Russell McMahon wrote:

> The subject line and the original message were, I think I said (but 
> may not have made clear enough), originated by a friend ...

You said that, but you made your own comments on it, seemingly based on the
event.

> ... who has bought Dell's for many years and told me how marvellous they
> are every time I point out my perceived deficiencies with their fine
> products or practices.
> 
> So, what I forwarded was the conclusion from a wedded Dell aficionado. 
> I thought it was worth passing on a comment about Dell practices which 
> came from a man who was a long time Dell supporter. ("Ask the man who 
> rides one ...").

You didn't say this in all the present clarity, though.

I still wonder whether there is a notebook manufacturer that would handle
such an event (as described in the OP) better. People still mention IBM,
who seems to have had a pretty good service record, but IBM doesn't even
sell notebooks anymore. And whether Lenovo really does it equal to IBM is
not guaranteed...


> I was passing on someone else's comment and it's not the reason I try 
> to avoid buying Dell's, just another to add to my list.
> I dislike Dell primarily for:

All more or less good reasons (even though I don't really care much for
advertising practices, since pretty much all advertising is attempted
influencing beyond reason or outright lying and we hardly could buy
anything if we /really/ want to go moral), but none of them has anything to
do with the original issue. And since that was the only one mentioned, that
was the one I was talking about :)

Gerhard

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