I would normally go with a Dell Latitude or Precision but after the last couple
of weeks I don't know if I would go that path anymore.
rant on\*
I have the On Site warranty and the Dell tech came in to "fix" the issue.
Turns out they did not send him the correct parts but he got the original issue
sort of fixed but wanted to replace the parts giving me issues. Came in the
next week replaced the parts and machine is now dead completely. Okay not a
big issue but Dell will not let him fix it again they want it back to look at
it closely when if fact it was most likely a dead system board (their paperwork
indicated this was the issue after all). Time goes by they took 3 days of it
to send me a box to return the machine minus the drive. They keep it for 7
days including the 5 days it took in shipping which including waiting for the
box. On return it is less dead but still dead as far as I can tell. Power
indicators show it is now trying to power up but it still does not power up.
Dell has me return it again as not only is the machine non-functional but for
the very brief time we do manage to get it to function one of the parts is now
not working. It took them 4 days to finally get the replacement machine
scheduled for build, but they had some of the parts wrong, go figure a just
over 2 year old machine and they can't read their own database to figure out
what parts my original machine had. It took them 3 more days to get the
machine parts list modified and now they are telling me they are out of screens
for laptops and have no idea of how long before they will get more in stock to
take care of their backlog. I am now without a functioning machine for 2.5
weeks with no idea as to when they will get my EXPEDITED machine replacement.
I was told originally I would only be down 7 to 14 days. Oh and the in house
tech, claims ownership of the issue, takes 2 days to return emails and his
supervisor, also claiming he is involved, does not return emails at all.
*\ rant off
If you really want the BS go with Dell if not try either the Lenovo or Toshiba
line of machines. Sony makes rock solid machines as well but they are not
business quality IMHO. Lenovo's work well are rock solid and are business
class. My next one may be either a Toshiba or Lenovo after this BS from Dell.
Jon
> Subject: [NTSysADM] OT-ish: Laptop
> To: [email protected]
> From: [email protected]
> Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 09:50:14 +0000
>
> I need a new laptop....anyone have any recommendations in this arena?
>
> I like fast, I like nice-looking....but I also hate spending a lot of money,
> maybe about 700 English pounds would be my budget? I don't really do much
> besides browse, watch movies and work on documents, although it might be nice
> to have decent battery life and maybe be able to run a CPU-intensive game
> like Football Manager.
>
> I prefer to run Windows, but I'm open to all options really. Just looking for
> some recommendations as to what type/model people find good, rather than
> expecting anyone to do the research for me :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
>
>
> JR
>
> Sent from my (new!) BlackBerry, which may make me an antiques dealer, but
> it's reliable as hell for email delivery :-)
>
>
