Yes I know the 8000 series is old now, and so why am I writing a review?

My laptop the model in question, is now nearly 8 years old, that's ancient for this type of technology, but it's still here and used now around the home here for portable web browsing.

I am very much a techno freak, and my home reflects that, so you may be wondering why I still have and use an 8 year old laptop, it's because it still works, it's amazing actually that it still to this day stands up to modern laptops in respect to quality and reliability.

OK when bought it cost me nearly £3000, but that was because I bought it with all whistles and bells at the time, graphics card, memory, accessories, to be frank it was at the time nearly the most expensive Laptop + upgrades one could buy at the time. The (DELL) extended European warranty for 3 years was around £150. Yes I had a few problems, and this is why even today when I get asked by friends respecting advice about buying hardware, especially to those who know little about PC's etc, I advise them to buy a DELL, because the customer service is second to none, period. My laptop broke down as they do, a courier was here the next day to collect it, within 48 hours it is delivered back repaired, as simple as that.

Even out of warranty you still get via their website hardware driver updates, support via telephone, and the cost of a few repairs were very reasonable, ie my hard drive needed replacing about 4 years after I bought it, they even telephoned me back to see if I had installed in okay , (two screws , two minute job).

If you're new to Pc's and not sure what to buy then buy a DELL, it's cool hardware, customer service as stated second to none.

When you're more confident about hardware etc, as I am now, then like me here, my desktop I had made to my personal specifications, totally custom built. If you're not sure then DELL is a very cool decision, but do take advantage of their own warranty as it's both remarkable value for money, and you will be very happy that you bought a DELL, as you get a lot of piece of mind, not having to worry about it going wrong.