[amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers
- From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 09:31:34 -0800
I bought an Inspiration 5150 about 1 1/2 years ago with a Pentium 4. Has a
40 gig HD, 512 MB Ram, 3.3 ghz processor with built in wireless ethernet. I
got it off the refurbished site for $1200. I do all my internet and e-mail
on it as well as some graphics. Its definitely worth the $$$ to get a true
Pentium.
Aaron Sargent
The Linen Barn
linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
Medford, Oregon
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Garber" <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "amayausers list" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:08 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
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