and you had the feeling it were going to break sometime soon, is there anyway you can buy a new warranty on it or anything? it use to have a 1 year warranty but thats passed by now

pm me if you want

7/29/2007 3:44:34 PM

answer: no. dell won't sell you a warranty for a 5 yo laptop.

7/29/2007 3:48:50 PM

is there anyway to like get insurance on it?

essentially i'm just wondering if theres any possible way to get a new laptop...i'm willing to pay a fee, cause anything would be better than what i got now

7/29/2007 3:54:05 PM

if it's 5 years old, you won't be able to get any sort of insurance or repair/replacement coverage from the manufacturer, at least not as an individual. if you were a corporation with hundreds of machines, that'd be different.

the only other possibility you have is if you have renter's insurance, and it covers your computer. that likely won't cover machine failure, however.

my advice, in your case, would probably be to keep regular backups of your data, and just be keeping an eye on inexpensive computer deals from dell, gateway, HP and the like.

7/29/2007 4:24:42 PM

ok, thanks for your help...i'm not big into like insurance fraud but i figured there was something i could do to beat the system

7/29/2007 4:27:20 PM

yeah, well if lightning strikes, you might get lucky.

7/29/2007 4:32:29 PM

i tend to disagree. it sounds like insurance fraud is PRECISELY what you are into.

7/29/2007 4:41:24 PM

wow dnl really is retarded

7/29/2007 4:53:08 PM

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7/29/2007 4:55:54 PM

you can try to tack the laptop onto your home owners association insurance as a personal asset, but they'd probably send someone out to access the value of the said laptop, which is probably worth $5.

7/30/2007 6:24:34 PM

Quote :

"yeah, well if lightning strikes, you might get lucky."

A few years ago when I was still running a Dell (which was under warranty), we had a power surge during a bad storm and it fried my network card. I called Dell to see if they would do anything about it and some woman told me they wouldn't because they had a strict policy with "acts of God".

I told her I was atheist and she had me transferred.

7/30/2007 6:32:53 PM

I have a 4 year old dell laptop and it's still under warranty. In fact the warranty has already paid for itself a few times. Got 2 new power adapters, 2 new sound cards, and a new HD. Most of it was my fault, but it was still all covered. Plus you don't even have to deal with talking to an indian tech dude on the phone. You can go online now on dell chat and chat with an indian tech online. Little easier to understand in my opinion, compared to on the phone. Parts came within 48 hours. Dells about the only warranty i've ever used on something, just cause i take my laptop everywhere and do crazy shit with it in my bookbag.

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7/31/2007 1:43:41 AM

Quote :

"it sounds like insurance fraud is PRECISELY what you are into."

7/31/2007 10:59:52 AM