Build your own....I repeat (this will not be repeated).....build your own. Why go through a company whose tech support is obviously outsourced and half the time cannot give you a straight answer?
Dell Laptop Bursts into Flames
*Rinnnnnng!*
"Hello...this is the Support line....my name is Sudhish.....er....Steve....yes...Steve...how may I help you today?"
"My *&^%* LAPTOP JUST EXPLODED AND CAUGHT FIRE! WHAT THE *&^%$ iS THIS??"
"That is very interesting, kind Sir....I am sorry to hear of your troubles and..."
"YOU'RE *&^&*(% RIGHT I HAVE TROUBLES!....somebody get the *&^&* fire extinguisher!....WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD MY LAPTOP EXPLODE?? IT'S BRAND NEW AND..."
"If you would be please to calm down sir, I will attempt to help you. (shuffling index que cards). Now....you will please look on the bottom of the laptop and give me the model and serial number...."
"HOW IN THE &^%$* CAN I GIVE YOU THAT?? THE BOTTOM IS FUSED TO THE TABLE!!"
"Ahhhh....that does present a problem for us...does it not, sir? (more shuffling of index cue cards) I am afraid we will have to wait for it to stop melting then, for I cannot help you without knowing the model or serial number. If you wish I could redirect your call to our customer service headquarters in the city of TriIgushelahdufopooperahjah....uh....er...."Seattle"....yes....."Seattle", then I'm sure they can help....hold please!"
"NO!! WAIT!! I NEED HELP NOW!! CAN'T YOU.....?"
"*click!*....Hello! Welcome to Customer Service! My name is Bhavya...uh....er....Sally....yes....that's it...."Sally"...."
Last edited by bistro; July 10th, 2006 at 11:10 AM.
Desktop: Intel i7 960 CPU @ 4.0GHz, EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI mobo, 12GB Corsair Dominator-GT 2000 DDR3 RAM, Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB Solid State Drive, Two WD 2TB SATA drives, 2x EVGA GTX 570 Superclocked graphics cards in SLI, Coolermaster HAF X full tower case, OCZ ZX 1250w PSU, Corsair H100 CPU Cooler
Laptop: MSI GT60-004US, 2x Seagate Momentus XT 750GB SSD Hybrid drives in RAID 0, 16GB DDR3 1600 RAM, GeForce 670M 3GB graphics card, Networks 'Killer' N-1103 WLAN card
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