Dinesh Joshi wrote:
From: "Amol Hatwar" amol@hatwar.org
I disagree that Acer sucks. I should know. I own an Acer Aspire 3002 NLC (running Mandrake Linux 10.1).
I once saw ants crawlling out of an acer laptop.
Ants will crawl out of any laptop if you keep it where ants can get in or if you put syrup in it. What makes you think ants cant get into the dell ? Unless it is too hot for them to stay there ;-)
As for being cheap, I don't think anybody would have a problem with that. ;)
Cheap == bad quality == not work for more than a few weeks to months...
I bought an acer TravelMate 290E in December, and it still seems to be working. Only once I had to take it to the service center since I was not able to configure the wireless lan. That is my fault and not that of the manufacturer.
Cheap = bad quality is the most stupid statement I have seen in this group for a long time. According to you, any company who makes an effort to bring down the price of their products so that their customers get better value for money and to expand the market is wrong ? They should keep their prices high. Wow !! I would love to have you as my customer. :-)
Incidentally, in case you didnt know, Dell, which you like so much, is considered the cheapest of the american laptop companies. Just that in India, Dell is positioning its products quiet pricy.
Also, being in ILUG should have tought you that expensive is not better or even good. MS products, windows, office, etc are very expensive. Linus is "Cheap"......but believe me, it is far better than windows.
Plus, their warranty doesnt include the screen or any external parts of the lappy. So if you scratch your screen or your keys fall off then you need to pay for getting it repaired or replaced. They only have warranty for the internal parts. I own a dell. It costed me a pretty penny and I can vouch for their build quality and after sales service :) And their warranty covers all parts - internal and external ;). They cover everything but dont protect against arson or theft.
Even Dell is not going to repair your laptop if you give it to them with physical damage. Read your warrenty clause properly. Similarly, what makes you think they are going to replace your LCD screen if you are careless enough to scratch it. In case you didnt realise it, the warrenties are "Against manfacturing defect". It applies to any part of the computer which has got damaged or stopped working or not working properly on account of any fault of the manufacturer. If you leave your laptop in the sun and the LCD melts in the heat, no manufacturer in the world is going to do any thing for you. I suggest you should go for insurance instead.
Can you quote where in the Acer warrenty it says that they are not covering external parts ? or that they are not covering keyboard ?
Sheesh !!! No wonder the americans are laughing at us.
Regards Saswata