Did you renew Dell warranties after using the warranty tracking?
Nope. We try to have a three-four year life on the desktops here. So when the warranty expires (3-years) and if something happens to it, its typically just replaced with a new unit. Servers are...
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I typically don't renew warranties except for on servers. I use the reporting data for warranty expiration for my desktop/laptop replacement planning.
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Craig M wrote: I typically don't renew warranties except for on servers. I use the reporting data for warranty expiration for my desktop/laptop replacement planning. Same here. Still love the feature!
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Yup: we renewed a couple via our reseller.
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Probarbly only for the servers. Desktops seem reliable and we have plenty of spares at the moment.
View ArticleDid you renew Dell warranties after using the warranty tracking?
Maybe for servers. Not for laptops and desktops. When buying computers last summer we decided to go with the minimum warranty. Our analysis showed that for every 8 warranties we could buy a new...
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After getting all the computers in the office on the tracking list, I tryed to get my personnel laptop on it as well. Never got time to finish getting it in the system but I did end up going to the...
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I like the feature as well. Our Dell rep lets us know a month before expiration...but it's nice to see it. We also TRY to hold to a "drive new every three". Recent cutbacks have extended that time....
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I have. I knew when our warranty was coming up but now it's much easier to generate a report from what's in inventory.
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I have not purchased any extended warranties yet but I do find the tracking feature very useful. I have requested a quote for warranty extension for one of my servers through it. Waiting for the...
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Nick, We pretty much only refer to warranty information when something breaks down, and then we want to know if the warranty is still good or not. :-) Unfortunately, our budget for systems is run into...
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we use the warrantys to replace and re-assign PC and laptop kit. They tend to take a hammering from our development boys so we replace on warranty expiry for them, then I wipe the machines and...
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We haven't renewed our warranties, but it is nice to see what is and isn't covered and for how long.
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Wayne9374 wrote: Maybe for servers . . . Our analysis showed that for every 8 warranties we could buy a new computer. We have not experienced that failure rate. Interesting. Agreed on servers...
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I haven't renewed any of the warranties except on the servers. Dell seem to last Thru the product life cycle in our company until refresh (2-3 years).
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I renewed some blades and some poweredge servers when I noticed they were going out of warranty because of spiceworks :]
View ArticleDid you renew Dell warranties after using the warranty tracking?
use it to help with budgets - as replace unit after the initial 3 year factory warrenty runs out. So I can quickly report on when i need to spend on new kit, and also nearer the time when I need to...
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No, we buy new Dell laptops when it pops up and tells us the warranty end date is near.
View ArticleDid you renew Dell warranties after using the warranty tracking?
We would use it if it worked. False alerts were generated for servers that had already been renewed.
View ArticleDid you renew Dell warranties after using the warranty tracking?
we havent had too yet as we literally just did a dell refresh last month. However seeing as the bigwigs want a 5 year refresh in place of a 3 year one odds are ill get them extended 2 years at the end.
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