I have a Dell laptop, let me tell you, worse choise I ever made...
I've had to send it in twice to have the keyboard replaced.
I've had to send it in once to fix the modem.
My warrenty expired THEN my touchpad burnt out (a month after i sent it in to repair the keyboard)...
The worse part is, when i sent it in for the keyboard they lost my laptop for 3 weeks... Then i get it back and my monitor has never acted the same...