Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help

Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by timcederman on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @01:48AM (#433320)

I am impressed that you keep reviving yourself from electrocution.

Anyway, I love my XPS m1330, and I picked up the 3GB RAM/250GB HDD/dedicated graphics version for $500 just over a year ago. If you get it on sale, it's excellent value.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @02:58AM (#433365)

I just explained that my Dell regularly shocks me because of the shoddy construction and you recommend another one? :(

Also: yes the M1330 is okay, and if you get it refurb/on-sale the dedicated graphics model is respectable, but bleurgh. Dell's build-quality makes me sick to my stomach.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by timcederman on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @02:19PM (#434080)

Electrocution by definition is death from being shocked.

And yes, I recommended another Dell because why judge every Dell by your one experience? I've had plenty of dodgy Macbook experiences but I still recommend them.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by old-gregg on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:23AM (#433394)

... my Dell regularly shocks me ...

Shut the fuck up. I bet you're lying your ass off. Computers are designed not to shock people. This is why I'm starting to steer towards enterprise as opposed to consumer market: making products for regular folks just isn't worth it because of little lying bitches like you.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by kajecounterhack on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @03:42AM (#433412)

Whoa there calm down he's probably just over-exaggerating some small problem. We get the point.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @04:29AM (#433440)

It's a small problem in the grand scheme of things, but the battery contacts are exposed and they do arc into me, and it is painful.

Am I suing? hahahah, fuck no. That shit is funny as hell more than anything, I don't like dozing off to a movie in bed with the laptop...shifting a leg, then getting woke the fuck up.

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @04:28AM (#433438)

I'm not lying, the battery contacts are exposed and the circuits takes a shine to me here and there. If I had a camcorder I'd record it arcing into shit. Sometimes the shit it arcs into is me. It's an Inspiron 600m, I bought it $550, the fuck you want?

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Re:Laptop of choice for a Programmer, Need Help by alnayyir on Wednesday January 14, 2009 @04:29AM (#433441)

Calm down. I'm a business owner myself.

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