My flatmate had a problem with her Dell laptop -- you know, it was something wrong with the motherboard, so that it couldn't charge up despite benig plugged in properly! -- and the guy came to our house on a Saturday to take it apart and put it back together. But:
a) Replacing a motherboard in a computer less than six months old sounds like a Really Big Problem.
a-1) Especially if that happens a lot.
b) The first replacement of the motherboard didn't work, and had to be re-done.
c) In the year since she's had her laptop, and despite numerous corrections by mail and by phone, Dell has never fixed the misspelling of Flatmate's name.
c-1) On the upside, now she can always tell to whom Dell has sold her personal information, because it all comes with the same misspelling.
Overall, not impressed with Dell all that much, as a tech company. (I bought my most recent desktop at a local company, so I can go on down and yell at somebody in person if I have to. Which I haven't had to. Knock wood.)
They never offered a Saturday visit, and most of Saturday (up through 5, I realise) is already eaten.
Nutty--that sounds like the problem this unit was having.
Now I have to find (on Sunday, looks like) a laptop in meatspace with similar specs.
Man, this is too complicated.
a) Replacing a motherboard in a computer less than six months old sounds like a Really Big Problem.
That sounds like what I had, too.
I think Mr. Faulkner has needs that haven't been properly attended to.
I think Mr. Faulkner has needs that haven't been properly attended to.
I bet he eventually settled down and founded that town that
Footloose
takes place in....
I think I want to go to the parties that Mr. Faulkner's been attending...
Up for hivemind consideration: is it acceptable to throw one's own birthday party?
In sum: don't buy a laptop from Dell, unless you enjoy replacnig motherboards.
Wow, I hope somebody at Dell got fired over that particular flaw. Not exactly a thriving business plan, irritating your customers. You know?
Up for hivemind consideration: is it acceptable to throw one's own birthday party?
Yes, as long as it's not a ploy to get presents.