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Originally Posted by BalloonKnots
This is off topic but may I ask what was the problem with your Dell laptop? I've had mine for almost a year now and have not had a single problem. I just have the basic one yr service plan and never had to call to deal with customer service.
Btw, if anyone is looking to buy a Dell laptop, I know of a coupon (starting Wed. 4/13, limited time) for $750 off $1499 Inspiron Notebooks! You can't beat a deal like that. I used a similar coupon to buy mine last year and basically ended up getting it for about 1/2 the original price. PM me if interested.
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I'm not quite sure: I've reinstalled XP probably 12-13 times since January 2002. One thing I did consider was that is say for example, there is a 'dud' in every batch of 10,000 or whatever, then maybe I got that dud. Maybe Spyware and stuff like that too got on it. There wasn;t AdAware or SpyBot back then nor were average users aware of spyware etc.
What made me upset was, I bought the Dell because everyone was raving about their service and product. In retrospect, at the time I bought it, Dell was relatively new and just got their reputation. I speculate that what happened was that they were overwhelmed with orders and couldn't really keep up because they build every computer to order to keep inventory low(at least they used to).
So, maybe now they got their act together and stuff, I don't know. I just didn't have a good experience with them so I would rather not deal with them again. Anecdotaly, many others also didn't have pleasant experiences (around that time). Plus the whole PC thing, I don't know, it just seems like a shoddy product to me. Nothing ever works right. XP is crap and SP2 was the last straw. I had to reinstall 3 more times and the last time I just left SP2 off. I hate to bitch but Microsoft really does put out crappy products. Thank God they're not in charge of any safety systems or anyhing. I think if an airplane navigation systems was made by Microsoft I would have a heart attack. Even MS Word "Had to unexpectedly quit for an unkown reason". MS Word! C'mon, it's not that sophisticated of a program. I also didn't appreciate MSMesseneger installing itself on my computer every few days even after I had uninstalled it.
Anyways, it'a good, different strokes for different folks.