"This problem has been solved many a ttimes before." Just because this has been "solved" before doesn't mean Dell solved it correctly here. I loathe Apple for

"This problem has been solved many a ttimes before." Just because this has been "solved" before doesn't mean Dell solved it correctly here. I loathe Apple for a few different company policy reasons and haven't bought one of their products since the iPhone 3G, but I still can't help but cringe at the crappy keyboard/display/touchpads non-Apple PC laptop makers continue to churn out, even on higher-end laptops, despite this being a "solved" problem. There are a few exceptions to the rule, but even the PC manufacturers who manage to get things right once or twice tend to just go and screw things up in next year's refresh.