OT: 3 Desktop Computers and 1 Laptop For Sale

2012-10-31 Thread AZ Pete
Hi All, I have 3 desktop computers and 1 laptop that I am selling. *** SYSTEM #1 *** Dell Dimension 4600 2.8 Ghz P4 3Gb Ram 2 hard drives: 200Gb + 160Gb Dual DVI video Both wired and wireless LAN This was my main development machine for a long time and is still a quite

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
That would make sense.  I still do not understand why my cellular battery lasted over 4 years and was still viable when retired.  I had much less from laptop batteries. Keith Smith --- On Sun, 7/22/12, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Havens bmi

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread keith smith
Ok,  That is good info.  Thank you.  If I were to get 5 years of a laptop battery used under normal conditions, I'd be very happy. Keith Smith --- On Sun, 7/22/12, Joseph Sinclair plug-discuss...@stcaz.net wrote: From: Joseph Sinclair plug-discuss...@stcaz.net

RE: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Of keith smith Sent: Monday, July 23, 2012 9:05 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life That would make sense. I still do not understand why my cellular battery lasted over 4 years and was still viable when retired. I had much less from laptop batteries

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Joseph Sinclair
aggressive charge/discharge can result in thermal runaway (c.f. the various laptop explosion videos). So, for LiIon, just charge it when you need to, and if you intend to store it for a while, discharge a bit (around 80%) and check it now-and-then to make sure it gets recharged before it drops

RE: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-23 Thread Carruth, Rusty
Subject: Re: Laptop Battery Life The full discharge-and-recharge was for NiCd batteries, and helped to limit memory effect, it does not apply to NiMH or LiIon batteries (anything fairly recent), nor did it ever apply to lead-acid and it's derivatives. LiIon is the only one that has

Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-22 Thread keith smith
Sometime ago we discussed laptop battery life.  I asked the question about leaving the battery out and if that would extend the life of the battery.  I'm not sure that option was explored. Last December I took the battery out of my two lap tops.  I use both daily for about 15 or 16 continuous

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-22 Thread Michael Havens
I think it would because a rechargeable has a maximum amount of charge time on it. at least that is the way it USED to be! On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 9:12 AM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: Sometime ago we discussed laptop battery life. I asked the question about leaving the battery

Re: Laptop Battery Life

2012-07-22 Thread Joseph Sinclair
not for the reason you would expect. You also have to accept that you loose the advantage of the built-in UPS-like behavior of a laptop with a battery, but if you have an external UPS, you may be OK with that. For storage you actually want to partially discharge the battery (to 80%) before putting

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-07 Thread Dazed_75
such an option. And my Lenovo x220 does not seem to either, but it does shut off the charger when the battery reaches 100% whether the machine is on or not. As a general rule, I only plug in laptop chargers when needed or when I will have it on for a long period of time or don't want the hassle of constant

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-07 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 06:18:45PM -0700, keith smith wrote: I run 2 laptops all day - about 14 hours a day.  I pulled both batteries.  They are in my desk drawer where they have been for 4+ months. Your saying it is better to just leave the battery in the laptop at 100% than to remove

laptop battery cycling

2012-05-06 Thread Robert Holtzman
For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery capacity. This raises two questions. First, is it true that laptop batteries don't have

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-06 Thread Jim March
, so...leaving it out really isn't a good solution either. What we REALLY need is a switch or setting in the laptop that will cause a 100% charge when you know you'll need more battery life soon, otherwise the default charge level is maintained at around 75%. But that would confoose too many people

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-06 Thread keith smith
I run 2 laptops all day - about 14 hours a day.  I pulled both batteries.  They are in my desk drawer where they have been for 4+ months. Your saying it is better to just leave the battery in the laptop at 100% than to remove it? I wonder what they life expectancy is?  What would be your

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-06 Thread Michael Havens
I got the cheapest black friday sale laptop they had at walmart. It is a bitchin computer!!! On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 6:18 PM, keith smith klsmith2...@yahoo.com wrote: I run 2 laptops all day - about 14 hours a day. I pulled both batteries. They are in my desk drawer where they have been for 4

Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Phillip Waclawski
, everything I could want, but nearly $900 more. I know you pay a bit of a premium going with a non top tier vendor that supports linux, but I've heard good things about them, and enjoyed their talk on RetroGnome at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Stephen
laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again). Thanks Phil Waclawski --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
about them, and enjoyed their talk on RetroGnome at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again). Thanks Phil Waclawski --- PLUG

