[linux-audio-user] To MacBook or not to MacBook, that's the question

[david]

Thomas Vecchione wrote:
>> FWIW, a friend of mine worked for Dell (in the customer support
>> service) to optimize there processes. We've talked about a few
>> times...
>>
>> Dell works this way. The thing they are best at is fixing computer
>> hardware (I would like, as a professional, to get this kind of service
>> when I open a case at sun's CS with my golden whatsoever contract
>> number)
>>
>> What's dell's secret to sell cheap computers ? They are so good (and
>> efficient in their processes) at fixing poor quality hardware that
>> it's more interesting for then to just replace 5 times the same
>> components than to build a computer with good quality ones. It makes
>> the computer cheaper, and as Sampo said, when there's a problem, it's
>> fixed fast. So it's just transparent to the user.
> 
> This honestly matches my experience with them.  The ONLY reason I 
> reccomend Dell anymore, is if it is to someone that can't fix their own 
> machine, and then I tell them they MUST get the next-day onsite warranty.

My friend bought a high-end Dell latitude (at the time, that did 
resolution of something like 1400 wide and ran a 3GHz Pentium 4). Within 
the year that he put up with it - the processor fried itself twice (the 
second time it fried, it also fried the motherboard). Before that, the 
hard drive had died once. All covered under warranty, of course, but 
their turnaround time for 4-6 weeks (3 months when the processor and 
motherboard fried) didn't convince him of any good service from Dell. So 
when the LCD started to go a month or so after getting the repaired unit 
back, he got a desktop machine instead.

My opinion of making someone buy next-day onsite warranty is: I 
shouldn't have to pay extra to compensate your company for poor-quality 
hardware.

Note about laptops: while many people can fix desktop machines, thanks 
to standardized parts and such, not many people can similarly fix laptops.

-- 
David
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