Hi folks. Well, I have had just the opposite luck with Dell. I have owned a Dell Inspiron 5000 for almost 4 and a half years and had NO PROBLEMS with either the machine, or tech support. Just my 2 cents worth, but hope it's worth a little more? Sincerely, Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Miller" <n1umj@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 7:55 AM Subject: Re: jfw and new computers > I've had such bad luck with dell I don't think they'd let me buy from them > if I actually had a lapse of judgment and wanted to though that will *never* > happen again, I learned from that mistake and just about everyone I know > learned from either my mistake or making it themselves. about the only thing > that I made work on that was Jaws and even then I couldn't have it start up > when the computer started. Some sucker actually bought that computer from me > after I replaced it. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gery Gaubert" <ggaubert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 9:38 AM > Subject: jfw and new computers > > > > While I don't necessarily agree with Chip about Dell, I also don't agree > > with going with a specialized company that sells just to the visually > > impaired market. I personally have not had any trouble with Dell and I > > have found the IBM products to be really good but kind of pricy. > > -- > > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > > jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or > > the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather > > contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- > To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw > > If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfw If you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx