Another consumer complaint about Dell Philippines: Josh’s hard disk on his XPS M1330 failed, so he sent it to the Dell store in SM Marikina to have it fixed. Guess how long he had to wait?
read more »Or more like a month and 10 days. To recap, I had my XPS M1330 repaired last January 3, after it failed to boot-up. Octagon promised it would take two weeks worth of business days (excluding the weekend in other words), but the laptop was ready for pick-up last Friday—after 30 business days.
read more »So when I had my XPS M1330 repaired, I was told that it would be ready within two weeks (not including weekends). This was last January 3, and as of yesterday (fifteen business days later), I have yet to see the laptop. And yes, this has a lot to do with how Octagon and Dell [...]
read more »A pretty great way to start 2009 folks—my XPS decided to conk out. A bit of online research revealed that a significant number of XPS M1330 owners suffering the same problem (the laptop failing to boot up, showing vertical rainbow lines). A GPU or motherboard replacement may be necessary. Good thing the gadget is still [...]
read more »Dell XPS M1330. The portable powerhouse from Dell, which I bought for P80,000 around six months ago, was bought from the Dell store is SM Marikina. The package, which included—to quote a friend—”free speaker thing that’s bigger than the laptop, and a thumb drive,” sold for P74,000. Pictures to follow. Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX3. The high-end [...]
read more »So far we’ve been enjoying our Dell XPS M1330. But as we start wearing out the keyboard tray, we wonder: why is laptop protection for non-Apple laptops hard to come by in the Philippines? Local MacBook and MacBook Pro owners enjoy a wide variety of keyboard covers, and even so-called “crystal” cases. These are placed [...]
read more »We gushed over lower-priced XPS M1330 a couple of days ago and with good reason. Our two-year-old laptop had finally given up on us, and we decided to buy ourselves Dell’s 13.3″ portable powerhouse, availing of the 12 month 0% interest installment plan. Here are the specs of our new toy: Intel Core 2 Duo [...]
read more »Wouldn’t you believe it? The Octagon Computer Superstore offers the Dell XPS M1330 for P8,000 less than competitor Electroworld! We were about to spend our hard-earned money on Electroworld’s price of P87,995, which would mean paying P7,322.92 for the next 12 months, on 0% interest. Luckily we decided to look around first. Down the hallway [...]
read more »It took more than a month for a Dell XPS M1330 to be repaired. Find out why. While we continue to have reservations, Dell’s consumer offerings in the Philippines are actually quite reasonable. At least compared to other locally retailed brands. Left to right: The Inspiron 1520, the colorful Inspiron 1420, and the XPS M1330 [...]
read more »The death of PC gaming has been a constant prediction for as long as we can remember. The numerous articles online may feature different evidence and different reasoning, but the conclusions are practically the same: gaming consoles will get better, and PC hardware will have a hard time keeping pace. PC gaming will supposedly die [...]
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