Any long lasting Dells

Just wondering if any body had a Dell laptop for 4+ years (is it even possible), withought it breaking down. I want mine to last through college.

 

I just sold an Inspiron 1100 or something that had to be from 2002. Still in flawless condition and had some battery life left.

It's still going strong for its new owner. We also have a ton of them at my job.

It depends what you use it for, how you treat it, etc.

 

Get the Accidental coverage for college.. its a must have.. with that it will last if u just break it or spill something on it dell should replace it, My friend drop his off a bed loft and it broke so dell replaced it.. i think the coverage is like 100$ for 3 years?

 

Yea... my friend spilt chocolate milk ALL over her laptop while studying and was FREAKING out when it wouldn't start (thats after I immediately shut it off and left it out to dry for a week). Turned out she had CC and Dell gave her a nice brand new laptop.

 

I sold a Dell to my grandfather that is now almost two years old, out of the warranty, and has yet to have a single problem. 630m/XPS M140...and it was one of the first 5000 laptops made in that series.

 

long lasting Dell, lol. sounds like an oxymoron to me.

 

Thanks for the quick replies. I plan on taking good care of my laptop so maybe I've got a chance. As for th protection I stressed myself pretty thin, don't have enough dough for it. All in all I just hope my laptop doesn't come in alredy defective as some of the ppl on this forum had.

 

u can upgrade your warranty when you get the money

 

My Inspiron 2500 that I bought in 2000 still works perfectly with 2 batteries that hold full charge and I have never had a problem with it. Barely ever use it anymore...

 

Well, I'm currently typing on a first generation Pentium M "Banias" Dell, though it is a latitude, so I guess that doesn't count. It's a D400 that I got I believe 5 years ago. The battery only holds about a 50% charge now, but it still works great.

 

Yes, the warranty can be extended and upgraded as long as your computer is still under warrant at the time of the upgrade. I usually only purchase 1 year of warranty because recently that's about how long I have been keeping the computers. However, if I do decide to keep a certain notebook for longer than a year, I just had to call Dell and order the warranty extension.

 

so many long lasting dells... i'm impressed.

 

Trust me get the warrenty its like 100$.. if u want you can just break it yourself befor it runs out and get a brand new computer... you will be sorry when some drunk moron in your dorm throws it across the room or something stupid like that.. Yea you will take good care of it... but 100$ is nothing compared to what you could spend on accidental repairs..

 

My Dell Inspiron 7000 with a Pentium II 266MHz processor, 14.1" TFT display, 256MB RAM and 20GB HD lasted me through college from 1998 to 2002. In fact, I found it in one my boxes while moving things around a few months ago and it still runs pretty well for its age.

 

Alright thanks for the reasurrance, will probably get the extended warranty later on. I read somewhere on the forums they sell it to you cheaper later on.

 

I've had my laptop for 4 years almost to the day. Had a 3 year warranty that saved my butt last year when the video card crapped out. Needs a reformat, but otherwise still works alright.

 

Inspiron 5100 4+ years still working, featuring the amazinly engineered Pentium 4 mobile. no problems yet

 

buy it using AMEX, 1 year standard warranty turns into 2 year warranty free. 1 from Dell, 1 from AMEX. I think Visa works too

 

i have a dell latitude c610 from 2001? and the only thing wrong is that the fan is breaking down...that's normal wear and tear to me...
i also have another one laying around from 1998 and it still works well for its age too

 

dell accident care- they replace it with a new one??
Even if you drop it off a 5 story buildin or somethin crazy?

i can't find any actual details on what they will or won't replace

 

I'm typing this message from a 4yr + old Inspiron 5100, still kicking. I'm gifting it to some friends because I recently purchased a Inspiron 1501 and have on order a Vostro 1500.

 

I have an old 8100 that has been in service for close to 6 years. A D600 for 3+ years. Where I work C640s and the like can still be seen in use. You can add 2 more years to your warranty before it expires as well.

