Dell Laptop

[Ahmed Kamal]

Since we're on the topic, when getting laptops, I can easily identify the
"specs" I need. But I am totally lost as to which brand I should be getting!
I just have no idea about the quality of Dell vs HP vs Acer ... blah. I end
up getting a toshiba, just because my previous one was a toshiba as well!
Is there some website/database, that provides statistical data about the
reliability and/or performance of similarly spec'ed different brands of
laptops? So I can have a good estimation of which brand is the current king

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 8:25 PM, Pavel Shevchuk <stlwrt at gmail.com> wrote:

> AMD-based Dells include Broadcom WiFi, which is neverending nightmare.
> Intel-based Inspirons work out of box
>
>
> On 5/10/08, max bianco <maximilianbianco at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Jon Stanley <jonstanley at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >  > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Mike Chambers <mike at miketc.com>
> wrote:
> >  >
> >  >>
> http://www.staples.com/office/supplies/p4_Dell-Inspiron-1526-Notebook-PC
> >  >> %27s_220198_Business_Supplies_1_10051_FEATURED:SC3:CG71:DP4118
> >  >
> >  > Not 100% the right place to talk about this, but looking there, I
> >  > noticed that it had the "Dell Wireless" (read: Broadcom) wifi
> chipset.
> >  >  This will likely give you no end of trouble from what I've seen
> (note
> >  > that I have no personal experience, just horror stories that I've
> >  > heard).  If you go with something with an Intel chipset, it should
> >  > Just Work(TM).
> >  >
> >
> > Yes, Dell seems to include the broadcom chipset by default with many
> >  of its offerings. I specifically requested the intel wireless and
> >  haven't had any trouble out of it. Definitely go Intel wireless over
> >  Broadcom. Just my 2 cents.
> >
> >
> >  Max
> >
> >
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