Dell laptops are junk...

If the processor has gone bad that's Intel's fault not Dell, my current and previous laptops are Dells and they've been flawless so far

I've had a Dell since 2009 and it's still working. Used for up/downloading panels, starlink connect programing, Ubiquity access points, Home theater remote control programing, CCTV NVR programing etc for all those years. Rep laced the hard drive once as preventive maintenance and the standby battery once. the figures are just about worn off of the keys after all these year s.

Just up graded to a Dell notebook from Costco. But, once I got it home, I r ealized that the screen was too small for these weary eyes so with the 90 d ay return policy, I retuned it and for $100.00 more I got a laptop with a 1

7 inch display. It's big and heavier than the notebook but still fits in my case and I only use it for work. New Laptop has a built in DVD record/play back and a couple of more USB ports. Had to get the wireless mouse though. I couldn't get the touch pad adjusted to respond like my old one. The old l aptop had a touchpad and a left and right button. The new one doesn't have buttons and the "tap" response isn't that good. I'm still in the process of transferring data from the old to the new and loading apps. It's really fa st and the video resolution is great.

Hope I don't have any problems. I got the 3 year extended warranty.

Best of luck with yours..

I got am old eMachine E627 I use for work.

bought it second hand, but is a work horse..

even got a thumb drive with "Rufus" i use for all old DOS programs..

Not to say Intel makes good or bad processors, but for 3 to go bad in the same machine, kind-a points to a bad design with cooling, power supply or something..

blocking the fan ports, but since this machine is on the shelf 99% of

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ing panels, starlink connect programing, Ubiquity access points, Home thea ter remote control programing, CCTV NVR programing etc for all those years. Replaced the hard drive once as preventive maintenance and the standby bat tery once. the figures are just about worn off of the keys after all these years.

I realized that the screen was too small for these weary eyes so with the

90 day return policy, I retuned it and for $100.00 more I got a laptop with a 17 inch display. It's big and heavier than the notebook but still fits i n my case and I only use it for work. New Laptop has a built in DVD record/ playback and a couple of more USB ports. Had to get the wireless mouse thou gh. I couldn't get the touch pad adjusted to respond like my old one. The o ld laptop had a touchpad and a left and right button. The new one doesn't h ave buttons and the "tap" response isn't that good. I'm still in the proces s of transferring data from the old to the new and loading apps. It's reall y fast and the video resolution is great.

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Yeah, I got caught with that concurrent warrantee scam on something I bough t a long time ago and so now I always ask if it's concurrent or not. If not ?.. I don't get it.

Costco is an additional time after the factory warranty. It was just a $100 .00.

I'm hearing some good things lately about Costco. I went to Costco with one of my customers who is building a sports media ro om with three TV's, a 6 channel Tivo and four Tivo mini's through out the h ouse.

He purchased an 65 inch LG OLED TV for $2600.00. about a month ago. Last we ek he noticed that the price had dropped $300.00. He brought his receipt ba ck and they credited his account for the difference.

If you have a Costco near you, you may want to take a look at what they hav e. Here, in my area they have a lot of HP and Dell.

ANNNNNND What the hell are you using that still needs DOS ????? If you tried to use DOS on that Dell maybe that's the reason it broke down ?. out of disgust! BUT ..... Bill Gates would be proud of you!

Doesn't that eMachine have a windup key on the back instead of a battery? :

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I don't usually get those warranties, but this one was a gift (at the time) for the wifie..

upload/download software for

FBII's, Moose, even a few DSC's, and a couple of Summits from Israel..

After 45 years we have quite the selection of equipment still working

(even got a few Ademco 612 dialers around) (try finding replacement tape cartridges for those) (LOL)

I did notice the hole in the back for one..

Bad power supply??? That can ruin any electronic equipment. Are you still using the original, or did Dell replace that?

Just because it reads the correct voltage, does not mean that it cannot spi ke or have other frivolous happenings.

I get all my tower computers from customers who decided to buy a new one. M ost of them are Dells. They do have a greater failure rate than other brand s that I have gotten for free. For laptops, I usually buy Toshiba or Acer. I would never buy Dell. But hey! They're free. I probably have a dozen or s o towers on the shelf quietly waiting for the 'Day of Powering' when the pr esent ones die out. I just move the drives over, since they are all similar . Also, Dell's tower power supplies seem to go out every few years. That mi ght be due to the fact that I never turn them off.

Make sure that you always use a UPS battery backup- not to be mistaken for the UPS' delivery driver's beeping backup signal. When your a/c goes out in the house, that can cause havoc with anything electronic, especially when it powers back on.

I never did like those "switching power supplies"..

a little AC always slips in and with micro voltage data pulses strange

(knock wood)

I always wondered if anyone in our industry used or still uses Alpha4 or Alpha 5. Been using A4 since the mid 1980's and A5 in the late

90's. I use A4 for customer info, zones, billing, service calls. I use A5 for printing forms and reports. I can pull up service calls for customers going back to 1995 or as recent as yesterday. The A4 software was a good product, enabling me to create my own forms, etc. Of all the many technical manuals that I have seen, read, and groaned over in my 55 years in this business, the A4 manual was/is the best; the index at the rear of the book is tops , bar none. If I have a problem, I go to the index, and then to the page to get my answer. Alpha Software is located in Burlington MA, ten minutes away from me. They no longer support A4 and A5. They cater more to developers.

I admire technical writers who are able to present in printed form instructional material that is clear, well indexed, makes sense, well ordered, and KNOWS everything about the product. I get the feeling sometimes that manufacturers don't invest much thought and money in their technical writing departments. Some of it is obviously outsourced to China, or some other country where mangling English is the norm.

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I was going to say that I still use my Radio Shack Commodore with punch car ds and tape transport memory storage system so I can still play Pong ? ??? but I know you wouldn't believe me. :-)

HaHa

well I had a paper tape ASC machine I used in the AirForce,

then we upgraded to the new ASC II machines

then right before I got discharged we upgraded again to the IBM

My first personal machine was the VIC-20.. sweet machine but had to write all the software.

That 2K limit was a little restricting.

Not like today with Giga bit and Tera bit systems..

and the old 10 bit communications was just a tad slow..

even the comm stuff we used on early internet of 24,000 was nice

but the 80 gig links we use now a days is damn near instant

nd hand..

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cards and tape transport memory storage system so I can still play Pong ?? but I know you wouldn't believe me. :-)

Yeah, I got a "sign of the times" alert awhile ago. I thought it was time to change the hard drive in my old Dell laptop so I b rought it up to the local computer store to have them transfer all my data from my old hard drive to the new one, just because I didn't want to muck a nything up by doing it myself. While I was there talking to the young man b ehind the counter I mentioned that I use an external modem a about 300 Baud to up/download my alarm panels. The old guy siting at the work bench says. "He's going to give you a blank stare" " He hasn't got a clue was a Baud is " I got a chuckle out of that. He was right.

I ask a supplier of modem parts for a Hayes compatible chip set one time,

Then asked what was so special about the "Hayes chip set".

Well trying to explain it was a waste of my time..

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I prefer the Asus G75V. It's a workhorse.