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Kevin Fries
or so, everything I could want, but nearly $900 more. I know you pay a bit of a premium going with a non top tier vendor that supports linux, but I've heard good things about them, and enjoyed their talk on RetroGnome at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Stephen
at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again). Thanks Phil Waclawski --**- PLUG-discuss mailing list - plug-disc...@lists.plug

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Michael Butash
, and enjoyed their talk on RetroGnome at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread Mark Phillips
at SCALE X. What do folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again). Thanks Phil Waclawski

Re: Considering a new laptop

2012-03-27 Thread KevinO
folks think? And what other laptop vendors that support Linux (with good NVidia graphics cards in them, I won't do Intel graphics ever again). I really like the Lenovo T520 (4239CT) I bought last summer. Quad core i7, discrete NVidia video, Bluetooth, 1600x900 display. _Everything_ works under

Odd question: Laptop is acting nuts when transitioning from battery to AC or back...

2012-02-04 Thread Jim March
I won't have mitts on it until tomorrow but has anybody heard of crashes/glitches/etc. when plugging or unplugging a laptop from wall power while it's running? The critter in question has a decent battery in it and is running Mint 12, which is basically the same as Ubuntu Oneiric/11.10. 32bit

Re: Odd question: Laptop is acting nuts when transitioning from battery to AC or back...

2012-02-04 Thread Michael Butash
Sounds like bios/acpi shenanigans, especially with toshiba. My last toshiba laptop was prior to using linux, mostly because the one I had had major acpi issues when i'd tried, From what I know little has changed with time. I'd disable or hard-set the governor for powerstep, in the bios

$400 laptop with Ubuntu

2012-01-23 Thread Ted Gould
Hey, Saw this link and I thought people might be interested, it's pretty cool. Basically it's a $400 13 laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled from Dell. http://www.logicbuy.com/deals/dell-vostro-v131/35882.aspx It's a bit underpowered for development, but it could do most other things reasonably

Re: Got an odd one: laptop AMD CPU stuck at 800mhz, won't jump to 1, 600

2012-01-21 Thread Stephen
800mHz and 1.6gHz. I dropped my existing hard disk from another laptop over to it, fired it up.  Existing install is Mint 12, 32bit (similar to Ubuntu Oneiric). Seemed ghastly slow on the new machine.  I noticed that my CPU frequency scaling toolbar thingie that I always run showed it locked

Re: [Tfug] Got an odd one: laptop AMD CPU stuck at 800mhz, won't jump to 1, 600

2012-01-21 Thread Jim March
.jim.ma...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, Somebody gave me a Dell Latitude D531, has an AMD CPU (dual-core TL-50) that can speedstep between 800mHz and 1.6gHz. I dropped my existing hard disk from another laptop over to it, fired it up.  Existing install is Mint 12, 32bit (similar to Ubuntu Oneiric

Re: [Tfug] Got an odd one: laptop AMD CPU stuck at 800mhz, won't jump to 1, 600

2012-01-21 Thread Jim March
Turned out to be a Dell-specific issue whereby the damnthing didn't like the power brick for some reason and throttled back in response. To be specific, I did this command at the terminal: gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub Took the line that said: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=quiet splash

Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Mark Phillips
My daughter needs a new laptop for high school. It needs to run Debian or Ubunrtu and have enough horsepower to run Windows XP in VMware Player for iTunes. A refurbished machine is OK. I am mostly interested in what you would recommend as minimum hardware specs (processor 7 RAM

Re: Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Dazed_75
for a laptop, but I saw they had a number of laptops including a Dell Latitude D610 or D620. I did not look to see what any of them had. On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 7:14 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.bizwrote: My daughter needs a new laptop for high school. It needs to run Debian or Ubunrtu

Re: Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Robert Holtzman
of 101 and Rio Salato) the other day. I was not looking for a laptop, but I saw they had a number of laptops including a Dell Latitude D610 or D620. I did not look to see what any of them had. Any idea (in general) what shape laptops from there would be in? I imagine they might be pretty well

Re: Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Stephen
I jsut got a Dell D620 Core Duo 2.0 ghx laptop. had some spare ram and hdd got the thing for less than 100 then had to spend about 8 on a new power supply and 3 on a hdd caddy. but they are champs and it was a little scuffed up, wich worked out becuase i was able to clena all of it out

