[Cialug] des moines dell presence?

[Tim Champion]

I agree.  I buy only latitude laptops, and that's what I recommend to others
when they ask me about buying laptops.

Tim Champion
timchampion at gmail.com


On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Matthew Nuzum <newz at bearfruit.org> wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 2:51 PM, jrnosee <jrnosee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> True, the simplicity and durability of my dell keyboard is nothing to
>> laugh at, though when I started my job almost 4 years ago and I didn't
>> specify and special requirements for my PC order I'd never imagine they'd
>> still have BALL MICE!  While I'm sure it still functions it got full of gunk
>> so often i went out and bought my own wireless logitech.  I can't speak to
>> their other stuff as I own a LOT of Logitech products.
>>
>> I only know my PC can get so bogged down in I/O to the drive that it will
>> drop network connections, and cease keyboard/mouse input functions for 10-20
>> minutes at a time.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Scott Prader <sprader at iastate.edu>wrote:
>>
>>> And yet, they build their peripherals like tanks.
>>>
>>
> Like many companies, Dell has two completely different sub-brands that
> might as well be from separate companies. There's the durable, business use
> line and the lower cost, lower quality consumer oriented products.
>
> The Latitude laptops are their business machines and are on par with
> Apple's Mac Book Pro and Linovo's ThinkPad hardware in terms of build
> quality and price. They have a few other lines that cater to consumers (such
> as inspiron, but I'm not that up to date on this side of their business) and
> the durability and build quality aren't even close to the same ballpark.
>
> I've never tried out the Vostro hardware but I'm guessing it's closer to
> the consumer line, though I do like the fact taht they supposedly come free
> of bloatware.
>
> I suspect that a lot of the criticism I hear towards Dell comes from
> working with their consumer products. I've had several Latitudes (and a
> Thinkpad and a MPB and an Armada which I consider all in the same class) and
> would recommend or buy one in a heartbeat.
>
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