ot: dell online computer

[bsaastad]

One thing to be careful of when reloading the O/S is there may be dell drivers that aren't on your Windows CD. I recently got a Dimension but let them ship it without the XP Pro upgrade because I already had a copy from the computer I was replacing. What complicated things a bit was that my copy of XP didn't have suitable sound, video or network drivers for the new box. Seems like you couldn't load them from the Dell CD w/o re-installing the Dell o/s. Anyway, it's easy enough to go get the right drivers from the Dell website, but -- not when one is your network driver . I had to install a wireless driver from another system so I could get internet access in order to download/install the Dell driver for the onboard NIC as well as the sound/video drivers. FWIW, I've had pretty good luck with Dell's customer support, but I do buy the extended support package. They actually sent someone to our house to replace the LCD on our Inspiron when it failed.

The funny part of that story is that it was my gf's laptop and her wallpaper is a picture she took of me. She wasn't there, so the tech assumed it was my machine. It wasn't until he had it running for a few minutes that I went around and realized he was staring at an extreme closeup of my face, at which point I mentioned to him whose machine it really was. His response was, "Oh, ok. I was thinking, man, this guy really likes himself ..."

 

[Nu2SW]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7453047#post7453047 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by bsaastad


The funny part of that story is that it was my gf's laptop and her wallpaper is a picture she took of me. She wasn't there, so the tech assumed it was my machine. It wasn't until he had it running for a few minutes that I went around and realized he was staring at an extreme closeup of my face, at which point I mentioned to him whose machine it really was. His response was, "Oh, ok. I was thinking, man, this guy really likes himself ..."

LOL now thats funny....

yea,until your ipod broke after 1 year.try to tell that to apple to get a hard drive replace ion your ipod good luck

That is why you get the extended warranty for 59 bucks, gives you another year warranty....

With electronics, its best to get something like an extended warranty. You never know when there gonna go, and if you never used it then its been long enough to replace it. If anything is gonna happen its gonna happen just out of warranty.... Karma it sucks. :lol:

 

[ac green]

Thanks Mihn for the links!

My friend just ordered the Dell 5150, not too bad for right around 600 bucks (imo).

 

[orientalexpress]

That is why you get the extended warranty for 59 bucks, gives you another year warranty....

I think apple Suck,they're selling $400.00 equipment without replaceable parts.u talking about $400.00 not $50.00 here.if that kind service i get from apple,i would never buy any apple product .Apple are great when they're try to sell their product.if u need service ,u out of luck.now all i got is $400.00 paper weight.