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I had two junk insprions (9200 and I forget the model number of the other one). A friend just bought one of the newer high end laptops and it performs great bu

I had two junk insprions (9200 and I forget the model number of the other one). A friend just bought one of the newer high end laptops and it performs great but the build quality is sub-par and a piece fell off the front in the first week (not to mention that it flexes and groans when picked up by one edge).... It just seems to me that Dell is trying to squeeze every penny of profit out of each laptop and is not thinking about build quality. Also, painting the bottom half of the laptop black and showing it on a black background to create the illusion that it's thin when in fact it's quite thick is just plain dishonest.

s3graham 18y ago
Black background? There's only 2 shots that Dell released: http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008/05/28/something-from-dell-at-d6/ http://yourblog.direct2dell.com/2008/05/28/something-from-de... and they're both on a backgroung that looks pretty white to me. The other ones are some gizmodo dude talking phone pictures afaic see. I'm writing this on an XPS M170, incidentally. I don't love it, but I'd recommend them based on overall value and tendency to just work.