Interesting. I had an Inspiron 6000 that first had a faulty DVD-burner, which was okay because it was still under warranty. A month after the warranty expired, both of my shift keys stopped working. I had to remap my caps lock key to act as a shift key just so I could type in e-mail addresses and question marks, etc. THEN the friggin' thing started running hot all the time, so the fan would be on full blast whenever I turned it on. In addition, the battery light started blinking red, which I found out (after days of searching online, since Dell won't so much as online chat with you if your warranty is up) meant that my battery's charge ability was already down to 30%. Thirty friggin' percent after 2 years. RIDICULOUS. My girlfriend has had similar problems with her Dell, and I feel even worse for her considering she bought the lifetime warranty which the salesman promised "covered every part of the laptop." He forgot to mention that the battery isn't considered a laptop part (give me a facking break) so when her battery light started flashing that annoying red every 2 seconds, she was told she could fork over another $300 for a battery.
Dell is the worst computer company ever, and, not to be an Apple fanboy, but I bought a macbook pro and my experience has been flawless. Dell can choke on a big one.
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John @ Mar 28th 2008 12:56PM
Interesting. I had an Inspiron 6000 that first had a faulty DVD-burner, which was okay because it was still under warranty. A month after the warranty expired, both of my shift keys stopped working. I had to remap my caps lock key to act as a shift key just so I could type in e-mail addresses and question marks, etc. THEN the friggin' thing started running hot all the time, so the fan would be on full blast whenever I turned it on. In addition, the battery light started blinking red, which I found out (after days of searching online, since Dell won't so much as online chat with you if your warranty is up) meant that my battery's charge ability was already down to 30%. Thirty friggin' percent after 2 years. RIDICULOUS. My girlfriend has had similar problems with her Dell, and I feel even worse for her considering she bought the lifetime warranty which the salesman promised "covered every part of the laptop." He forgot to mention that the battery isn't considered a laptop part (give me a facking break) so when her battery light started flashing that annoying red every 2 seconds, she was told she could fork over another $300 for a battery.
Dell is the worst computer company ever, and, not to be an Apple fanboy, but I bought a macbook pro and my experience has been flawless. Dell can choke on a big one.