Re: Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Ed
Suggested: 4 Gig of RAM is best, if you go with a notebook make sure the ATOM chip will do hardware virtualization[1]. I mention a notebook because long battery life and small size will be appreciated by your daughter. and it is more likely to survive than a full size laptop. don't worry about

Re: Looking for Laptop Recommendations

2011-12-31 Thread Stephen
virtualization[1]. I mention a notebook because long battery life and small size will be appreciated by your daughter. and it is more likely to survive than a full size laptop. don't worry about processor speed - anything over 1ghz is enough for linux [1] http://ark.intel.com/products/family/29035 Happy

laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread Robert Holtzman
In the market for a refurbished/used laptop, Dell Latitude or Lenovo Thinkpad. Refurbs (factory) seem to be available only from the mfgr's web site. Hate to spend that kind of money sight unseen. Aside from Red Seven, who says they are out of stock, are there any *reliable* places in the greater

Re: laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread kitepi...@kitepilot.com
I had a bad (and costly) experience with System76. YMMV... ET Robert Holtzman writes: In the market for a refurbished/used laptop, Dell Latitude or Lenovo Thinkpad. Refurbs (factory) seem to be available only from the mfgr's web site. Hate to spend that kind of money sight unseen. Aside

Re: laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread keith smith
, I'd recommend taking this route. Keith Smith --- On Sat, 12/31/11, Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net wrote: From: Robert Holtzman hol...@cox.net Subject: laptop vendors To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Date: Saturday, December 31, 2011, 4:29 PM In the market

Re: laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread Stephen
...@kitepilot.com kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I had a bad (and costly) experience with System76. YMMV... ET Robert Holtzman writes: In the market for a refurbished/used laptop, Dell Latitude or Lenovo Thinkpad. Refurbs (factory) seem to be available only from the mfgr's web site. Hate to spend

Re: laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 03:39:17PM -0800, keith smith wrote: Staples and Office Max have weekly specials on new laptops, well it seems Staples does.  You can get a dual core / 4 gig RAM / 160 - 500 GB HD for under $400 if you watch for sales.  Thanks for the reply but These places only

Re: laptop vendors

2011-12-31 Thread Robert Holtzman
On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 06:33:22PM -0500, kitepi...@kitepilot.com wrote: I had a bad (and costly) experience with System76. YMMV... Noted. Thanks. -- Bob Holtzman If you think you're getting free lunch, check the price of the beer. Key ID: 8D549279 signature.asc Description: Digital

Need a good PC tech in Boise for a windows 7 hp laptop.

2011-12-26 Thread Bryan O'Neal
Trojan messed up my Dads machine - I can not fix it over the phone. Any one know a good PC tech in Boise ID? --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:

Re: What to do if you spill liquid on a laptop - OS independent.

2011-12-24 Thread Michael Havens
Thanks for the how-to Jim. I only wish I would have known about that before. Oh well. I got a new laptop. I am only trying to make this one live a bit longer. Isn't it strange though wow the escape key worked. It doesn't beep anymore like there is a stuck key. I even started it while holding

What to do if you spill liquid on a laptop - OS independent.

2011-12-23 Thread Jim March
OK, somebody (probably you!) just spilled something on your laptop. What do you do? *Immediately* yank the power cord, flip it so that the keyboard and screen are both pointed down with the screen open at a normal 90deg angle, and pull the battery out. It should be angled like so

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Joseph Sinclair
Not sure about alternate tools; but you should read this post on Phoronix about kernel regressions that cause high power consumption: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=articleitem=linux_2638_aspmnum=1 On 06/30/2011 08:59 PM, Stephen wrote: Yay i finally got a spare drive to do an install

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Stephen
yeah someone made a tool that did allot of under the hood stuff like this and allowed you some nice control over it. im not used to linux laptops. but firt run battery life went from about 2.5 hrs to nearly 6. On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 11:14 PM, Joseph Sinclair plug-discuss...@stcaz.net wrote:

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread James Mcphee
I usually turn down my cpu's frequency to reduce heat. also increases battery life. cpufrequtils makes it easy. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: yeah someone made a tool that did allot of under the hood stuff like this and allowed you some nice control over

