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Old 2nd August, 2007, 07:48 AM
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Originally Posted by aghastpumpkin
Oh I'm not saying it is acceptable. I'm merely suggesting that Dell may not be the company you go to when your after such a niche product.

They've never had a gleaming reputation and I'm not sure if I wanted an enthusiasts, high performance laptop that I'd go to Dell.
Ultraportable, long battery life and good spec CPU isn't really niche though. The last four companies I've worked for have wanted exactly that in a laptop. Dell have had a pretty good reputation for producing laptops that function well and survive being thrown around a bit. I would tend to avoid 'enthusiast' laptops, as that typically means poor battery life and less than steller build quality, both of which dsio is trying to avoid.

A lot of people think badly of Dell, when the only Dell hardware they've had experience with has been the cheap bottom of the market products that Dell offers.
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