Dell laptop

AMDPower · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:53

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=32550

lol

Meatball · 22 Jun 2006 at 14:54

repost

Click Me

. Still funny though

Stelly · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:20

yup... bloody dangerous though

Stelly

Meatball · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:26

Stelly said:
yup... bloody dangerous though

Stelly

true. I've been staying away from our Dell laptop since I saw that thread :eek:

PC-M Vip3r · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:29

Just don't go near Dell full stop. Build your own it's cheaper

stuppy · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:52

PC-M Vip3r said:
Just don't go near Dell full stop. Build your own it's cheaper

Build your own laptop? Errrrrr.

Ive got a Inspirion 9300 at home, always switched on all the time. Been good as gold touch wood!

*skip forward 2hrs when i get home - house on fire*

PC-M Vip3r · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:57

I meant the brand Dell in general, menaiung PC's

Cuchulain · 22 Jun 2006 at 15:58

PC-M Vip3r said:
Just don't go near Dell full stop. Build your own it's cheaper

No it's not, over the last 3 months (using various e-value codes) I've got machines that are FAR cheaper than building one even on the tightest budget.

The last one was a Celeron D 2.8ghz, 19" Dell TFT, 1gb of DDR2, modem, All in one Printer/Scanner (Dell branded), mouse, keyboard, motherboard (obviously), 80gb HDD, Windows XP Home. DVD Rom/CDRW combo drive.

Try building that to a budget of £376 including VAT and delivery.

Energize · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:19

Dells use custom mobos though, crap.

Cuchulain · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:35

Energize said:
Dells use custom mobos though, crap.

Yep, and the cases/PSU's are all propriatry (sp) but if you're buying a PC for someone who only wants it for internet/word processing etc then you really can't go far wrong at their prices. (so long as you use an Evalue code)

GnaR™ · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:39

Heh. I saw that the other day, theres another great reason not to buy a Dell/pre-built.

Stelly · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:47

GnaR™ said:
Heh. I saw that the other day, theres another great reason not to buy a Dell/pre-built.

I have an Acer now they are good

Stelly

gam3r · 22 Jun 2006 at 16:49

Stelly said:
I have an Acer now they are good

Stelly

Seconded.

Energize · 23 Jun 2006 at 01:32

Acer, good? I cant see the two words together, the school uses these because they were the cheapest to buy and it really shows, they have loads of problems and they practically fall apart. On two of them the sound doesnt work properly no matter how many times you install the drivers, on another one the hard drive is completley screwed and on another when you try to install windows the screen goes funny colours and then turns itself off.

Psycho Sonny · 23 Jun 2006 at 01:59

Cuchulain said:
Yep, and the cases/PSU's are all propriatry (sp) but if you're buying a PC for someone who only wants it for internet/word processing etc then you really can't go far wrong at their prices. (so long as you use an Evalue code)

what the hell is an Evalue code?

Psycho Sonny · 23 Jun 2006 at 02:30

Lost-Prophet said:
true. I've been staying away from our Dell laptop since I saw that thread

what could possibly make a laptop do that? did the cpu fan stop spinning? did someone insert a floppy disk with gunpowder glued onto it? or was his name ethan hunt and the message was set to self destruct after 10 seconds?

Energize · 23 Jun 2006 at 02:31

The batteries are lithium based, not very safe when you think about it. It's not the only time lithium batteries have exploded.

TheVoice · 23 Jun 2006 at 12:46

GnaR™ said:
Heh. I saw that the other day, theres another great reason not to buy a Dell/pre-built.

You don't really have much choice when it comes to notebooks though, do you?

I've got a Dell notebook, I'm certainly not going to don a bomb technician suit just because of an isolated incident.