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Dell is so frustrating
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Even on the Windows side of things they're frustrating. Company took my perfectly working Thinkpad and replaced it last September with an "upgraded" Dell Inspiron laptop. It's a piece of crap. Wakes up all the time in my bag, randomly drops wifi, and randomly drops ViewSonic monitors. Official IT solution: this happens sometimes, we don't know why, and we're going to send you Dell monitors instead.
*Edit I guess it's actually a Precision, not Inspiron. I don't buy Dells so I don't know all the names!
Waking up in the bag is a known problem with Windows' new sleep mode but the rest ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
Inspiron? Must be a small company. That's consumer class, they're made to be sold at Walmart. Latitudes are pretty good imo, I actually prefer them to thinkpads.
My error, I just checked and apparently it's actually a Precision. I don't deal in Dells so I don't know all their nomenclature! It's still been a downgrade though from my ThinkPad.