Do we want to keep this all true?
Don't know from where you have your info, but I am writing this on a Dell laptop, which I have upgraded with non-Dell parts. Exactly what is it you mean cannot be replaced with non-Dell parts? If you think of the mainboard, built-in keyboard, or the screen of the laptop, true enough. These parts are manufactured to fit inside that particular model's chasy. But in all honest meaning, so is any other laptop on the market. You could not take a Dell mainboard and put it inside an HP laptop, or take a Linova mainboard and insert into a Dell laptop. If you are talking Desktop computers, this kind of manufactural interchange might, or might not work, depending on the design and shape of the actual unit. Point here is, that buying a laptop -from ANY manufacturer - you will have to stick to the original main parts. So, nothing special here, about Dell. Comes to the internal periphals, like the harddisk, CD-drive, Memory (Ram), it all can be replaced with other manufacturers' product. Even some of it can be replaced with non-branded material. And, when comes to the real periphal equipment, like the power supply, an external keyboard, external CD/DVD-drive etc, you simply do not need to bother, as much of this is non-branded anyway. Additionally, as pointed out from another user already, manufacturers now aday do not produce all their parts themselves. The CPU, for instance, is manufactured either by AMD, or Intel - and hence does not have anything in particular to do with the brand name on the outside of the computer. Buy a Dell, An HP, a Linovo, or any other laptop - and you likely will see that much of the electronic pieces inside, are the exact same. What differs, is the actual physical appearance of the unit, slight variations in combination and setup of the components, and the brand name printed on the unit. By the way, my laptop is running on a non-branded power-supply, has a non-Dell SSD upgrade, and when I needed to replace the fan, I got some cheap and yet nice quiet fan off from EBay. And here is the other main point to hook on to in this thread. Since the initial user told us it is a refurbished model - if memory serves me right - you would not be under much of warranty clauses. Meaning, that if your computer needs an upgrade or fix, you should easily be able to pick up things from netshops, like EBay. Even fully original Dell parts, would be available for a fair enough price. How much work would be involved in replacing parts, would depend on the design of the laptop. Mine is very easily opened and service friendly, but have seen models that requires you to split the whole unit. Yet, I do not see this to be the immediate issue, the way the query was set out from the beginning. The user wants to buy a fully working and serviced machine, so likely won't need to bother any of the techie stuff anyway. David On 10/25/2016 3:20 AM, Linette Sukup via Talk wrote: > > > This sounds like a nice little machine, but there's one problematic > thing about Dells: if you want to add on any hardware, or something > needs to be fixed, you can only use something from Dell. If that's not > important to you, just disregard. (Grin.) > > Peace. > Linette > > > > On 10/24/2016 8:12 PM, Josh Kennedy via Talk wrote: >> ok let me break all this down for you. beside each thing i will write >> good or bad. >> >> I have an opportunity to get one of these, only a re-ferb model, >> >> >> Dell Latitude good brand >> >> Intel Core i5 that is a fast processor for graphics intensive pc games >> like grand theft auto five. >> >> 4GB 4gb of ram is very good. >> >> 128GB SSD ok the 128gb ssd means your pc will start up very very very >> fast all the time and shut off very very fast and load everything very >> very fast just like a braille note note taker does. >> >> 14" LED Ultrabook (6430U) that means it is a small and light weight >> laptop. >> >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the > author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/trailerdavid%40hotmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > . > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
