Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/07/29

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Subject: [Leica] Dell Bashing Dells from Hell
From: philippe.orlent at pandora.be (Philippe Orlent)
Date: Fri Jul 29 11:31:01 2005

My PowerBook is a workhorse that I drag everywhere. It fell two times to the
ground on its corner, once while in sleep mode, once in off mode. And I'm
still typing this while downloading stuff over the net.


> From: Frank Filippone <red735i@earthlink.net>
> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 11:21:51 -0700
> To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
> Subject: RE: [Leica] Dell Bashing Dells from Hell
> 
> ALL portables, laptops, or whatever you call them are made to a very
> different reliability standard than desk tops.  They use more fragile PCB,
> drives, and fans that are insufficient to cool the things.   They just are
> not as reliable, and the fact that you carry them from place to place makes
> them even less reliable.
> 
> Did you know that most laptops are made by a few Taiwanese companies, and
> private labeled?
> 
> Buy a desktop if you have the opportunity, buy a laptop if you must, and I
> do mean MUST.
> 
> Frank Filippone
> red735i@earthlink.net
> 
> 
> 
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Replies: Reply from masonster at gmail.com (David Mason) ([Leica] Dell Bashing Dells from Hell)
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