Interesting, I've had my Inspiron 8500 for 2 1/2 years now. Today I poppd the K key off to get something out from under it (bit of fingernail it turned out) and broke the key. I called Dell support (smart IT manager got us gold support which is good until November) and they're shipping a new keyboard out. This laptop has been across the continent with me several times (Last spring I went from Halifax, NS to Mountain View, CA and back to MA in one week). I've dropped it, slapped it, slammed it and just plain used it hard and its never failed or even whimpered. -Curt Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:16:09 -0500 From: "David Brodbeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for the Mac guys To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:23:32 -0600, Loren Faeth wrote > even have a 6-7 year old Dell laptop that is still running, and that > is really something. Maybe more than you know. My experience with Dell laptops hasn't been good. They're kind of flimsy and eventually develop problems due to too much internal flexing. I saw this with two in a previous job, and a third in my current job. Some models in their Latitude series also go through batteries and processor fans. (Two fans under warranty, on one Latitude C600.) These days I'll only buy IBM or Toshiba, when it comes to laptops. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Photos Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever. From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 12 19:13:32 2006 Received: from wsip-24-249-104-140.ks.ks.cox.net ([24.249.104.140] helo=mtsqhexc1.mtsqh.com) by server5.arterytc5.net with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1Ex7t6-0007FP-Oy for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:13:32 +0000 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6603.0 Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 13:13:31 -0600 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Re: [MBZ] Looking for a W123 for new driver in the family.. Thread-Index: AcYXrEVG6bralRiLQoaZTXpZXrETfA== From: "Donald Snook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.6 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Looking for a W123 for new driver in the family.. X-BeenThere: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.6 Precedence: list Reply-To: Mercedes Discussion List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Id: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes_striplin.net.striplin.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://striplin.net/pipermail/mercedes_striplin.net> List-Post: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 19:13:32 -0000 Sunil wrote: =20 "Sure I can't interest you in a 92 300D?" =20 How about a 1992 Oldsmobile 98 Regency. His friends will love it. He can fit 6-8 people in it and 3-4 more in the trunk.=20 =20 Donald H. Snook 1990 300SEL arriving soon.=20