the issue I had was that I specifically got the small business support, as it was my work laptop. After 17 calls, spending 18 hours diagnosing, 2 tech visits, DELL was not able to diagnose why the laptop was running hot in idle.
So I checked with my junior.
Turns out it was an assembly error: thermal paste for the CPU and GPU was not properly applied.
Still having driver issues with this computer, four years later. Dell blames intel, intel blames MSFT, MSFT shrugs shoulders and asks to talk with hardware manufacturers that create drivers.
I did alot of research when I needed one recently (the US banned Kaspersky, my previous one) and Bitdefender has excellent reviews by security experts.
Bought a Dell LT. Came with one year Support. Not so fast they say, it’s only software support. Gotta pay if you have a technical question. Gotta use our cloud services, gotta use defender, etc. Dell is self-serving along with Microsoft. I turned everything off.
My pet peeve is when the program tries to constantly sell upgrades. While you bought the premium version, the super premium one will look on the deep dark web, for another $99. I don’t want to talk to the anti-virus software all day.
the only trojan I ever got was when I was using windows security essentials. I run windows defender and Bitdefender in tandem and eset online scanner once a week.
Having been a Windows admin since NT 3.0, it pains me to say you're right but, you're right. Too bad it took 25 years and made us put up with Norton and McAfee and TM and...
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Still having driver issues with this computer, four years later. Dell blames intel, intel blames MSFT, MSFT shrugs shoulders and asks to talk with hardware manufacturers that create drivers.
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"Ubuntu : Do I need anti-virus software?"
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