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Stuck In Dell Heck
Frustated by lousy sales support and bad customer service, a faceless hand ineffectually stabs a Dell box with a pencil.
Dell Business Blows Up Servers
If there’s one thing you expect Dell to know, it’s computers. And although that assumption may be baseless when you’re talking to a CSR from the Orient, telling you the only solution to your monitor being broken is to wipe your hard drive and reinstall, if you’re a business-class customer, talking to your Dell contact to set-up a RAID, you at least hope that they have an inkling of what they are doing.
Kudos For Dell’s Free Part Recycling Program
We received our replacement keyboard for our Dell laptop today.
Laptoppa Non Gratta: Virgin Atlantic Restricts Dell and Apple Notebooks
Virgin Atlantic becomes the latest airline to limit laptop use on board, thanks to the threat of exploding batteries. Qantas and Korean Air already have imposed restrictions.
Hot Talks With Michael Dell
Surely there’s got to be a slightly less unfortunate name for this chat n’ chew.
Dell Has Something Important to Tell The Consumerist About Blazing Batteries
Seems our lil ol blog has finally raised the ire of Dell. A day that will go down in history. John Q. Pope, acting as media relator for Dell, wants to correct a post of ours, “Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions.”
Dell Battery Recall May Not End Explosions
Even if you sent your Dell battery back before it could explode and tear off half your face, you still may not be in the clear. Some computer engineers are pointing out that computer architecture might have just as much to do with the exploding Dell laptop.
Things That Disquieted Us in Today’s Business News
• McDonald’s number two man quits via flameout email screed. Grimace gets the nod.
House Burns, Dell Laptop Blamed
The fire that consumed a family of five’s South Venice, Florida bungalow may have been due to a Dell laptop left on a couch that spontaneously erupted into flames.
Consumerist; Brand Killer, Tabloid
In a recent Brandchanel piece, Abram Sauer posits there are four states of mind for viewing Gawker blogs, different states positions ways to view Gawker blogs, “uncaring unfamiliarity,” fanboysim, playa haterism, and fear. Sauer writes “Consumerist.com has the most fear-provoking potential. This is because Consumerist.com is a brand killer. “