My Dell Inspiron 1150 seems to have died this past weekend. It is unfortunately out of warranty. I am not sure if it would be better to repair it or replace it.
This is the problem: Saturday night everything froze on me. I could not use the touchpad or the keyboard. The only way to turn it off was to hit the power switch. I hate doing that! Anyway, it would not turn back on after that. Oh, I use the AC power all of the time. I got a black screen with the flashing _, not even the Dell symbol, nothing. Spectre suggested I unplug and let it sit for awhile. So I let it sit overnight. Sunday morning, it would only power up in safe mode and only when it was unplugged. Spec said that Inspirons have an issue with the AC power. So I was running defrag, while in safe mode, and the battery was running low, so I plugged it back in. and wouldn't you know it? everything froze again. UGH! So now it sits.
Here are details of 2 laptops I am looking at.
Dell Latitude D620 - Priced at $1,089.00
- Intel Core 2 Duo T5500 (1.66GHz) 2M L2 Cache 667Mhz Dual Core
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- 14.1 wide screen WXGA LCD panel
- 1.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS
- 80GB hard drive, 9.5MM, 5400RPM
- Wireless LAN (802.11)
- 8x DVD/RW
- 6 cell primary battery
- 3 year limited warranty plus 3 year NBD on-site service and complete care
HP Pavilion dv2000t series - priced at $1093.98
- Windows Vista
- Intel Pentium dual core processor T2130 (1.86 GHz, 1MB L2 cache, 533 Mhz FSB)
- 14.1 wxga high-def screen
- 1GB DDR2 system memory (2 dimm)
- webcam and microphone
- intel pro/wireless 3945ABG network connection
- 160GB 5400 RPM hard drive
- 8x dvd/rw
- 6 cell lithium ion battery
- system recovery DVD
- 2 year accidental damage protection with express repair extended warranty plan
I am so confused by all this jargon and whatnot. I have no idea which would be better. Should I keep searching? Should I attempt to repair my broken Inspiron? I appreciate any help you have to offer.