I had a lot of bad experiences with Dell laptops a decade ago, and swore off ever owning one again. For what it's worth, they've definitely seemed to step up t

I had a lot of bad experiences with Dell laptops a decade ago, and swore off ever owning one again. For what it's worth, they've definitely seemed to step up their game in the quality department over the past couple of years. Not quite to Apple (or even Lenovo ThinkPad) levels, but enough that I find them clearly head-and-shoulders above Acer or ASUS now. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but I'm hopeful that going private will be a good thing in the long run.