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Stephen
Found the Speaker finally Jim Klein Director of Information Services Saugus Union School District Now to find out the power management tool he used... On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 8:48 AM, James Mcphee jmc...@gmail.com wrote: I usually turn down my cpu's frequency to reduce heat.  also increases

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Stephen
and found what i was looking for. http://www.jupiterapplet.org/ thanks to ableconf folks for having some solid documentation of the events hosted! On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: Found the Speaker finally Jim Klein Director of Information Services Saugus

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Ed
On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: and found what i was looking for. http://www.jupiterapplet.org/ so long as you don't mind a mono app - and - uninstalling may need a kernel reinstall to take. thanks to ableconf folks for having some solid documentation of

Re: Laptop Power Management

2011-07-01 Thread Stephen
At this point the Install is pretty disposable. I expect to Have some experimentation. On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Ed p...@0x1b.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 9:16 AM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: and found what i was looking for. http://www.jupiterapplet.org/ so long as you

Laptop Power Management

2011-06-30 Thread Stephen
Yay i finally got a spare drive to do an install of Linux on this thing. at ableconf last a gentleman was talking about power management that he was using in his school district on some netbooks. I cant fro the life of me remember what it was nor can i find my notes that were taken on the matter.

Re: Looking for used IDE Laptop hard drive

2011-04-16 Thread Stephen
I have a couple let me find out the size On Apr 16, 2011 10:26 AM, leeg...@speedymail.org wrote: Hi, Would anyone have a used, internal, hopefully working, ATA IDE (not the newer SATA kind) LAPTOP hard drive for sale? Many thanks, Lee G

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-28 Thread Stephen
with a T1 laptop builder because of the buying power those companies have. but that's still a very reasonably priced machine for what you get. On Sun, Feb 27, 2011 at 2:37 PM, Kevin Fries kfri...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/27/2011 02:14 PM, leeg...@speedymail.org wrote: Is this the HP Elite model

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-27 Thread Simon Chatfield
Thanks everyone, I actually called Red7, but they only lease computers, and include support with it. Seems like a pretty good model for the average consumer, but I play around with computers too much and would void the lease in the first few weeks I'm sure. LOL. -Simon On 2/26/2011 8:20

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-27 Thread leegold
Is this the HP Elite model you're pondering? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157538 Oh my, this is a fast laptop. I don't think you can get this little gem locally... Lee --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-27 Thread Kevin Fries
On 02/27/2011 02:14 PM, leeg...@speedymail.org wrote: Is this the HP Elite model you're pondering? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834157538 Oh my, this is a fast laptop. I don't think you can get this little gem locally... Lee

OT- fast laptop

2011-02-26 Thread Simon Chatfield
Hi Everyone, sorry for the off-topic post. Anyone know a boutique computer store in the valley which is open on the weekend? I'm looking for a high-end laptop, HP EliteBook, or similar pretty quickly. Fry's doesn't carry that class of system and neither do any of the big-box stores. Thanks

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-26 Thread AZ RUNE
-end laptop, HP EliteBook, or similar pretty quickly. Fry's doesn't carry that class of system and neither do any of the big-box stores. Thanks! -Simon -- Simon Chatfield The Chatfield Group, Inc. si...@thechatfieldgroup.com http://www.thechatfieldgroup.com/ 480-776-6390

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-26 Thread Dazed_75
PC Club was sold long ago. Too bad, too. I used to go there a lot. On Feb 26, 2011 11:45 AM, Simon Chatfield si...@thechatfieldgroup.com wrote: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-26 Thread Stephen
there are nearly nil local in the valley that i know of. Red7 is about the only one left i can think of. On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 3:41 PM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: PC Club was sold long ago.  Too bad, too. I used to go there a lot. On Feb 26, 2011 11:45 AM, Simon Chatfield

Re: OT- fast laptop

2011-02-26 Thread Kevin Fries
System76 has a i7 based laptop. I'd start looking there. Two of the three laptops I own are System76 machines. The third is an old, old, Viao that's been handed down to my kids to run flash games over the internet. Oh, and the support Ubuntu. It's Windows they don't support. Kevin On Feb 26

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-23 Thread Steve Phariss
, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I could bring my desktop computer I would but I don't think they would consider it a carry-on if I did. I hate to be a beggar but does anyone

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-23 Thread Michael Havens
know if I should believe them either. Who should I believe? On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I

ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Michael Havens
Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I could bring my desktop computer I would but I don't think they would consider it a carry-on if I did. I hate to be a beggar but does anyone

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Michael Havens
should I believe? On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I could bring my desktop computer I would but I

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Kevin Fries
On 02/18/2011 10:53 AM, Michael Havens wrote: I just completed a virus scan with avast and it says there is nothing there. I don't know if I should believe it though. When I run a scan from a website it says there are things on the system and then I need to purchase their product to clean it.

