Has Dell's Lustre Been Permanently Lost?

[Rob Williams]

The first time I ever bought a laptop was in the spring of 2004, and before committing to a purchase, I spent a lot of time researching to make sure I wouldn't regret it. At that time, decent laptops cost upwards of $2,000 or more, far different from today where you can pick up a great laptop for $1,000. After all my research, I settled on a Dell Inspiron, and for the most part, was very pleased with it.

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[Kougar]

Yes, stories like this are exactly why people have issues with large corporations. Dell certainly was not the only company to suffer from the bad caps fiasco, but how they reacted to it says it all. A friend of mine's Dell PC had to be replaced due to bad caps around the GPU slot from that exact issue, thankfully it was still just within the warranty period.