- Dell vs. Toshiba??
- Posted by Morey G. on August 17th, 2003
Hello to all. I am agonizing over the purchase of a new laptop. My
work-issue Satellite Pro 6000 has been GREAT and so is the Inspiron 4600
laptop I bought for my Pop. (He's 80 God bless him and loves the thing).
I am torn between getting a Dell Latitude D800 or the new Toshiba Sat Pro
6100. I'm a "road warrior" (a.k.a Sales Rep) and tend to be a touch rough
on my stuff. I dropped the sat Pro 6000 more times than I can remember and
it has never failed me.
I'm intrigued by the widescreen of the Dell, but it's more a luxury than a
necessity for me. The Toshiba will probably be more familiar since I've got
one now. Anyway, confusion reigns, so.....any suggestions from folks out
there will be appreciated, it's always nice to hear from "those that got
'em"
Thanks is advance for the help and regards to all
Morey G
- Posted by Morey G. on August 17th, 2003
Howard,
Thanks for the info. I, too am impressed with Dell support. I have 3
desktops and an Axim and though I've needed help rarely, the times I did,
Dell was there. I've NEVER needed help with the Toshiba so I can't speak
for the quality of their tech staff. I guess that speaks for the quality of
their product! Another difference is the Toshiba is work-issue, the Dell
would be out-of-pocket.
The one other thing I've debated is as to whether I should spend the extra
money for the widescreen as opposed to the D600, which appears to be the
same but for the screen.
Obviously, I am still a bit on the undecided side, but since I'm not in a
terrible hurry, I will sort it out
Thanks again,
MG
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- Posted by Howard McCollister on August 17th, 2003
"Morey G." <mgottesman@nospam.frontiernet.net> wrote in message
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The advantages (to me) of this D800 over the Satellite Pro 6100 are:
Pentium M CPU -- about twice the battery life of the 6100 (I get a true 4
hours)
64 mb RAM on the GF2Go video processor (4x that of the 6100)
On-board Firewire
USB 2.0
WUXGA screen
Trackpad (I hate those button-bar, eraser-head, trackbar thingies)
The disadvantages of the D800 compared to the 6100 are size, weight, cost.
Those advantages are significant to me, but may be less so for you. It all
depends on need. I agree that a D600 would be a more even comparison since
the two are really in different categories. If I had to go out of pocket for
the D600 vs the Toshiba SP 6100, I'd probably go for the Toshiba (if I could
get used to the no-trackpad issue).
HMc
- Posted by Chris Hill on August 17th, 2003
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:28:30 GMT, "Morey G."
<mgottesman@nospam.frontiernet.net> wrote:
- Posted by Morey G. on August 17th, 2003
I've heard a bunch of negatives about the battery life of the 6100. Also,
the CPU speed has been tested SLOWER than the 6000 I currently have. I
think that though the Toshiba 6100 is a good PC, I may be selling myself on
the D600. That way, I can save the money on the widescreen (that I don't
need) PLUS get all the benefits of the tech performance and support I am
familiar with.
Thanks again,
I'm off to the Dell site to do some poking around
MG
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- Posted by Morey G. on August 18th, 2003
Andy, and everyone...
First, I'd like to thank you all for your advice, opinions and such.
Second, I think I'm probably going to do a Latitude D600 or D800 from Dell,
mostly because I have 4 of them now (3 desktops and an Axim X5 400) , have
had FEW problems and when I did have a hiccup, their customer service was
there pronto to get me squared away. Since my Satellite Pro 6000 has NEVER
needed customer service, I don't know how Toshiba's support is. I know that
may sound silly, passing on a product that has had NO problems, but I
really feel comfortable with Dell.
As for other brands (IBM, Panasonic, Sony, etc.) I have not even considered
them but I'm sure they all build decent PC's.
The one good thing about Dell is they give you a 30-day window to send it
back so if it doesn't perform at least as well as my Toshiba, BACK IT GOES!
Now my only decision is whether to go for the widescreen D800 or the 14
inch 4x3 D600.
(that should be my only problem in life, eh?)
Best regards,
and I'll post back just in case anyone cares.
Morey G
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- Posted by George Mills on August 19th, 2003
IBM gives 30day no questions asked return policy if you buy direct as well.
I'd take a Toshiba or ibm over a dell any day of the week.
I've dealt with many dells at work.
IBM's lately (As well as Toshiba tecra's) have come down a lot.
By the time you actually configure a dell comparably to other manufacturers
you'd be surprised how close all the prices are.
A friend just bought a Dell. The day after she got it she got a "Sale Ad" in
the postal mail saying $300.00 off her model.
So she called them up to see if she could get the credit (she was still
under the 30 day return). They said no, that does not apply to your model
yada yada. Then she tried to configure her same PC with same options with
the $300 "Sale". The total came out higher than the one she recently
received. They jacked up the prices on the options. And the base model was
on "Sale".
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- Posted by Audrey on August 19th, 2003
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At least in the UK here, Dell's customer service has taken a major
slip. A lot is outsources to entirely incompetent telephone operators
in India, questions are never answered, promised return calls never
come. Customer Beware!
Mark