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Stephen
Have you considered installing Linux in a dual boot scenario? from there you can install and run clam AV or the Linux version of Avast and make sure. in addition you would have access to all your data and will have a linux laptop. On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Technomage Hawke
I believe? On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I could bring my desktop computer I would but I

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Michael Havens
and then I need to purchase their product to clean it. I don't know if I should believe them either. Who should I believe? On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just

Re: ubuntuu laptop or anything else

2011-02-18 Thread Lisa Kachold
...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I'm moving to Lima, Peru in April (to be with my wife and baby) and my Windows laptop just has virii galore in it (I think). I need a new laptop! If I could bring my desktop computer I would but I don't think they would consider it a carry-on if I did. I hate to be a beggar

Re: Laptop Purchase

2010-03-04 Thread Stephen
, which is NOT a high resolution. I want lots of screen space for programming and code review. I want a minimum 1680x1050 resolution on a minimal 15.4 screen. Has anyone found a LOCAL store I could walk into and pick up a laptop TODAY that is not 2,000 bucks! Either you must wait months

Laptop Purchase

2010-03-03 Thread Nathan England
for programming and code review. I want a minimum 1680x1050 resolution on a minimal 15.4 screen. Has anyone found a LOCAL store I could walk into and pick up a laptop TODAY that is not 2,000 bucks! Either you must wait months to get or they want over 2 grand for a real laptop... what gives

Re: Laptop Purchase

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen
want a minimum 1680x1050 resolution on a minimal 15.4 screen. Has anyone found a LOCAL store I could walk into and pick up a laptop TODAY that is not 2,000 bucks! Either you must wait months to get or they want over 2 grand for a real laptop... what gives

Re: Laptop Purchase

2010-03-03 Thread Stephen
with high resolution screens, which means 720p or 900p, which is NOT a high resolution. I want lots of screen space for programming and code review. I want a minimum 1680x1050 resolution on a minimal 15.4 screen. Has anyone found a LOCAL store I could walk into and pick up a laptop TODAY

Laptop Purchase

2010-02-01 Thread Nathan England
I am going to purchase a laptop in the next week. I have been reviewing all that I could and I have come down to a Thinkpad T500 or a Thinkpad T510. The way I have them configured they run only about 5 bucks difference. I like the higher resolution of the T500, but I'm willing to sacrifice

Re: Laptop Purchase

2010-02-01 Thread AZ RUNE
Talk with Tom from system76.com because they have been shipping core i5 systems in the Pangolin and Bonobo performance. They can give you some feedback you're looking for. AZ_RUNE I am only concerned because I need the laptop to work NOW, which the T500 will, but the T510 might not be real

Re: Laptop Reviews

2010-01-28 Thread Stephen
system76.com has a fwe that are very nice for the price range. and i agree with Lisa use a Nvidia gpu. On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 12:39 AM, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I am in the market for a new laptop. I am currently looking at the Dell Vostro 1720, it has the right specs

Re: Laptop Reviews

2010-01-27 Thread Lisa Kachold
AM, Nathan England nat...@paysonlinux.org wrote: I am in the market for a new laptop. I am currently looking at the Dell Vostro 1720, it has the right specs and price for me, but I am curious if anyone has a laptop with the newish intel x4500MHD and if you could offer any opinions. I don't

Laptop Reviews

2010-01-26 Thread Nathan England
I am in the market for a new laptop. I am currently looking at the Dell Vostro 1720, it has the right specs and price for me, but I am curious if anyone has a laptop with the newish intel x4500MHD and if you could offer any opinions. I don't game much, warzone2100 is about it for me, and I

RE: Laptop repair

2010-01-24 Thread Sean Parsons
: Friday, January 22, 2010 10:42 AM To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us Subject: Re: Laptop repair That seems to indicate to me that the 2nd mem slot / mb is bad. To answer your question, I don't know of a repair shop. Mark Phillips wrote: I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour

Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Mark Phillips
I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. I am looking for recommendations for local repair shops. The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks. Then it started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one memory stick, it works just fine, although