 

If the 5 story drop was intentional. No. If it was an accident. Yes.

 

So, to get things striaght....after I get my lappy, the best thing to do is by the 4yr accidental damage for about $100 and not the 4 year warranty for about $300 and if something stops working like the LCD or gfx card, have an "accident."

 

Using an Inspiron 9100 since 2003. 2.8GHz Pentium 4. It is very loud because fans are always on, but thats my fault for installing Vista. Sometimes gets slow, but overall its okay, except for problem below. Hopefully next year I can upgrade to one of the notebooks listed below.

Main problem is the screen. When I log on as my brother, everything is good. But when I log on as me, the screem is bright, then dims a couple minutes later. I can still see things on the screen, but it makes my head hurt if I use it for too long, so I have to switch out of my account. I read about the pin being stuck, so it things the screen is closed. I took apart the front of the computer and found the pin, but it was not bent. I have no idea what the problem is.

 

I have had my Inspiron 1100 since March 2003, and its still fine. I had to do a clean install of XP a few months ago and had to have the screen hinges replaced 6 months after I got it, but other than that, no problems...

 

I've got a Latitude CpT C on its 8th year and an Inspiron 500m on its 4th year. Both work fine, but have had their harddrives replaced and upgraded; all other components are the originals.

I also have Dimension desktops on their 9th years, but I guess those aren't laptops XD

 

I still have a creaky Inspiron 4000 (made a mistake saying it was a 4100 in another post) Celeron 800 mhz from 10/01, obviously way out of warranty. It still works and do I use it on occasion and take it on trips.

It is falling apart though as one of the battery retaining latches broke (cheap plastic) and I had some intermittent display backlight outages that went away by themselves. The probs started maybe a year ago.

The two original batteries I bought wore out (not surprising, Li Ion batts don't seem to last that long before wearing out) but the replacements are fine. I'm still on the original 20 gig HD and haven't ever had the unit repaired.

 

I can't remember the model name off the top of my head but i have one from around 7 years ago thats still going

 

700m still going strong.

 

I used to have a dell smartstep that I know is still working fine that's from 2002. Had a 2.0ghz p4 desktop processor in it too.

 

You cannot do that because the $100 extra for accidental care only applies to computer with a valid warranty. So if you stick to a 1 year warranty and then pay extra for accidental care, then both would only be valid for 1 year. In order to get the 4 years of accidental care, you will be to buy the 4 year warranty option.

 

I've got the wife's old inspiron from 2000 out in the garage. Battery life is certainly reduced but everything still works. I use it to take ECU logs from the car and to surf car forums while doing repairs. I think the only thing that's broken is the cover latch, and that just falls out. I haven't bothered to gorilla glue it back in. In fact, I just took it to Panera last week to do an MBA class cram session (do the entire session's worth of written assignments in one day) and it ran like a champ, running word and firefox. Just stay away from flash stuff, or else it bogs down.

 

I still have and use my old Dell Insprion 8100 which i bought back in Jan 2002.

The Spec is :

A. Dell Inspiron 8100 1.2GHz
15" UXGA [1600 x 1200] High Resolution TFT
512MB SDRAM [2x 256MB SoDIMMs Module]
ATI 64MB 4X AGP ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
1 X [Fixed Bay] Hitachi 7k60 60GB Hard Drive 7200rpm
1 X [Media Bay] IBM Travelstar 2.5" 12.5mm 48GH/48GB Hard Drive 5400rpm
Fixed Bay 8x/8x/24x Samsung SN-308B DVD/CD-RW Combo Drive
3Com mini-PCI combo 10-100 NIC/56k v90 Modem
IEEE 1394 - Firewire Port
Microsoft Windows XP Pro - Non Dell - Clean Install
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Belive it or not, i paid £2100 for this back then. Ouch!

Can't wait for my new M1330 though

 

oh rly? awesome.

 

AAAH! all you people are making me second guess on my 1520 purchase!

I think Ill upgrade the warranty, and everything will be ok though...