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 :)
That is a overgeneralization considering dell has many budget laptops that are not that well built.
My only complaint with Dell is they use shit fans that sounds like jet engines.
This really only applies to their (for the most part anyways) business/premium lines
Their consumer/budget lines…are shit
However, still better than HP that’s for damn sure, business, premium, budget, prosumer doesn’t matter with HP it’s all crap.
You’ve nailed it. The Dell consumer grade hardware is hot garbage. The business line is rock solid and when it isn’t, parts are usually plentiful. HP is a lesser quality product in general, but the same levels apply.
People bring up the Thinkpads. They are very good as the older units go, but I’ve not owned the newer ones. I’ve heard they’ve not maintained the same quality.
If Dell is a Corolla, then HP is a Pontiac Aztec and the older Thinkpad is a Lexus. Or something.
I’m not sure about today, but my school had the Optiplex 760 line like 15 years back, and those things were rock solid. I wouldn’t be surprised if those units, and their accompanying black keyboards and 1280x1024 monitors, were still around somewhere today.
Hard disagree; Dell would be GM, so many around that even when hundreds of thousands die - there are plenty still left in the wild.
IBM’s Thinkpads, before they sold that division to Lenovo? Would be the most apt comparison: Was really good in the late 90s and early 00s, and has been coasting on reputation since then.
Modern Lenovo are still good. My P51 can withstand a litre of water being poured on the keyboard without breaking. It’s easy to service and built like a tank.
Depends on the product line I think
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Thinkpads would quality too. I don’t know about the latest models, but I had a few T440, T470, those were unbreakable.
Have you seen the new XPS designs? They are pretty terrible. No physical function keys
I had an Inspiron 14 7460 that was an absolute PoS from the outset. It went through two mainboard replacements within 6 months and even then the USB ports on the right side stopped working after about a year.
On top of that, the battery pack was pretty much useless after two years, which meant I has to constantly have it plugged in in order to use it, and the fans would kick in any time I did anything more intensive than opening an Excel spreadsheet.
It wasn’t a cheap model either - I paid about $800 for it.
I love Dell’s monitors, but I won’t be buying another of their laptops any time soon.
My work supplies us with Dell laptops. I have to put in a request for a new battery at least yearly.
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.
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Dell had years where I RMAd 25% of devices within a week of deployment. At least their ousourced support stepped up.
Idk I’m kinda seduced by the frame.work laptops
The only thing that really keeps me from wanting a Framework 16 is there not being a TrackPoint keyboard available…
Did I find someone finally using this ? I don’t mean to be rude but I always found that rather silly, I’d be glad to hear how you’re using it though
Ah but that’s the beauty of a framework laptop! You can buy one now, and should one be available in the future you’ll (probably) be able to just buy a new keyboard module and slap it in lol
They last forever and are easy to repair
This might not always be true, like how you can’t replace with a third party battery in some cases. I don’t know enough about Corollas to know if that helps or hurts the analogy
