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Usually system manufacturer's fault. A recent example where I work is Lenovo's recommended Intel wireless driver (the one on the Lenovo site) was over six month

Usually system manufacturer's fault. A recent example where I work is Lenovo's recommended Intel wireless driver (the one on the Lenovo site) was over six months old and had known issues with causing machines to not be able to wake from suspend. Installing the drivers directly from Intel resolved the problem. That's pretty much the best case scenario. A lot of chipmakers (Conexant, Jmicron, Intel in many cases) don't allow you to download drivers directly from them. So you are stuck with whatever the OEM provides. In some cases I've found that newer model laptops by the same OEM use the same audio/media controllers under the hood in some case and I can use the newer driver from the updated model.

radicalbyte 9y ago
Lenovo and Dell. Never again. My next computer will be something from Microsoft's Surface line. They seem to be the only manufacturer who can make proper devices (everything working and power bricks which last more than 6 months - thanks Apple).
- mustacheemperor 9y ago
  >everything working I wouldn't ascribe anything that generous that to a surface device as long as they still use the marvel wireless cards, which have a storied history of causing hardware connectivity problems[0]. I largely enjoyed my Surface Pro 3 but frequently had the same issues. The Surface Book seems to have issues with sensing connectivity between the keyboard and screen, as well. Anecdotal, at work we even had a developer hololens go paperweight because the wifi stopped signalling. MS told us to junk it, unrepairable. [0]https://www.google.com/search?q=marvell+wifi+surface+problems https://www.google.com/search?q=marvell+wifi+surface+problem...
- scarface74 9y ago
  I've had a few Dell's over the years and have never had a problem with them. The trick at first was to buy from their business line - no bloatware and better support. Now I just buy from the Microsoft Store and they come with no non MS bloatware. My 2-1 Dell is a pretty good computer. I just wish it had a 3:2 display instead of 16:9.
- stinos 9y ago
  everything working and power bricks which last more than 6 months - thanks Apple Face it, sample amounts being so big, you're not going to find anything which always worked for everybody. Anecdotally, having worked for a Dell-only place and typing this on a 7-year old XPS, I never encountered severe issues. Only standard hardware problems caused by wear (HD/memory/keyboard keys failing after +5 years of usage).

radicalbyte 9y ago

Lenovo and Dell. Never again. My next computer will be something from Microsoft's Surface line. They seem to be the only manufacturer who can make proper devices (everything working and power bricks which last more than 6 months - thanks Apple).

mustacheemperor 9y ago
>everything working I wouldn't ascribe anything that generous that to a surface device as long as they still use the marvel wireless cards, which have a storied history of causing hardware connectivity problems[0]. I largely enjoyed my Surface Pro 3 but frequently had the same issues. The Surface Book seems to have issues with sensing connectivity between the keyboard and screen, as well. Anecdotal, at work we even had a developer hololens go paperweight because the wifi stopped signalling. MS told us to junk it, unrepairable. [0]https://www.google.com/search?q=marvell+wifi+surface+problems https://www.google.com/search?q=marvell+wifi+surface+problem...
scarface74 9y ago
I've had a few Dell's over the years and have never had a problem with them. The trick at first was to buy from their business line - no bloatware and better support. Now I just buy from the Microsoft Store and they come with no non MS bloatware. My 2-1 Dell is a pretty good computer. I just wish it had a 3:2 display instead of 16:9.
stinos 9y ago
everything working and power bricks which last more than 6 months - thanks Apple Face it, sample amounts being so big, you're not going to find anything which always worked for everybody. Anecdotally, having worked for a Dell-only place and typing this on a 7-year old XPS, I never encountered severe issues. Only standard hardware problems caused by wear (HD/memory/keyboard keys failing after +5 years of usage).