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Stupid Dell Laptop

  • 11-12-2003 8:49pm
    #1
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭


    I have a pretty new Dell laptop at work, a latitude C640, it was bought new from dell 2 months ago ... I never used the usb port before today and I just found out its usb1.1 only FFS .... tossers, what the hell are they at selling 'new' hardware with only legacy support on their usb ports....


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  • #2
    Woden
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,560 ✭✭✭Woden


    eh because i can do nothing bout that i'll just sympathise with you.

    [rant] dell bloody eejits stupid crap computers [/rant]

    seriously though isn't the latitude range the very small, light thin ones? perhaps they just went for aesthetics and a lightweight design when building them and didn't worry a hell of a lot about functionality?


  • #3
    BigEejit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,739 ✭✭✭BigEejit


    Nahh ... the latitudes are supposed to be desktop replacments (well, thats how they are described by our IT dept....


  • #4
    maxheadroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,569 ✭✭✭maxheadroom


    Its because the C640 is an old old model and when it was first designed USB 2.0 didn't exist as an integrated component on dell laptops. Dell continues to sell lattitudes to companies that have standardised on them because that's what the product line is designed around (12 month lifecycles and disk image compatibility and all that kind of thing that makes IT deployment easy).


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