Who makes Dell's notebooks?

[braamer]

Just as the title states, who makes Dell notebooks? Interested mostly in the 9200, XPS, 8600. Thanks.

 

[Tenchi4U]

I'm going to say Dell...

I think they have a fab just north of here (in Austin) that churns out the laptops (among other things).

 

[pxc]

8600: Compal
9200: Wistron (i believe)
XPS: no idea

except for the 700m, all the designs are exclusive to dell.

 

[TheCzar]

so who makes the 700m?

 

[Shinji]

so who makes the 700m?

same person that makes the 9200...wistron i think is right

 

[tiebird321]

I thought lenvo (the company that just bought the pc division from IBM) also did some of them

but basicly a company in tiwan or china.....

the austin plant (AFAIK) just does assembly and custimization

 

[braamer]

Thanks for the replies. Who would you consider to be the better (best) notebook manufacturer? Wistron, Compal, Clevo, someone else? TIA

 

[NecessaryEvil]

IBM, of course!

 

[roninblade]

IBM, of course!

o thats why they suck

 

[NecessaryEvil]

IBM Laptops (at least the X & T) certainly don't suck.

As far as the Dell laptops go, the one I've been most impressed with is the D600. I simply don't care for the plastic behemoths of their Inspiron line.