Feel a bit like a lemming marching off the cliff as I listened to friends talking about the wonderful deals they were getting from Dell computers on great machines and how much money they were saving working with this great company. Of course most of these people do not have electricity in their homes and a computer is something that counts. Blinded by the obvious fog and lack of inspiration I purchased a Dell Inspiron 1420 without reading any reviews on the machine (just looked at the processor) and I do know all that follows is my fault. When my machine reach 80 centigrade or 176f as measured with a digital thermometer under the machine I figured it was time to read about the machine and in Dell’s words “The 1420 is a consumer machine not to be used all the time” Feeling insprioned about this info I contacted customer service but found out Dell customer service was a consumer machine not to be used all the time. They asked me my operating system and all kind of stupid questions and I kept telling them the machine was throwing a spark five inches when plugged in. Guess it was drawing a little current. Not quite hot enough to pouch an egg but give it some time. They hooked me up with an engineer in India after about 25 phone calls and a few hours on the phone. She took over my machine and sped up the fan. What a great idea. Now I can use it as a foot warmer. By the time I finally convinced someone at Dell the machine was a fire hazard it was running at 100c or 212f hot enough the coatings were coming off the cover and the hard disk was fried loosing data and of course you know I had to cook a couple of eggs just cuse I could.
Dell in its infinite wisdom sent me a new computer as I have the four year door to door international warranty. The trouble is I was working as an engineering consultant in Thailand at time and the only contact Dell gave me was the numbers published on their International Dell Service website and these listing were for phone sex. Dell has to be making some money on this as I have told them about the numbers repeatedly for over a year and they have not corrected it and only expanded the number of countries service by this phone number. So for a really good time just contact Dell International SERVICE! (Great Name!) at
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/g...s#asia_pacific for that titillating tango you have been searching for. To be specific the number is 800-22893355 and you will notice most of the countries in Asia use this number. I never actually used the phone sex number so can not tell you if Dell is Supporting phone sex with Asian or Caucasian women. You know it is over the phone and they could be faking Asian.
So got the new machine and it has Windows Vista on it (God) which I did not order of course as a person who actually uses a computer would be crazy to have this operating system on a functional machine. Three weeks of work on getting vista off the machine, the right drivers in and to XP and of course I am back to the fact this machine was not designed to be used more then as a paper weight. Check out the Micro Express IFL9025 now that’s a machine, Top Rated! Moral of the storey read your Reviews before you buy and best of computing to you! T
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