They have good, basic design. They last forever and are easy to repair. They have everything you need, no extras, but nothing lacking.
They’re like the Platonic Ideal of laptops; you open it up and you don’t say “wow”, you say “Well, this sure is a laptop” – but that’s not an insult; that’s what makes them the perfect all purpose general laptop.
Curious to hear everyone’s thoughts and opinions :)
I have a Dell XPS through work that still runs like a dream after nearly 6 years of daily use. However it’s worth noting that every single other person in my office who had one of that same laptop has had to get it replaced by now because of SpicyPillow related issues. Mine is the only one that never had thermal problems leading to battery expansion, and I suspect it’s because I keep mine on a laptop cooling pad almost always.
Replacing a battery in a laptop should be expected maintenance unless we are intentionally using them as disposable computers. 6 years of daily use on a laptop battery is pretty great.
The ones that had thermal issues did so like four years ago, so mine has far outlived the others in the stock our shop bought.