Study Concludes Asus Makes Most Reliable Laptops

On The Gadget Blog last week, I wrote about a laptop reliability study that crowned Asus king, Toshiba it’s queen, and Sony the prince. At the other end are Acer, Gateway, and HP. More »

• Thu Nov 26 2009
• 4 Opinions

Dell Inspiron Mini 10 3G

The Dell Inspiron Mini 10 3G is not yet released here in the Philippines but local stores already have price for it.  It’s priced PhP32,995.00 at Asianic Computer Store. More »

• Wed Oct 28 2009
• 2 Opinions

Dell Philippines May Keep Yet Another Customer Waiting

Less than a month after a Dell XPS Stupio m1340 purchase, the laptop had to be sent back for a faulty webcam. The fix requires replacing the entire LCD assembly, and the owner’s son worries how long he’ll have to wait. A chat log detailing everything follows. More »

• Thu Jul 30 2009
• Respond

Dell Philippines Takes a Month to Replace a Hard Disk

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? More »

• Wed Jul 22 2009
• 7 Opinions

Dell Inspiron Mini 9 SRP Now P20,000

This according to Business Mirror. The article also reports on Dell’s newfound focus on local high-end users. I’m still a [...] More »

Finally, the Month-Long Dell Laptop Repair is Over

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. More »

• Wed Feb 18 2009
• 31 Opinions

Octagon and Dell Philippines: Laptop Repair Takes More Than “Two Weeks”

So when I had my XPS M1330 repaired, I was told that it would be ready within two weeks (not [...] More »

Octagon Computer’s Service Moot Point for Dell Owners: It’s All About Dell

So I brought my XPS—which no longer wanted to boot up—to Octagon for repairs. All the technician did was turn the unit on and express slight shock over the vertical rainbow lines he was seeing on my display. He then turned the laptop off, and declared that he’d have to forward it to the Dell [...] More »

• Mon Jan 5 2009
• 5 Opinions