New or used laptop recommendation(s)

[David Gilbert]

>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> writes:

Eric> I've used many Dells (and a Sony or two), and I can say that I'm
Eric> very happy with the Dells.  They are fairly durable, almost
Eric> completely supported (resuming is broken, and some of the newer
Eric> high definition audio isn't yet supported, but pretty much
Eric> everything else is ok).  I currently have a Latitude D820 (with
Eric> the wuxga screen), and it's awesome.

I upgraded from the D800 to the XPS.  Both had WUXGA, but the XPS has
a 17" screen.

I was quite happy with both --- although I miss the dual battery
support of the D-series.  I always go for the
next-day-onsite-no-questions-asked warrenty.  I'm hard on laptops.
I'm not sure that Dell makes money on me :).

Resume is perenially broken, but the laptops are otherwize well
supported.  They're shipping iwi-chipset a/b/g now (the D800 came with
broadcom that I replaced with atheros).

I've know several people, tho, that have had horrible experiences with
low-priced Dell products.

Dave.

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