New Delll Laptop Fubar

[CharlieDontSurf]

Hey guys, so in this thread I talked about the new Dell Laptop I got for like $1400 bucks.

Well it seemed fine the first time I turned it on. Didn't do much, just downloaded a anti virus mod32 or whateve...downloaded pokerstars and seemed good to go.
I noticed that the touchpad was kind of iffy...sometimes u had to press really hard and other times it didn't react well.

But all around everything looked sweet.

Turned on today for the 2nd time...things seemed normal. playing a game of poker and noticed that the corners of the screen seemed to be dark and then get brighter..then all of a sudden the brightness of the screen started ging apeshit. Bright white..then back to normal..then bright/dark/flickering. etc etc. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

Well to be honest I kind of felt this might be way to much computer for what I need. 17 inchs is huge and all I'm going to do is play poker on it so maybe overmaxing with Ram/HDR etc might have been overkill $$$ wise.

Thinking maybe I should have bought a 15 incher or just a new 22inch 204b and stuck with the laptop.

So obv I'm sending it back cuz its defective.

Have any of you guys dealt with returning laptops etc with Dell for refunds?? Pain in the ass to get your money back?

[CharlieDontSurf]

p.s. should i erase like pokerstars/the antivirus and stuff before shipping it back?

[Beavis68]

I would suggest you give them a call or go to their forum and ask what your options are.

[CharlieDontSurf]

ya already did that..its within the 21 days and they wont charge me restocking since its defective...just wanted to see if anyone else had returned [censored] to see if they are gonna put up roadblocks/take forever to credit me etc

[ph2133868789]

<-- no problems w/ returns

[TheIrishThug]

My laptop screen died last week. 29 days left on the 3 year warranty. Two business days later, a technician is in my room replacing the screen. Thank god I have a second monitor so I could still use the computer while I waited.

[CharlieDontSurf]

thanks
think i'll still just return it.

I realized i don't play that many tables for a 17 inch to be really necc laptop wise..especially with my powerbook

I'll save myself around $1100 by just buying a samsung 204b monitor or save several hundred by going with a 15 incher

[Mr Rat]

I used to have a 17" laptop and now have a 15"...I much prefer the 15" (but get the best resolution on it).

[CharlieDontSurf]

They return is no problem.
I think I'm going to skip the laptop and go with a built desktop and samsung 204b

[TheIrishThug]

If you don't really need the mobility of a laptop, desktop is the way to go. If my laptop hadn't been just and easy screen swap, I would have made the switch.

Also, having two monitors is sexy. I highly recommend it.