I'm sorry I didn't have a chance to reply before. Tom, you are mixing up cellphones with laptops. My laptop is completing 3x years. And this is the first high end laptop that I ever bought. Now cellphones... I'm on my second one this year. :)
I have an Asus laptop and I haven't had any issues with it. It's an ultrabook, it came with 6GB RAM and a 500+24GB hybrid HD. Actually 500GB HD and another 24GB on the motherboard. I changed the HD to a solid state 256GB. I was looking at the lenovo ultrabooks, but I can't really find a good excuse to buy one right now as my laptop is still running and performing like a champ. Last week I was actually looking at the Windows Surface Pro 4 to use at work. They are actually pretty fast and cool, but a bit expensive. And they come with Windows 10... but still, I can't convince myself to spend that much money on a computer to run Windows. And even though Ubuntu runs on the surface, it's not a desktop that is ready for touch screen. As for the router, I've had the Asus AC1750 with DD-WRT running at home for probably 2 years without a problem. -- Victor Mendonça http://wazem.org/ <http://wazem.org/> On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:04 AM, bunk3m <bun...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Tom. > > I'll file this until the router blows up and stops working. > > B. > > On 19.11.2015 03:28, Tom Hilbig wrote: > > > > Hi Bunk, > > > > There is not much instructions – just open the box (screws under the > > stick-on feet) and replace the capacitor shown in the image link. You > > can tell when it fails as the criss-cross lines on top are slightly > > puffed. It is a 680uF, 16 volt capacitor, which I replaced with a 25 > > volt so it shouldn’t fail so quickly again. Make sure you note the > > polarity and put the new capacitor in the same way. I’ve done the > > surgery 3 times and all three Frankenrouters are living, so if yours > > fails I can fix it pretty quickly for you. > > > > > http://www.nerdybynature.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/IMG_20131026_105653_824-Large.jpg > > > > > > *From:*mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > [mailto:mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca] *On Behalf Of *bunk3m > > *Sent:* November 18, 2015 5:06 PM > > > *To:* Mississauga LUG > > *Subject:* Re: MLUG - Laptop > > > > > > Thanks both of you. > > > > I'm also on the look for another laptop. So thanks for starting this > > thread. > > > > My additional criteria is a high resolution screen as I stare into the > > screen for hours and hours every day. I've gotten used to a retina > > screen and have a real hard time with lower res screens now. Especially > > since I started wearing glasses to read. > > > > Tom, I also have the RT-N16 routers but didn't know about the problem. > > If you have saved the instructions on how to fix, I'd appreciate getting > > a copy so I've got a contingency ready. > > > > Cheers! > > B. > > > > On 18.11.2015 10:22, Tom Hilbig wrote: > > > > > > Thanks birthday boy! > > > > > > I was noticing Asus making strides in the laptop market. They used to > > > make very solid hardware and I always went out of my way to buy Asus > > > motherboards. However, I have had 3 Asus RT-N16 routers fail after 2 > > > years each so I am very suspicious about their continuing commitment to > > > quality. I was able to fix the routers by replacing an internal > > > capacitor, a known issue, but I won’t be able to do that kind of > surgery > > > on a laptop. > > > > > > *From:*mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > > [mailto:mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca] *On Behalf Of *Wolfgang > Voegele > > > *Sent:* November 18, 2015 9:54 AM > > > *To:* Mississauga LUG > > > *Subject:* Re: MLUG - Laptop > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm not able to replace my laptop often, and my current one will due > for > > > roughly 2 years. When I researched for it I found the Asus brand to be > > > among the top performers, and so far this has turned out to be true. > > > > > > Overall, Asus products seem to be good and solid. However, its been > > > about 2 years since I last did some serious research, it might be a > good > > > start. > > > > > > Wolfgang > > > > > > On Nov 18, 2015 7:43 AM, "Tom Hilbig" > > > wrote: > > > > > > Hey Victor (anyone else too), > > > > > > I just realized that my Sony Vaio laptop celebrated its firth birthday. > > > It’s been a good laptop (except for the Sony-specific software that > > > hasn’t really worked for about 3 years) but it is due for a > > > replacement. I am looking for a reasonably powerful Intel CPU, lots of > > > memory, and thin profile but solid body. I don’t want the low-end > > > consumer models (Toshiba) that have a cheap body and crack after the > > > first year. > > > > > > You seemed to have a different laptop every 6 months. What kind(s) have > > > you found to be good? > > > > > > Tom > > > > > > *Tom Hilbig, P.Eng.* > > > > > > > Tel 905-593-1416 > > > > > > Fax 206-260-8267 > > > > > > thil...@sygration.com > > > > > > www.sygration.com > > > > > > -- > > > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > > > mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > > http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > > > mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > > http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > > > mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > > > > > http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > > mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > powered by *Mailster* - the flexible mailing list solution for Joomla, > > more information: http://www.brandt-oss.com/products/mailster > > > > > > -- > > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > > mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > > > > http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > powered by *Mailster* - the flexible mailing list solution for Joomla, > > more information: http://www.brandt-oss.com/products/mailster > > -- > Mississauga LUG Mailing List > <mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca>mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca > <http://mississaugalug.ca/>http://mississaugalug.ca/ > > > > > > powered by *Mailster* - the flexible mailing list solution for Joomla, > more information: http://www.brandt-oss.com/products/mailster > -- Mississauga LUG Mailing List mailing-list@mississaugalug.ca http://mississaugalug.ca/ powered by *Mailster* - the flexible mailing list solution for Joomla, more information: http://www.brandt-oss.com/products/mailster
