>>Hi,
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>>Anyone had any experience with any of the Dell Studio mulitouch laptops?
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>I bought one for my son in college. It is flaky connecting to the internet (sometimes it does sometimes it does not - all other computers on the same router have no problems)
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>called dell support and was told the hardware works. period. if I buy a $245 SOFTWARE support for FOUR software questions for one year they'll help otherwise they don't.
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>so this was the last DELL computer for me and my company. It's their loss.
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>Peter
I believe (you'll have to verify and if there is another option, choose it) it has the Dell Wireless 1397 802.11g Half Mini-Card which is flaky with some routers. I had problems with one in my moms' Studio 1737 laptop until we went to these router settings:
http://en.community.dell.com/wikis/networking_internet_wireless/recommended-wireless-router-settings.aspxOf course that means that if you carry it with you to public wireless hot spots it may or may not connect...
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