LOL! How did you do? Just ask Mary!
Let's see, you bought a Dell laptop with Vista? Hmm, I'm guessing she wouldn't be impressed.
That being said, I have no idea if you got a good deal or not. But based on Mary's experience, I'll just make this analolgy - you may have just bought an S54 computer! ;o)
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I think you are right ...Dell S54/ doomed to blow
The good news is that if it blows ..I get a genuine REBUILT dell computer. Does that story sound familar? ROFLMAO I will then be just as pissed off at Dell as I am BMW for charging a top price for their top line product knowing it will give problems !
The only difference is. I couldn't find anything else but Vista. I did find a 3liter Z3. GRINhttp://forums1.roadfly.com/preferenc...e.php?img=4578
That BS, dell will not make service calls, even
though it is in your contract.
And if they do, you will have to wait up to 3 weeks. Even though the contract says next day.
And the only thing they will do is restore it to factory setting.
Trust me I just went through this, this week!!!
Return it and get Latitude w/XP installed
Dell still sells their business systems with whatever OS you want installed. You would like the Dell Latitude D630 or D830 (14.1 & 15.4" screens, though) - a basic, no frills laptop. There is a reason that the Dell Latitude is the model that alot of big companies use as their system of choice.
I have both Dell Latitude and Inspiron and I've never had a problem with the Latitude. I am not too thrilled about the Inspiron, however. Granted, the Inspiron I have is a little old, but it should not be having some of the basic issues it is having right now. The new Inspirons are probably better, but if I were buying a new Dell for home use, I'd get a Latitude.
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I just picked up a VAIO and re-installed XP on it.
Yea I know, I hate loading software on my personal machines.
I love it, every piece of hardware I have now work with no extra drivers needed.
I have D830 w/ XP - LOVE it! Got it last summer
Congrats! What color - pink? ;-)
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