Dell Inspiron 1100 Laptop
Dell is a good company if you don't need to call them.
I got exactly this Dell computer. It got fixed 4 times this year. Service was fair, even though I had to wait around 2 weeks everytime to get my machine fixed (2 days to receive the box from dhl, 1 more day for them to pick it up, + dell time to inspect, repair, and return it to me).  <br /> <br />Dell outsource it's telephone support. Wich mean, you don't reach someone in USA, but most of the time someone in India. I have nothing against any country, as long as they can understand what I am saying over the phone... wich won't be the case with Dell support. If you don't mind talking to someone who doesn't understand you pretty well, and understand someone with a very strong accent, then Dell might be for you: you will get hours of entertainment over the phone trying to get your message understood.  <br /> <br />The last time I sent my laptop to Dell, they replaced the main board, plus the video controller. When it came back, I felt something was still wrong with the machine. The hinges did not seem to be correctly fitted. Then the predictable happened: Right in the middle, at the side, the LCD cracked. A new LCD is almost 500.00$. When I call Dell about it, there is no wills at all from their side to even look at the machine to see what I am assuming is a manufacturer defect. There was no shock, the computer was on a table, and just by opening the screen, the lcd cracked. Since then, I got no more service from Dell. And there is no \\"DELL store\\" as there is for every other makes. If I had at least someone from Dell ready to look at the computer to say if they think it is a manufacturing problem, I would not even be typing this review now. Service from a computer manufacturer can be evaluated when something go wrong, not when the computer works fine. And in my case, Dell failed. From now on, for myself and my customers, I recommend Toshiba.