Dell Notebook

[geshaw30]

Same story here Anita. I bought my step-daughter a top end Dell and I've never seen a bigger piece of junk. After 3rd breakdown I acutally pitched it in the trash. We then ordered a Toshiba and she could not be happier.
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[johnnyapollo]

The former CEO of our company has an x300 - very high-end dell. He's dropped it several times and every time Dell has replaced the entire computer for free - most recently (this past week) they sent him another new machine and the computer is almost 3 years old The complete care warranty is one of the best in the business and well worth the extra $300 bucks if you're rough with equipment. I don't think anyone else does that.

-- John

[k4tmc]

Another opinion... I have been very happy with the slightly-used IBM laptops I have purchased from eBay.

If you do not need the latest wiz-bang features that the marketing hype tries to convince you that are needed to survive, then a 1 to 3 year-old-technology unit will do all of the web surfing and word processing needed.

[MZ-N10]

another cheap laptop company is ACER. my mom recently got a 1.7p-m 15.5" ACER for 399 after rebates. im sure u can find a acer with a 17" for under 1000.

Jharris: im surprised u ranked sony that high. usually people put sonys pretty low on the list because of their price vs. quality.

[ojmagg]

We are on contract with Dell here at my work. They're OK, once in a while, they crap out. We switched to IBM for a while, but we started having a bunch of issues...we ended up going back to Dell. Go with Dell and Get the 3 yr warranty...all laptop parts come from China...just differ on where they are assembled. Never know when you're going to get a lemon.

[AndyC]

If you go Dell Check out the web site www.slickdeals.net
If you go there you'll find some great coupons and rebates on Dell items.
I ended up getting a Cannon SD600 a while back through Dell at a great price.
Well worth a look.

Andy