On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:36:57PM -0600, Austad, Jay wrote:
> I don't know about Dell laptops...  We buy them for our people who need
> them, and we've had quite a bit of problems with them.  Keys going bad, bad
> cdrom, battery failing after only a couple of months, sketchy problems that
> just require a whole replacement from Dell.  If you get one, make sure you
> get the 3 year warranty, you'll probably need it.  

I'll second that motion.

I've got the Inspiron 7500 and I've needed the 3 year warranty many times.
To their credit, they came to the house next day service, no questions asked.

Even with the excellent service I received from Dell, I'm switching to IBM laptops.

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Paul Rech
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