[O/T] Cheap laptops?

[James McDonald]

Firstly Yay list ... after a long silence we have some action :)

On 17 May 2010 07:33, Yu Meng Chong <chongym at cymulacrum.net> wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> > What is wrong with Dell? They have a generally good reputation for
> > quality stuff. The Dell laptops I've had for work. Have always been
> > reliable.
>
> I have a customer with over 50 Dell desktops, laptops and servers and
> they work pretty well, though their lifespan isn't quite as long as I
> would like (they run reliably for about 3 years then fail in weird and
> wonderful ways). For Dell laptops, I would recommend that you avoid the
> whole Inspiron range as the keyboard seems flimsy (to me anyway).
>

Re Dell:
I totally agree with the above. I use the Latitude business range for
laptops (to get away from Inspiron flimsiness) and the lifespan in
comparison to HP/Compaq isn't as good. I have an old HP compaq nx7000 that
is running U10.04 still quite well after more than 6 yrs. The Dell laptops
work OK for ~3 but then slow to a crawl. A 20minute boot-up after a re-image
means something is seriously wrong hardware wise.

The desktop boxes have been reliable I have 20+ in 6 yrs  only had a fan
wobble and a dead CMOS battery.

The servers blow a disk a year.

The caveat is my boxes aren't highly stressed.

I would love to run a HP shop... better quality but price is the issue.



> >
> > I prefer supporting US manufacturers so, seeing how MSI is a Chinese
>

I think in our region Dell sources it all from Asia anyway. In Australia,
Dell kit is assembled and shipped from Singapore as far as I'm aware.


> >
> > company, I'll likely go for the Dell.
>

At least Dell has a Linux range.

>
> Umm... I've found MSI motherboards in some IBM server models, mostly
> tower servers. MSI makes pretty reliable stuff -- I had a Pentium Pro
> motherboard made by MSI that lasted many, many years!
>

> > (no disrespect meant to those on
> > this list who live outside the US)
>
> Don't worry about it! ;)
>
> pascal chong
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