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Title: RIP laptop
Post by: The Elite on 15 February 2008, 19:31:29
My laptop has died and gone to silicone heaven, I'm reduced to a mobile and web'n'walk. Rubbish. :(
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: TheBoy on 15 February 2008, 19:33:31
My poor Tosg died before Christmas, hence this shiny new HP.  The Tosh seems to be working again now (not that there is a shortage of laptops in the TheBoy household - I can see 5 in my lounge :o)
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: STMO123 on 15 February 2008, 19:33:50
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My laptop has died and gone to silicone heaven, I'm reduced to a mobile and web'n'walk. Rubbish. :(

Jaime goes through two a week.
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: TheBoy on 15 February 2008, 19:44:29
Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: Bo Bo on 15 February 2008, 19:55:47
Can't stand SWMBO laptop, can't wait to get my desktop here...
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: TheBoy on 15 February 2008, 20:01:47
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....
Bugger. The HDD is toast  :'(

Anyone got a laptop HDD, doesn't have to be big - 5G will hold XP and TIS
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 15 February 2008, 20:03:42
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....
thats just being greedy ;D ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: Kevin Wood on 15 February 2008, 20:06:40
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....
Bugger. The HDD is toast  :'(

Anyone got a laptop HDD, doesn't have to be big - 5G will hold XP and TIS

I can bring one along to the cam belt do if you like?

Kevin
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: TheBoy on 15 February 2008, 20:06:57
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....
thats just being greedy ;D ;D
I have mine, my old tosh, hers, my Tech2 one, a really old latitude, and this one I've just found.
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 15 February 2008, 20:12:18
we have 2(both dell)in our house,they both belong to swmbo,she is always using one,and i have to try and drag mummys little angel boy (23 yr old son!) of the other one,i think i ought to think about getting myself one to save on the aggro  ;)
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 15 February 2008, 21:02:47
Being very capricous about keyboards, programming on a laptop is PITA for me unless it has a big keyboard  for my big hands.. ;D (carrying

an external with me is no option)

last year I take one Tosh from job as they were new and shiny (free)

but stay in the bedroom for 6 months

and after I give back ..

so I have no laptop ..  ;D





Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: The Elite on 15 February 2008, 22:17:01
All is not lost! Have found a local guy who can fix it for £25, thats not so bad.
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 15 February 2008, 23:46:12
i reckon it just needs a heater bypass valve :y ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: Martin_1962 on 16 February 2008, 09:24:13
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i reckon it just needs a heater bypass valve :y ;D


No a crank sensor ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: The Cambelt Kid on 16 February 2008, 09:49:02
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....

I've got x2 Dell D410's, x1 D610 and 5 or so working C600's upstairs... does this mean i'm a geek?  ;D

Plus i've got a new D430 coming next week...  :y

I must be a geek then!
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 16 February 2008, 10:06:51
i think thats bordering on a fetish ;D ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: psl on 16 February 2008, 10:09:59
oops, just had a count up and I make it 6  :-/
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 16 February 2008, 10:16:03
im starting to feel underpriviliged,i may have to contact the dss (is it still called that?)to help me from this abject poverty ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: The Cambelt Kid on 16 February 2008, 11:37:46
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i think thats bordering on a fetish ;D ;D

and that's not including my mail server and desktops...  ::)
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: Ian_D on 16 February 2008, 12:00:38
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Make that 6. Just found another. Looks like 1G PIII Dell Latitude WITH a serial port.  Now that could be useful....

I've got x2 Dell D410's, x1 D610 and 5 or so working C600's upstairs... does this mean i'm a geek?  ;D

Plus i've got a new D430 coming next week...  :y

I must be a geek then!

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i think thats bordering on a fetish ;D ;D

and that's not including my mail server and desktops...  ::)

No mate.. your no Geek...

I don’t actually know how many laptops I own  :P

I have at least 6 laptops that will work straight away as they are, probably another 5/6 which just need an OS installing. And another half a dozen which are in bits needing bits like HDD / Screen / Motherboards etc.

PC wise... I 'think' I’ve got 5 in my bedroom! Then another half a dozen in the loft!

Servers... I have my IBM server which is on 24/7 and host a few bits and bobs (my profile picture to the left is one of them!). I’ve just got another IBM server, which I’m using as a PC at the moment as its quick - Intel Xeon 3.06Ghz with 2GB ram!  ;D

In the garage I’ve got two old rack mount servers which are essentially useless as there only 233mhz :-[

Then there’s my IPAQ PDA.

And to top it all... I’ve got my own phone exchange in my room with two telephones and a cordless phone all on different extensions! (I use it to connect old laptops to the web when they don’t have a network port on them... I just dial up to my own server, so its completely free! ::))

No wonder my parents go mad at me sometime!  ;)
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: Ian_D on 16 February 2008, 12:01:58
WOOOOO! and talking of geeks.... that was my 50th post.

YEY im no longer a Newbie!  :D :y
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: MaxV6 on 16 February 2008, 13:44:30
we only have about 5 laptops here...   but 8 desktop/server types

1 Piece of Crap Cheapo lappie.
1 G4 Powerbook
1 G4 iBook
1 G3 iBook
1 Macbook pro

2 G5 power macs(1dual ,1 quad)  , a G4 Mac Mini, A Siemens PC, an HP PC, a G5 iMAc,

temporary visitors include  a Mactel Xserve, and a new Mac pro 8 core 3.2Ghz monster with 16GB RAM , 3TB internal storage...  both undergoing specialist audio performance assessment trials for Clients.

I claim domestic uberGeekship.

 :y
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: albitz on 16 February 2008, 14:38:06
your all speaking a foreign language to me! i am a computer retard.ive just about learnt to do what i need and often need help from swmbo.im still convinced that all this interweb thing is witch craft,words and pictures coming down your phone line,aint natural is it! :-[ ;D
Title: Re: RIP laptop
Post by: The Elite on 16 February 2008, 15:58:59
Yay! All fixed, turned out to be a busted trackpoint causing the error. Found a guy 5 mins round the corner who repairs them (through ebay of all places!) and £25 + a new keyboard later and its all sorted, well happy...  :y