Request for Experiences - Dell Inspiron 630M

[daniel bosold]

On za 25 mrt 2006 12:46:04 GMT, Simon Wistow wrote:
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> I'm in the market for a cheap laptop and I've been looking at the Dell 
> Inspiron 630M and I'm wondering if any of you have any experience with 
> them. Specifically:
> 
> - what are the laptops like in general to use?
> - what's the screen like?
> - the one I'm looking at has a 1.7GhZ Pentium M. I've never used a 
>   Pentium M before ... are they ridiculously anaemic?
> - is 512Mb of RAM too little for it?
> - what's the battery life like? Both as in "how long can it last between 
>   charges?" and "do you need a new battery after a year because it 
>   doesn't even hold enough charge to boot wihtout mains like certain 
>   other brands *cough* Vaios* cough*"
> - what's the customer experience like with the Dell Outlet store?
> 
> plus any general comments about Dell and/or suggestions for other good 
> circa 500 quid laptops would be appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Simon
> 

between my family, friends and myself, we have had nothing but troubles with Dell laptops (screen failures, screen hinge problems, keyboards, and more), and poor service from them to boot. I was happiest with my Thinkpad T-series, while not the cheapest, certainly worth the slightly higher cost. My thinkpad travelled through Asia twice (in a backpack), once through Tibet on a touring bike and only met its demise through my own fault. Mine (both) have always been purchased second hand, refurbished (for around 650 euros).

daniel

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