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I've had mine for over a year now.
No problems (except for a blown AC adapter but that was due to a spike - Saved the laptop thou)
Dells support was par excellence.
As for the laptop itself. Its my main development machine and runs day in day out without a hic-up. Travels well. Powers up fast, and does everything it is asked to.
The Screen is very good and I never need to swap to a CRT monitor.
Keyboard also fine - the longer base section akes a nice wrist rest.
I've always likes touchpads and this one is no exception. Even after a year it still performs faultlessly.
Upgrade re memory/Moden/WiFi/CD roms are simple and can be performed by the user with no special tools etc.
All in all - the best laptop that I have ever brought. And I've owned a few.
My old Dell Lattitude CPx is serving as a great backup/testing machine and I only upgrades as I needed more processor speed.
Hope this helps
I'm not a gamer, but as a student I usually have about six or seven programs running at once. I've never had any problems with lag. Super speedy.
This is NOT a mobile laptop. Much too heavy, and Dell's casing also seems a bit creaky.
Only con is that it has a tendency to overheat: I've found this is the case in several dell laptops. The whole thing tends to spontaneously shut down if I try to burn more than two or three CDs in a row.
Apart from that, I've been continually impressed by its performance and the only reason I'm replacing it is for the mobility.
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