question about quality

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My Inspiron 8100 needed a new video card, LCD, and AC adapter within the
first twenty months. Never dropped or otherwise abused. Extended warranty
service was disgraceful, but Dell eventually replaced everything.


"dustin.mcbride" <dustin.mcbride@insightbb.com> wrote in message
news:cIK2e.3345$kT5.1889@attbi_s21...
>I know that everyone has their favorite types of computers and many
>opinions about them, but I have a question about one and would like some
>feedback. I was wondering about the quality of dell laptops. From the
>reviews that I have read dell seems to be ranked fairly well. How do they
>hold up over time?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dustin
>

Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops (More info?)

On 3/31/2005 5:52 AM, David Sisson <tinbendr wrote:
> I bought a refurbished Dell Inspiron 2650 about two years ago and it
> has been very reliable. I've lugged it around without any breakage.
>
> I have a XP software problem, but I've been too lazy to reinstall
> everything again. It won't play wav files properly, but I've found a
> workaround.
>
> Other than that, I've been very pleased.
>
> David

a lot of strange problems are caused by the cisrv.exe indexing service.
Make sure sure to disable this service if it is pegging the CPU.