{Spam?} [ale] Dell laptop - recommendations?

[Kilroy, Chris]

My wife has 2 Dell laptops, and honestly i think they are pretty nice.

I will definitely say, if i was buying one, and could get away with using an Apple, that is the way I'd go.

->I hear a lot of complaints about Dell laptops, but I've never actually
->witnessed it. In my office, we have about a dozen Dell laptops, and we
->have NEVER had anywhere near the degree of problems that many people
->seem to have with that particular platform. All the problems 
->we seem to
->have are (L)user error or Windows doing what it does best, 
->i.e. crashing
->and burning in a spectacular manner. I've had mine for about three
->years, and the only problem I have had is one of the screws 
->on the case
->popped out.  
->
->josh
->
->
->On Tue, 2003-09-23 at 10:42, griffisb at bellsouth.net wrote:
->> > From: "James P. Kinney III" <jkinney at localnetsolutions.com> 
->> >I can't, with any degree of conscience, recommend a Dell laptop for
->> anyone who actually wants to use it. Of my clients that 
->have laptops,
->> about half have Dells and they are constantly having "issues". 
->> A good source for budget prices Thinkpads is 
->tigerdirect.com. Check the
->> "re-certified" section. A T22 is $700. 
->> 
->> Ouch! I like Thinkpads, am on my second. Picked up an HP 
->laptop for my wife (it's okay, but did have to get shipped 
->back for a power issue and had to have the motherboard 
->epoxied after a kid got too rough with it. I was expensive 
->and is Windows XP only at this point). 
->> 
->> I'll need to think about it a little more - the idea is my 
->sister needs a platform to write grant proposals on, and 
->e-mail them (or print and mail). She also has zero cash, so I 
->was thinking about gifting something. Maybe I'll rethink this 
->and go the desktop route. Much closer to what I can do with 
->cash in pocket.
->> 
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