Re: [Thinkpad] any reasons not to buy dell instead of ibm

I'm of two minds about that. I had three Sony's and never had a crash or
problem. I had a PowerBook that had endless problems. I've not got the T41
that has had a fair share of problems.

If all the notebooks had problems, then it comes down to service, which IBM
cannot be beat on. They've been incredibly fast with parts and to that end
I'm impressed. I cannot attest to Sony or Dell. One because I never had a
problem to need the service, and the other because I've never owned.

Overall I think IBM has the best design both for parts, upgradibility and
modularity. Stability would be nice, too, and to that end I lean toward
Sony.

JM2C...

>From: "STeve Andre'" <andres@msu.edu>
>To: thinkpad@stderr.org
>Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] any reasons not to buy dell instead of ibm
>Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:37:20 -0500
>
>On Wednesday 10 March 2004 01:28 pm, Nakayama, Marvin wrote:
> > I have had 3 Thinkpads (760C, 770, T21)
> > over the last 8 years, and the last 2 gave
> > me lots of problems. Lots of hanging and
> > crashing, problems with hard drives and
> > miniPCI card, ...
> >
> > Now it's time to buy another laptop, and
> > I'm seriously considering buying a Dell
> > Latitude D600. I'm also considering an IBM
> > T40 or T41, but given my experiences with
> > my last 2 Thinkpads, I'm really hesitant.
> > Also, the Dell will be a few hundred bucks
> > cheaper.
> >
> > Can anyone give me any reasons why I shouldn't
> > buy a Dell rather than an IBM?
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Marvin
>
>All companies have gone downhill in the last five years in terms of build
>quality. All. But IBM is still better than the others, and this is
>nowhere
>more true than when getting service at some point in the future, when
>you need your laptop and have to give it up for a while. Dell is good,
>but IBM is better. I also still think that IBM makes the best hardware.
>
>--STeve Andre'
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