>>I have a Dell Inspiron and I'm actually happy with it. I'd like a Sony more but for the time being living with a Dell is not so bad.
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>I have a Inspiron and I'm not happy with it. It's case is weakness and LCD failed. But touchpad is good. My old notebook Toshiba was better.
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>I like Sony notebooks but these are so expensive for me. You should lookup LG. It's keyboard design is excellent.

My Inspiron 9400 (also called 1705) seems a little fragile on the hinges, but otherwise it works great and is fast (using Vista!).

I like their laptops and their servers.

I'm not thrilled with their service though.

The reason I have the 9400 is because my 3 year old fully loaded Dell 9100 died last year while still under warranty. It took over 2 weeks of arguing with Dell support which included shipping the laptop twice for repair before they gave up and offered me the 9400 (fully loaded with new warranty - I purchased additional 3 yr warranty too). It was a complete pain in the butt being without the machine, but at least I have a much newer machine now.