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To: BikerJoe
"Get an HP. Do NOT get a Dell. I’ve seen too many of them lately with mainboard problems after only a couple of years."

Can't agree. We've had minimal problems with our Dell Laptops. Get a Dell direct from Dell, or a Toshiba when your local Office Depot is having a sale. I'd also get Windows XP rather than Vista.

17 posted on 04/08/2007 6:47:09 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel-NRA)
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To: Wonder Warthog
I'd also get Windows XP rather than Vista.

I concur, but a new notebook can not be had with xp anymore.

40 posted on 04/08/2007 7:14:42 AM PDT by staytrue
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To: Wonder Warthog

I have two Dell laptops - and I have only one complaint. It will occasionally left click on its own, so I have to be careful where I leave the cursor. .


43 posted on 04/08/2007 7:17:20 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink)
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To: Wonder Warthog; BikerJoe

Dell has produced some fine laptops and some absolute stinkers. Personally, I think the machines are ugly, but if you do your research, you can get one of the better ones.

Acer developing a reputation for some fine hardware. I love thinkpads, but only if they’re IBM thinkpads (i.e., used). I just can’t countenance buying directly from a Chinese company.


124 posted on 04/08/2007 12:26:58 PM PDT by Petronski (Ruditude is poisonous.)
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To: Wonder Warthog

I have to agree with you on Dell. Stay away from Sony. Company which I am a business partner in had a Sony display go bad under warranty. Problem was the warranty repair took two months. Dell would have been on site within 48 hours.
Toshiba’s been banned here. I still can’t forgive them after selling the submarine propellor machining gear to the Soviets. HP - I’d wait to see how the company turns around after running off the Carly-b!tch.


127 posted on 04/08/2007 12:33:30 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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