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[heidi8]

So my computer has been problematic since I got it, but it's been getting worse since July. Finally, Dell bit the bullet and realised that they've spent more money on tech support for me than the computer actually cost, and sent a tech to my house to replace the hard drive, as it was, in their opinion, the reason I was having the Blue Screen of

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[brandifer]

ACK. I must have missed it if you posted about computer shopping and were considering buying a Dell, or I'd have warned you off. I rarely force unsolicited advice on people, but I make an exception for them

[heidi8]

Your icon is me.

The thing is, I have had Dells before, and they've lasted lovely 18month - 2year time-frames - I mean, they'd last even longer but I've needed upgrades and moved them to other places and people. But this is just *bad stuff*. Sigh.

[ozratbag2]

I've just gone through the computer woes myself, though I now have a nice new - no blue screen...yet - Toshiba.

I hope Dell just give you a new one - or your money back, but it's the hassle of transferring everything that is the bigger headache.

*passes over chocolate - you're going to need it*

[heidi8]

I saw your post! Good luck with it!

[smilie117]

Am curious as I forgot - what kind of Dell did you get?

Woe for computer woes and blue screen of death O_o

[heidi8]

E521, which seems to be somewhat problem-plagued, but no more than anything else they make. I've had Dells before, and never had an issue like this, which I think makes it all the more frustrating.

[smilie117]

Woes.

Yeah we use Dells all the time here at work - even the laptops now when I got an upgrade about 2 months back as they're all moving to uniformity - I don't recall any issues but *knocks on wood* I don't usually deal with them direct.

I also have a dell laptop I bought April 2006 and it's moving along well though I don't do too much on it but has been working ok for me - again *knocks on wood*

Just woes to you =/

[dramaturgy]

There's got to be a special place in hell for the people who designed Vista.

[heidi8]

The problem here doesn't seem to be vista, though - it was a bad hard drive, and possibly also a bad motherboard. Bleh.

[elfundeb]

Computers are a colossal pain, aren't they? What computer do you have? I'm looking to replace my old laptop (now 2 1/2 years old and barely functional, but I suppose I got my money's worth out of it), and was thinking of a Dell.