is a winner....The 8200 is a B-I-G notebook, to be sure, but it shows that Dell paid a lot more attention to putting out a high quality product several years ago than they do now.
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post #26 of 30
6/28/04 at 12:01pm
answer: now that they're the market share leader, people will already buy their systems based on their name. thus they can slash manufacturing costs (and usually quality) to drive up their profit margins.
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post #27 of 30
6/28/04 at 12:45pm
My C840 (= I8200) bought two years ago has an absolutely marvellous UltraSharp UXGA screen made by SHARP. Note that at that time, UltraSharp screens were considerably more expensive than the standard ones, and some users were not as happy with Samsung's UltraSharp screens.

I thought that my next WUXGA screen could only be worse. In fact it is even slightly better than the old one (noticably brighter at the maximum setting, although most people would not need such brightness). BTW, it is also made by SHARP.

I guess I am lucky ...
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post #28 of 30
6/28/04 at 12:51pm
Definitely a lucky bastid, you are! Sharp's notebook screens are the best I've seen, except for Fujitsu's Crystal View LCD.
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post #29 of 30
6/28/04 at 5:36pm
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Originally Posted by aamsel
Agree, absolutely 100%.
Dell used to build a nice system (notebook and desktop).
They don't seem to now.
Andrew
Austin, TX

Yeah like WTF? First they stop using the "dude u got a dell" guy now their laptops just suck.
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post #30 of 30
6/28/04 at 5:40pm
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Originally Posted by ungcas
Yeah like WTF? First they stop using the "dude u got a dell" guy now their laptops just suck.
they realized they were making crap... so "dude u got a dell" makes sense no more... is my explanation
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