That sucks We have 4 Dells and 3 of us have Dells at home Never a problem in 4 years I won't use anything else Maybe yours were Mon or Fri Dells ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lora Cameron" <Lcameron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:25 AM Subject: [amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers > Mike, > We've had nothing but problems with our Dells...ours are pentiums and all > of them have one problem after another, even mine at home. You would > think we would learn after 1. If you don't send it back to Dell within 30 > days for a full refund then you are SOL. > > We will never buy another Dell....it's a swear word around here! > > Lora Cameron > Sport Products Mfd., Ltd. > 4756 Murphy Road > Oregon, WI 53575 > 608=835-5791 > www.sportproducts.org > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Garber > To: amayausers list > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:08 AM > Subject: [amayausers] Disposable Computers > > > We bought a Dell Inspiron 1100 lap top 13 months ago (12 month warranty) > to do art work on. > It has a celeron processor. It croaked yesterday and we called Dell. > The first words out of the techs mouth (after being on hold for ever) > was "buy another one". > We told him no, we want to fix it. He helped us run some diagnostics > and determined it was the mother board that went bad. > The laptop cost $700, a new mother board installed would cost $650. > After talking to some local computer repair companies they all say the > celeron processor cheap computers are not worth fixing, they are "old > technology" and have a tendency to last just past the warranty. Its a > shame that Dell sells the crap. If we would have known this we would > have upgraded to a Pentium. > > Someone a couple weeks ago was searching for a computer....thought I > would pass this experience along. > > We are definitely living in a disposable society. I hate to throw away > a nice looking box, does anyone want to buy a frozen Dell laptop for > cheap? > > Mike > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005 > > > > -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- > -- Desc: "AVG certification" > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.8.4 - Release Date: 3/27/2005 > >