The ignominious death of Dell

[Christopher Chan]

On Friday, July 02, 2010 10:14 AM, Fred A. Miller wrote:
> On 07/01/2010 09:21 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
>> Ha! Too bad we have the likes of Lenovo not doing much better either.
>> Done some motherboard replacements due to blown caps, all near the end
>> of the three year warranty. Still got a few more Lenovos that are still
>> going (those must get plenty of ventilation of something to not heat up
>> and blow...) but I sure ain't buying another Lenovo. As for the case
>> mentioned in the article, I have known about it for a long time already
>> but it won't stop me from getting a Dell. I have not had problems with
>> their newer models.
>>
>> Bad batches/models are common in IT space. They don't make that big a
>> difference unless you have something against the company. Like how I
>> will never buy anything Sony today.
>>
>
> I stay away from Sony as well, but more because of their VERY strong
> stance on
> DRM and all-ball chipsets in their 'puters.
>

And not because of their rootkits?