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Posted by dBc on May 9, 2008, 10:29 pm
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Greetings Bill..
Regarding:
" All of them I purchased with a warrantee of 90 days or less."
"So in 24 years and 7 laptops later, only a warrantee greater than 5
years would have changed something for me."
With all that money you've saved over the years in no extended
warranties, you should now easily be able to purchase something else,
potentially newer and more reliable.
Cheers,
Mr. Mentor
| dBc typed on Thu, 08 May 2008 23:01:44 GMT:
| > Greetings BR..
| >
| > You didn't get the extended warranty? Ouch..
| > (Verify that there are no factory recalls on your 8600)
| >
| > The previous descriptions are a rather complicated way of saying:
| >
| > 1. back up all your data
| > 2. Either let Dell of folks that are factory authorized on Dell
| > laptops replace the CCFL or take your chances on a 'junked' 8600
that
| > you can use for parts WHERE the display still has some life in it.
| > This is keeping in mind all the time that you'll put into the
repair.
| > 3. After the shock of the estimate from above, contemplate a
new(er)
| > laptop. The words are 'extended warranty.'
| >
| > Welcome to the expensive world of laptops! If you don't think so
yet,
| > you will IF & when you get this laptop fixed.
| >
| > Good luck!
| >
| > Cheers,
| > Mr. Mentor
|
| Well let see... I have owned seven laptops since 1984.
|
| 1) Epson Geneva PX-8, CP/M 2.2 ROM based ('84)
| 2) Sharp PC-4501, V20, 640KB, ('89)
| 3) Toshiba T1950CS, 486 20 MHz ('94)
| 4) Toshiba 2595XDVD, Celeron 400MHz, 192MB ('99)
| 5) Toshiba 2595XDVD, Celeron 400MHz, 192MB ('99)
| 6) Gateway MX6124, Celeron 1.5GHz, 1GB ('06)
| 7) Gateway MX6124, Celeron 1.5GHz, 1GB ('06)
|
| All of them I purchased with a warrantee of 90 days or less. And 1,
2,
| 4, 5, and 6 are still working great. Number 3 had taken 5 years to
cook
| itself to death and they didn't design it with a fan and they should
| have. And number 7 I purchased for spare parts off of eBay for $200
and
| it works great except for the lamp, loose DC jack, and the left
shift
| key doesn't usually work. And they only told me about the lamp. LOL
|
| So in 24 years and 7 laptops later, only a warrantee greater than 5
| years would have changed something for me. And that would have only
| helped with one laptop anyway. I seem to recall Consumer Reports say
| something like most laptops needs to be repaired 40% of the time
after
| the first 4 years. Which is really different than with my own
personal
| experience.
|
| --
| Bill
|
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