[Thinkpad] OT: Anyone have experience with Dell M65?

[Ted Frater]

Pretty Good Computer Services wrote:

>We repair a lot of Dells under contract, and have been doing so since
>1992.   My wife owns a Latitude D600 and a Latitude  D400
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>What do you need to know?
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>On 7/31/07, Rob Bell <RobDBell at mailworks.org> wrote:
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>>I know, the 'D' word is sacrilege around here, but my work requires me
>>to use one.  I have a gracefully aging D600 right now (well, graceful in
>>all aspects except for a little flakiness) and I'm probably going to
>>replace it with an M65.  I'd like to talk to someone who has experience
>>with the M65 and other D-series laptops regarding modular bay
>>compatibility.  Please reply off-list if you can help.  Also, if you
>>know of a Dell forum or mailing list that I can consult that would be
>>helpful.  Please don't suggest the Dell-hosted user forums because
>>they're worthless.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Rob
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I dont know your particular Dell, but my experience might be of interest.
 Ive had thinkpads for some 8 yrs now both as a user and a s/h dealer.
 Recently ive had  several Dells through my hands.
 
An inspiron 7500, an 8000 and a Latitude 1 gig cpu etc.
 heres my experiences with them,
 the 7500 was in my view the last properly built Dell.  Excellent 
machine well built  and works well.
The 8000 is comparable in performance to the A22p thinkpad. As for build 
quality , theres no comparison. the Dell is really
flimsy plastic, with poor hinges and  generally a cheap product.
 I only took it on as it was given  to me, it wasDOA and needed serious 
repair work to get up and running
I only did so as it had the 1600 by 1200  15 in hich UXGA screen, like 
my A20P
The Dell latitude was rescued again for free from under a pile of scrap.
 It had been badly bent, with a broken screen, no HD and no batt or CD 
rom drive.
 I borrowed  the bits from a friend, plugged it in and it powered up .
I completly rebuilt it and its now with acustomer who is very pleased.
 So the latter Latitude is some tough laptop, despite flimsy plastics again.
However theres no  doubt Thinkpads have the best quality build specs, 
durability and spares availability.
If someone else is paying for it, supporting it and replacing it in due 
course,
 then its a different matter, to buying one  with ones own money.