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Dazed_75
. The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks. Then it started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one memory stick, it works just fine, although a little slow. I ran the Dell memory diagnostic on each stick individually, and both passed. Before I junk it, I thought I

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Shubert
...@phillipsmarketing.biz mailto:m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. I am looking for recommendations for local repair shops. The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks. Then it started freezing

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Mark Phillips
The fan is working and rather dust free. Unfortunately, the temp monitor programs don't work with this older laptop. Mark On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Dazed_75 lthiels...@gmail.com wrote: It could just be the heat buildup. Try to verify that the fan is working and check for dust buildup

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Shubert
...@phillipsmarketing.biz mailto:m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I have an old Dell Latitude c640 that needs some repair work. I am looking for recommendations for local repair shops. The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory sticks

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Stephen
Latitude c640 that needs some repair work.     I am           looking for recommendations for local repair shops.                 The laptop was running just fine with two 512 MB memory     sticks. Then           it started freezing up after it warmed up. If I only use one     memory

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Technomage
Mark Phillips wrote: I ran memtest on each back individually for an hour or so, and no failures. memtest won't run when both banks are installed. It crashes somewhere from during boot to running the test. Mark On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 8:50 AM, Eric Shubert e...@shubes.net wrote: its

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Mark Phillips
I bought a new laptop for myself - developing java code with only 512 MB was too slow. I had planned on upgrading my daughter's laptop from the current PIII 800 to this one (PIV 1.4), but I need to get it to work with the 1 GB of RAM. So, I am back to looking for a reputable repair shop

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Stephen
Does it support single 1g sticks? either way it is looking like some money to be spent. On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: I bought a new laptop for myself - developing java code with only 512 MB was too slow. I had planned on upgrading my

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Dazed_75
One more thing to test the heat theory. Remove the cover that gives you access to the memory sticks. Make sure both are in place and properly seated. Elevate the laptop (a pair of books or something but be sure the memory opening is not covered. Set up a small fan to blow into or across

Re: Laptop repair

2010-01-22 Thread Eric Shubert
(surprisingly perhaps), it could be a source of heat that didn't exist before. Dazed_75 wrote: One more thing to test the heat theory. Remove the cover that gives you access to the memory sticks. Make sure both are in place and properly seated. Elevate the laptop (a pair of books or something

Re: fixing laptop jack

2009-12-29 Thread Joshua Zeidner
wrote: Hello,  does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack?  its a toshiba satellite.  would be willing to pay... -jmz --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe

fixing laptop jack

2009-12-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Hello, does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack? its a toshiba satellite. would be willing to pay... -jmz --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail

Re: fixing laptop jack

2009-12-28 Thread Stephen
I know how, but my soldering skills are the suck. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Joshua Zeidner jjzeid...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,  does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack?  its a toshiba satellite.  would be willing to pay... -jmz

Re: fixing laptop jack

2009-12-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
...@gmail.com wrote: I know how, but my soldering skills are the suck. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Joshua Zeidner jjzeid...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,  does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack?  its a toshiba satellite.  would be willing to pay... -jmz

Re: fixing laptop jack

2009-12-28 Thread Joshua Zeidner
Zeidner jjzeid...@gmail.com wrote: Hello,  does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack?  its a toshiba satellite.  would be willing to pay... -jmz --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us

Re: fixing laptop jack

2009-12-28 Thread mike havens
. -jmz On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:41 PM, Stephen cryptwo...@gmail.com wrote: I know how, but my soldering skills are the suck. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 2:36 PM, Joshua Zeidner jjzeid...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, does anyone here know how to fix a laptop DC power jack? its

Re: Dell Laptop Recommendation

2009-11-09 Thread Mark Phillips
Thank you for all your suggestions. I have traced the problem on my current laptop to a heat problem. If I install both 512MB RAM boards, the laptop dies somewhere from power-on to fully running. I have run the Dell diagnostics on each 512 MB RAM card separately, and they both pass. I also swapped

RE: Dell Laptop Recommendation

2009-11-09 Thread Bob Elzer
list Subject: Re: Dell Laptop Recommendation Thank you for all your suggestions. I have traced the problem on my current laptop to a heat problem. If I install both 512MB RAM boards, the laptop dies somewhere from power-on to fully running. I have run the Dell diagnostics on each 512 MB RAM card

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