9 Jan
2002
9 Jan
'02
2:25 p.m.
I'm on my third Dell laptop. It's not my
choice - the company gets these
junkballs for me
I bought a second hand Latitude ci and just love it.
The second - BIOS stupidity. After TWELVE revisions,
they finally got the
laptop to the point where it would handle PCMCIA devices and power off
correctly without requiring a quick trip to BIOS to reconfigure HD settings
every time it crashed.
My BIOS is R7 and I've never had a problem (other than problems with the crappy
OS).
My third - my currect trashball. The power supply
connecter is a piece of
crap. The pins are too small for the current that is required by the PS
when charging a battery and doing productive work. The pins heat up and
distort the plastic plug. It then requires much effort to re-insert the plug.
My laptop has been plugged in and powered on for about 3 days. The power
connector isn't warm to the touch. I did have to replace a power supply after
someone stepped on the plug.
I don't have many complaints about my Dell desktop machine either.
Eric