rjbinney - out of curiosity what needs repairing that will cost $1000 ?
Well, there we're in kind of a gray area... (There's a whole other thread to THAT problem). Dell says it's the motherboard, but even though I have spent dozens of hours following their lead at self-diagnosis (forget
my hourly rate!), I still need to pay them $270 to diagnose the problem. Which they
insist is the motherboard.
I would get a 2nd quote on that price to check someone wasn't trying it on, or trying to persuade me to buy a new lappie early
Haven't found a soul willing to work on a Dell lappie!
This particular notebook hasn't been subject to too much abuse; I have a Toshiba Satellite that I have been lugging in and out of the worst spots of the Third World for four years (and it was well-used before I got it), plugging it into networks powered by diesel generators and servers under tents... And never a problem.
I guess I'm just really disappointed that two years seems to be the shelf-life for something like this. Shame on all of us as consumers for accepting that.
