John, You may want to keep Asus gaming series in mind. The two we have two HDD bays, an optical drive and lots of RAM.
They're pricey, but don't need to replace them every year because they can't handle tasks. Works out well if you consider the cost of buying cheap and often. The oldest one (G74S series) dates back to 2009 and it's still kicking. The newer one is a bit more than a year old. Running side-by-side, there's little difference in the power and performance. On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 10:03 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Update - Fri Jun 10: I found a stand-alone installer for a new Windoze > Update Client from Feb 2016. It took about 20 hours to download & > install. But it seems to have helped. > > I've got a list of the dates updates were released, so I install only > the updates from a single date. The five from 11/10/2015 downloaded and > installed in less than 5 hours. > > > On 6/9/2016 5:54 PM, John wrote: > >> I expect the final solution is going to be a new laptop. Thing is, this >> one's got two hard drive bays + the optical drive. So far, Googling for >> a Laptop w/2 HDD bays AND an optical drive hasn't been too productive. >> >> If I find one, I'll blast this one & do a clean re-install of Windoze 7 >> SP1 before I put it up on Craig's list. >> >> On 6/9/2016 4:16 PM, Brian Walters wrote: >> >>> I've recently struck the same problem with my old Vista laptop. >>> Microsoft's suggested solutions all seem especially unhelpful. >>> >>> At this stage I'm just shrugging my shoulders and ignoring the updates. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Brian >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 10, 2016, at 03:40 AM, John wrote: >>> >>>> I've been trying to download Updates for my laptop. I've run into the >>>> dreaded "Downloading ... (0 KB total, 0% complete)" monster. It runs for >>>> hours without any progress. >>>> >>>> I've been running it since Monday. I'm not even really upset about it >>>> yet. I've got it sitting over on the side & I give it a nudge every once >>>> in a while. >>>> >>>> One solution recommended stopping the the Windows Update Service in Task >>>> Manager to see if it would allow installation of already downloaded >>>> updates. That gave me 3 optional updates plus a new video driver & a new >>>> driver for the touch-pad yesterday, but nothing since. >>>> >>>> None of the solutions I've found on-line have worked, except that I >>>> found a stand-alone installer for a new "Windows Update Client for >>>> Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2". That *seemed* like it might have >>>> installed. >>>> >>>> I got a BSOD immediately after it reached 100%, but when the laptop >>>> restarted I got a message under the Windoze Logo splash screen like >>>> "completing step 281 of 281" and then it went into the "updating - >>>> please wait". It finally came up to the Login screen like it's supposed >>>> to. >>>> >>>> I'm currently trying to download & install ONE update (the oldest one I >>>> could find by release date). Why doesn't Windoze just allow you to sort >>>> them by release date? >>>> >>>> Doesn't look encouraging. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Science - Questions we may never find answers for. >>>> Religion - Answers we must never question. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>>> follow the directions. >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
