Yes, I’ll take one Dell Pro Max Premium please. Heck, while we’re it, please make it a Dell Pro Max Premium Ultra Deluxe with Extra Sprinkles.
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Wait, "Dell Pro max" isn't a joke? Or at least not an intentional one?
Just wait til you hear about "Dell Pro Max Plus".
Is that the extra absorbent one?
In the future, it means we can also expect product names like Dell Pro Max Plus.
oh I can't wait for 2030 to get my new Dell Pro Max Plus Most Biz VIP Tip Top Rizz
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If it matters to you, Michael Dell is pro-genocide:
There are actually people getting paid for this shit
Are they just sitting in a group in multiple meetings to brainstorm new names for stuff?
And I thought just managers are parasites...
Ironically the people getting paid for this shit did come up with better names and they were all overturned by senior management who read a business book over the weekend. SSDD.
How prescient Orwell turned out to be.
Premium Pro Max Doubleplus Good.
Looks like I won't be getting a Dell anytime soon. Shame. I loved my last XPS before they decides to nuke the ports with just two USB-C.
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So many corporations have used the words "Pro" and "Max" that they have now become meaningless.
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Intensely dumb.
Not sure which is the dumbest, Jaguar letting go of its signature mark or HBO renaming themselves to just Max but would be funny if Apple abandoned the Max naming for Ultra.
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I always found the build quality for Lenovo Thinkpads to be better than any of the top tier Dell laptops. Most of the laptops I had in circulation were Dells and the always gave me problems. The Thinkpads just worked.
I never got the allure of Lenovo. the Chinese spyware left a bad taste in my mouth.
I had an X1 years ago bit I'll take my 9360 over that any day.
The prestige behind the thinkpad brand specifically predates lenovo. They bought it from IBM in '05. AFAIK they've always been seen as reliable, well built laptops, albeit a bit pricier.
As far as spyware, with win11 being what it is your options are install Linux or live with it no matter which manufacturer you go with.
As far as spyware, with win11 being what it is your options are install Linux or live with it no matter which manufacturer you go with.
I wasn't aware that there were other options outside of Linux.
Learn something new everyday 🤣 /s
I will say, at the time the X1 was probably the most stable laptop/Linux combo I had available. then several Intel vulnerabilities happened, were patched, and performance took a shit.
that's when I bought my first XPS and haven't looked back until now. since they're dropping the line I'll have to look for a new product in the future.
I’m pretty sure IBM sold the branding to them since they were already doing the manufacturing. They still do the warranty/maintenance work, though based on the last two call outs I’ve had with their “techs” I might opt for depot repairs or taking it to the local Micro Center for warranty work.
My late-aughts XPS is a gem - milled aluminum, edge-to-edge glass, and the best laptop keyboard ever since Ye Olde Thinkpads. The glory days of chasing Apple with a Windows box and almost getting there. *pours 40*
That said, their QE went to shit, they pulled that bullshit RTO to soft-layoff everyone, laid off everyone else directly, and spent a ton to hire non-US replacements who aren’t up to speed so they can leverage the exciting benefits of AI (lol).
I’ll never understand why they didn’t put huge effort into backing linux when micro$oft started making hardware. Well - I know why they didn’t. Because they make poor managerial decisions. C’est ça.
Land of marketing and advertising, gotta ruin everything. RIP XPS, good little machines.