[vox] Laptop recommendation

[Jeffrey Nonken]

Coincidentally enough, this showed up on El Reg yesterday.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/27/new_york_judge_rules_against_dell_fraud/

	
On May 28, 2008, at 3:37 PM, Jeffrey Nonken wrote:

> I've heard a lot of bad things about non-enterprise customer support
> from Dell. Maybe you've heard more recent information that they've
> improved, but personally my inclination is to stay away from Dell.
>
> MHO, and based on hearsay. YMMV.
>
> I should add parenthetically that my own recent experience with a Dell
> at work was mostly good. The system performed well, was reasonably
> easy to get into and update the drives. OTOH the case rattled
> annoyingly. I replaced the DVD burner when it stopped reliably burning
> CDs. And I never called tech support, so I can't back up my statements
> above with any personal experience.
>
> On May 28, 2008, at 12:57 PM, Bill Kendrick wrote:
>
>> On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 11:48:29AM -0700, jim wrote:
>>> more bang important per the little bit of
>>> bucks and possible hassles of transit and
>>> long-range support.
>>
>> Well, honestly, my wife Melissa also encouraged me to pick
>> a big company I know I can get support from, versus a small one.
>> ... considering the importance of the purchase. :)
>>
>> -bill!
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