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Which vendor makes decent work laptops nowadays?
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There's a reason dells are everywhere
Sorry, but no, they're shit.
And for the price they still them at, they're double shit.
The Dell Latitude I got from work is really the worst laptop I've ever used. Do not buy.
I can't really fault that logic. I like the keyboard, the screen, any many other things with them. It's just some minor annoyances with some of the Fn keycombos that I don't like.
But one thing that I can say for sure: It will never be as durable as my Toshiba. It fell between two ships decks. It slid off the roof of a car and syraight into asphalt. It has pieces missing from it. The RJ45 port has been torn out of the mainboard. But it still works, and I bought it out for 50$ when I left my previous employer, and I still use it from time to time to this day.
Actually, I thought dells were shit computers, then I started working at a place that only deals in Dell. I'm actually pretty impressed after having used a 5300. It's been a pretty solid choice except for the battery.
I work help desk, and I'm actually surprised we don't get more issue tickets considering it's a global company.
Dells are great until they break. Ever seen an HDD taped the the top side of a motherboard? I hadn't until I was working on a dell Inspiron. Also, their drivers are usually the biggest pain in the ass to load.
That being said, I had a D620 latitude in college with a 9 cell battery, and that thing would handle all my classes for the day on a single charge. It was also much sturdier than the Toshiba Satellite M505D I switched to.
My experience daily driving a latitude for the last 2 years in my current company has been solid AF
Well apart for Ubuntu driver's issues but that's not dells fault