bebehabs Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 hey guys! my OLDIE laptop JUST died (amen!) and i'm planning to ge ta new one i looked around but i think the best place to buy a good one is on dell.ca coz we can configurate it and prices are kinda good. i'm wondering if it's a good choice or not? if u already bought a laptop on dell.ca or dell.com or whatever, please tell me if u r satisfy with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 Well don't buy a lap top with those sony batteries. They like to set themselves on fire. I usually just go to Best Buy and they lead me the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonus Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 hey guys! my OLDIE laptop JUST died (amen!) and i'm planning to ge ta new one i looked around but i think the best place to buy a good one is on dell.ca coz we can configurate it and prices are kinda good. i'm wondering if it's a good choice or not? if u already bought a laptop on dell.ca or dell.com or whatever, please tell me if u r satisfy with it? ive never bought a laptop from dell, but Ive gotten some desktops through them and they have been very good. A bunch of my friends at my school have dell and aside from some batery problems with a few of them, they have been pretty good i think. I got my last laptop through best buy and it was really bad. It broke many of times (thankfully I had the extended warranty). Now this might just be a function of it having been a gateway, but I was very dissapointed. My laptop was got marked as a lemon (after 1.5 weeks of bestbuy deliberation) and I am picking up my new laptop this weekend (an HP Turion X2) and hopefully that will be good. All distributors and manufacturers put out bad machines every once in a while so it might not be fair to judge best buy from the one rotten computer I got from them. I was very dissapointed with my service, however, and it seemed endemic (not just the Bloomington, IN) store. I have had good experiences with Compaq (which is why I grabbed an HP as my replacement at best buy). Sony's are generally quality machines and Toshibas have a good reputation in laptops. IBM laptops are considered quite reliable as well, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 yeah i checked on bestbuy for laptops, those i *wanted* are like out of stock or too expensive haha well i think i'll go with dell... thanx guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 lol I really shouldn't be talking I've got an IBM Thinkpad I bought through my school at the time. Need a new hard drive though I think, I have no more disk space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted October 17, 2006 Author Share Posted October 17, 2006 lol I really shouldn't be talking I've got an IBM Thinkpad I bought through my school at the time. Need a new hard drive though I think, I have no more disk space. that's what crashed i bought it from school back in 2001, ibm thinkpad with a pentium III i think it's time to change huh? well, i have no choice since it's totally K.O. hahaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted October 17, 2006 Share Posted October 17, 2006 I just got a Dell laptop off their website in March. I got the Inspiron E1505 and I love it. Widescreen display, plenty of memory, a TV tuner, among other things. Only problem I had was when I deleted a program I thought I didn't need, and it messed up the transfer of memory between the disc drive and the hard drive. Dell Tech support was great though, they sent me the software and a new disc drive, just in case my drive was defective. I do have their extended warranty, simply because I had trouble with the crappy Tangent (who?) I had to buy for college. It was garbage, but had great tech support, so I figured I might as well cover my bases with a nicer computer. And don't worry about the batteries, as Pierre suggested. That's old news. They recalled the bad batteries months ago, so they are out of circulation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Is my computer basicly bunk now. It has no more disk space, I've even deleted my roller coaster tycoon game which supposedly freed up 1,000mb but it still says no disk space? What do I do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 ive never bought a laptop from dell, but Ive gotten some desktops through them and they have been very good. A bunch of my friends at my school have dell and aside from some batery problems with a few of them, they have been pretty good i think. I got my last laptop through best buy and it was really bad. It broke many of times (thankfully I had the extended warranty). Now this might just be a function of it having been a gateway, but I was very dissapointed. My laptop was got marked as a lemon (after 1.5 weeks of bestbuy deliberation) and I am picking up my new laptop this weekend (an HP Turion X2) and hopefully that will be good. All distributors and manufacturers put out bad machines every once in a while so it might not be fair to judge best buy from the one rotten computer I got from them. I was very dissapointed with my service, however, and it seemed endemic (not just the Bloomington, IN) store. I have had good experiences with Compaq (which is why I grabbed an HP as my replacement at best buy). Sony's are generally quality machines and Toshibas have a good reputation in laptops. IBM laptops are considered quite reliable as well, I believe. I have a Compaq Presario V2000. No complaints. :king: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Is my computer basicly bunk now. It has no more disk space, I've even deleted my roller coaster tycoon game which supposedly freed up 1,000mb but it still says no disk space? What do I do? Disck Cleanup and then Disk Defragmenter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 I've done that haven't done the defrag though how do you do that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanpuck33 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 It's in the same place as disk cleanup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 it is? What if that doesn't work? Then what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark_faerie87 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 it is? What if that doesn't work? Then what? Your computer spontaneously combusts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 What?! NOOOOOOOOOO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 (edited) my laptop is on its way to my door!!! i'm now waiting for my DELL to ring up my door BELL :) can't wait to receive it!!! aiyayayayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i hope that everything is going to be ok... like... as i wanted... *cross fingers*** Edited October 25, 2006 by bebehabs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 cool bebe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bebehabs Posted October 25, 2006 Author Share Posted October 25, 2006 wahooooooooooooooooooo Mr. Purolator delivered my DELL this morning!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre the Great Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shu Posted October 25, 2006 Share Posted October 25, 2006 Congrats , i wish i had a laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beliveau1 Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 Awww dudette - you got a Dell.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
revvvrob Posted October 26, 2006 Share Posted October 26, 2006 a little late - but - i have a dell laptop - have had the same one for 3 years now - and i'm still satisfied. only problem was the powerchord - but - then again, i wrap it up and stuff it in my briefcase - so - i might be partly the blame for needing a replacement gl with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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