Declining build quality of Dell Latitude's

[Compman55]

Whats the deal with the newest series of dell latitudes? The D series were tanks, super nice build quality. The new ones I agree look stylish, but are flimsy, hinges last about a year of 5-6 open closes per day.... Latitudes are supposed to be their business grade units.

 

[ninaholic37]

Better to buy something used from the "good old days" and save money I think.

 

[frozentundra123456]

I have a Dell work laptop. It is a couple years old, sandy bridge generation I believe. It has a nice screen and looks nice, but the older one that I was using previously still works, and actually has much more reliable wireless. So yes, I was kind of disappointed in the new one. At least it was a work machine and I didnt have to pay for it. I was ready to have IT set up a factory service call, but suddenly it has started working again.

 

[JWade]

I use a latitude e6420 (the e6430's are the same build) and I think it is built quite well. I use it for personal use, so it does indeed get more use than a work laptop and moved around more than a work laptop.

 

[CNNN]

The "D" is Dell now stands for disgusting.

 

[ninaholic37]

The "D" is Dell now stands for disgusting.

Maybe it's a combination of Devil and Hell? :biggrin:

 

[TeknoBug]

Yes I looked at some last week and wasn't all that thrilled with them, they're like Acer now with their V5 series- they look great but quality wise they're just... not quite there anymore. I think Asus and Lenovo still makes good business laptops. I'd still go for Dell on mid-range mainstream laptops though.

 

[nk215]

I also notice dell quality went way down to the point that I don't even get laptop from them anymore with the exception of the workstation M series.

I wouldn't touch Asus either. Had bad experience with it. I like thinkpad X series. They've been reliable so far (with the exception of the X60 heat issue).

 

[corkyg]

Reminds me of when Michael Dell retired years ago. Quality went to pot. He came back and things improved. Has he again "retired?"

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Reminds me of when Michael Dell retired years ago. Quality went to pot. He came back and things improved. Has he again "retired?"

No. He and a private equity firm bought the company and took it private last year.