Dell latop's chasis quality?

[dclee012012]

Does anyone have anything to say about the Dell laptop cases? Is there a difference between the different laptop models? Inspiron v. Latitude?

Generally I've heard that it's pretty flimsy. Is it that bad??

 

[akers]

I have a Latitude C840 and the organization I work for has well over 100 Inspirons and Latitudes. We also have an equal or greater number of Gateways, Compaqs and Toshiba's.

The Dell's are the most popular by far and the one's that I get the most purchase requests for. They have been around the world (literally) and in some pretty rough places (jungles of Panama, former soviet block countries, far east, and middle east) and they hold up great.

 

[OldSpooky]

Latitude cases are more sturdy in general than Inspiron cases. I'm not a big fan of Dell build quality, but the Latitude D series is a huge improvement over the Latitude C series.

The D series is good except for crap keyboards.

 

[LiLRiceBoi]

Last week I spent an hour reading about the crappy keyboard in the D series and I8500 and decided to take a chance to get the new (improved) keyboard. Hope it's good

 

[dclee012012]

what new and improved keyboard?

 

[Foghorn]

I have a new Inspiron 1100 refurb I bought for $660. The build quality and keyboard seem very good. The touchpad is kind of unresponsive for me, but works fine for my wife, so those with soft skin it probably works better.

 

[w0rmh0l3]

I owned a 600m for about 2 days. The keyboard flex was very tolerable in my opinion - it felt like most other laptop keyboards that I've used. Yes, it did flex a little if you REALLY pushed on it, but who needs to put 400 N of force on a keyboard while typing?

As for the build quality, it was rather flimsy. The whole "it felt like it was going to fall apart when I picked it up" might be a little pushing it, but it did have a very plasticky feeling. The LCD was easy to distort, though it went away immediately after pressing on the back of the screen. My main concern was how easy it was to damage my particular 600m during shipping (no damage to box, no damage/scratches on LCD and yet LCD was screwed up? Wow.. easily dislodgeable video flex cable anyone?)

If you want construction quality, check out IBMs or Toshibas. The latitudes seem better to me, but I have no personal up close experience with the new D series.

 

[Faldaani]

Well, i got a D800 here.
I cannot make the screen discolor by pushing on the back of the screen, no matter how hard I push. The keyboard that I got with it sucked, but the new one (keyboard and palm rest assembly) is much better.

Sure, it feels like its built out of plastic (which is is), but it doesnt feel "cheap".

 

[loup garou]

I find most of the models I've bought for clients pretty flimsy, except for the Latitude X200. Now that's a well built machine!

 

[dclee012012]

what is this new keyboard?? i can't seem to find information on it

 

[Faldaani]

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