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Oh Dell, Windows and Qualcomm. I’d rather cut my hands off and shove the bloody stumps in a bag of salt. Have had nothing but trouble with all of them over the
by cjk2 2y ago
Oh Dell, Windows and Qualcomm. I’d rather cut my hands off and shove the bloody stumps in a bag of salt. Have had nothing but trouble with all of them over the years.
- dannyw 2y agoYMMV. I have always had extremely pleasant, hassle-free, and fast support and warranty from Dell. It's not that their monitors or laptops fail more often, I've just been buying them for a decade.
- trueismywork 2y agoSame here. Amazing service.
- hug 2y agoAs someone who has had literally thousands of Dells: fuck Dell with a rake. Second only on the chart of “companies to never buy from” to HP.
- ZoomerCretin 2y agoYep. My second Dell laptop had the screen hinge break, because they anchor the damned things in plastic, and the screen case is rarely rigid. Google "Dell laptop hinge issue" and see how many results you get, and how far back they go. At least 15 years. There's no reasonable explanation aside from planned obsolescence.
- robin_reala 2y agoAll the hardware I’ve had from Dell has fallen to pieces (with the exception of the first one: a 320LX from ’85[1]) but they’ve been helpful in trying to shore up the inevitable at least. [1] https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/54920/Dell-320LX/ https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/54920/Dell-320LX/
- cjk2 2y ago4x dead $4000 machines in 2 years and then they leaked my personal details and downplayed it. They can get fucked.
- ho_schi 2y agoI will not buy an device with ARM running Microsoft Windows. Ship it with Linux or we ignore it like the other devices with ARM. Windows isn’t built for ARM and the closed-source software isn’t running well or slowly on ARM. The reason to use Windows is that nothing changes and legacy software from 1988 runs like on MS-DOS. What did Qualcomm think when they signed a monopoly deal with Microsoft? That they will benefit from this legally questionable action? Microsoft exploited hardware manufactures to spread their bad software in the 90ies and only Microsoft did win. Ship it with Linux and target an initial a small but welcoming market. If you want just a cheap device with ARM for browsing only, Chromebook (next monopoly by Google…).
- high_na_euv 2y agoYea, lets start with tiny userbase of vocal nerds who cant even agree on how to do gui / package management instead of the OS with majority of market share and giant userbase 90s are over, it is time to move on and stop EEEing everywhere
- ho_schi 2y agoThat’s not correct and the Steamdeck proofs it :) The manufacturers are always the key. What ships pre-installed and/or runs well after setup matters. Thats why ThinkPads run so well with Linux. ThinkPads are certified for Linux or even ship readily with Fedora or Ubuntu. That I’m using Arch and using mostly the TTY isn’t an issue. It doesn’t matter that the next user prefers GNOME and Fedora. Because we’ve settled for compatibility and not incompatibility through Windows or MacOS. The rest is just our personal choice. How cares if we run SysVInit or Systemd? Only the user. PS: Applies also to Dells Developer Edition Laptops.
- eigenspace 2y agoFor what it's worth, they are in fact targeting Linux support: https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-linux-kernel-support-for-the-snapdragon-x-elite https://www.qualcomm.com/developer/blog/2024/05/upstreaming-...
- AtlasBarfed 2y ago