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

[Rob Bell]

Ted Frater wrote:

> 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.

Thanks for the info.  Dell is our corporate standard and I'm not paying 
for it.  I just have to work within the boundaries I'm given.  Though I 
have had many ThinkPads over time and really like them, Dells are what 
I've used for work for the last 6 years.  Surprisingly the C610 and D600 
I've had have been pretty reliable and very well-equipped.  They don't 
have the solid feel of a ThinkPad but they work.  But my personal 
laptops are still ThinkPads.

Thanks,
Rob

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