Jan 5, 2005 #1 B Braamer [H]ard|Gawd Joined Jun 28, 2004 Messages 1,685 Just as the title states, who makes Dell notebooks? Interested mostly in the 9200, XPS, 8600. Thanks.
Just as the title states, who makes Dell notebooks? Interested mostly in the 9200, XPS, 8600. Thanks.
Jan 5, 2005 #2 T Tenchi4U ¡el papa grande Joined Jul 10, 2004 Messages 1,992 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).
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).
Jan 5, 2005 #3 P pxc Extremely [H] Joined Oct 22, 2000 Messages 33,063 8600: Compal 9200: Wistron (i believe) XPS: no idea except for the 700m, all the designs are exclusive to dell.
8600: Compal 9200: Wistron (i believe) XPS: no idea except for the 700m, all the designs are exclusive to dell.
Jan 5, 2005 #5 S Shinji Gawd Joined Jun 18, 2002 Messages 519 TheCzar said: so who makes the 700m? Click to expand... same person that makes the 9200...wistron i think is right
TheCzar said: so who makes the 700m? Click to expand... same person that makes the 9200...wistron i think is right
Jan 5, 2005 #6 T tiebird321 [H]ard|Gawd Joined Jun 6, 2004 Messages 1,062 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
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
Jan 6, 2005 #7 B Braamer [H]ard|Gawd Joined Jun 28, 2004 Messages 1,685 Thanks for the replies. Who would you consider to be the better (best) notebook manufacturer? Wistron, Compal, Clevo, someone else? TIA
Thanks for the replies. Who would you consider to be the better (best) notebook manufacturer? Wistron, Compal, Clevo, someone else? TIA
Jan 6, 2005 #9 R roninblade [H]ard|Gawd Joined Sep 22, 2004 Messages 2,031 NecessaryEvil said: IBM, of course! Click to expand... o thats why they suck
Jan 6, 2005 #10 N NecessaryEvil Guest 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.
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.