Robert Lefler
Finally have a good Laptop. Ive bought in the past laptops by..... HP (hap to send back to HP for repairs and it wasnt any better). Sony (Problems may have been with Windows 8). But very slow. Asus.....The worst. This was an upper-range laptop. I got tired of trying to fix it. Easily the most expensive laptop I ever bought. It came with a solid state drive and still took over 10 minutes to boot. Tired restoring to default. Didnt perform any better. Not using anymore. Will gut for parts. ACER Not bad. Bought last year. Another mid-range Laptop. Has been pretty reliable since purchased last year. Now Im not using the laptops for anything other than surfing the net and an occasional movie. So there isnt anything demanding being performed on these machines. This Dell is 1) Pretty fast on startup with an SSD installed. Way faster than the upper end ASUS The display isnt the best. A little dark. But for what Im using it foe it suffices. 2) Ive tried several over the years and have nothing but problems out of the box. 3) Easy setup out of the box. 4) Decent battery life. What I dont like about this Laptop and most other newer ones is trying to upgrade RAM or the Hard drive. Cant the manufacturers have a little panel on the bottom for easy access? Instead you got to take out a lot of little screws on the bottom (and possibly a few more inside) and remove the whole bottom cover of the laptop. Does it cost that much more to have access panels for the RAM and Hard Drive? Everyone seems to do it on the newer models. Is it so that people purchase the laptop with every option they envision on upgrading too? Its one of my pet Peeves. All-in-all a pretty good mid-range laptop. If your looking for something with a little more "kick" you may have to go with a different model. Just put some access panels in the thing!
