When you mention the Acer surviving overheating, I am assuming it was a human instigated event, where perhaps the laptop had vent holes on the bottom that were blocked while on somebody's lap? I know I ran into that with a friend's daughter's Toshiba - a very high end Toshiba. She told me the laptop would shut down on its own, and would not restart for a while, and after restarting would shut down by itself very shortly afterward. I ran it all night long on top of a desk, and had it processing some very intense programs just to get the CPU buried and put off max heat. It never missed a beat. I then looked underneath, and sure enough, lots of venting slots were on one side, in a perfect position to get blocked with pants or a skirt. When she picked up the unit I told her the laptop could not be fixed, waited for the long face, then told her the human using it had to be fixed. She was astounded, but when I called a week later to see how it was running she said it never shut down after that, and she was being very careful to not block the vent holes.
Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of David Smith > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 9:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Laptop Recommendations > > My vote right now is for Acer. My daughter's Acer survived overheating, > spilled soft drinks, cheetos dust, getting slammed around in the back > of her > car, numerous drops ( including one really exciting down the stairs > roll I > got to witness first hand) and all the other torture and neglect a high > school girl can inflict on hardware. The only thing I've had to replace > is > the power adapter, which was covered under warranty and shipped to my > home > in under three days. My girl has moved on to a college-level HP and my > bride > now uses the Acer as her sofa-surfer. > > Dave > > David Smith > Systems Administrator > Doan Family of Dealerships > (585) 352-6600 ext.1730 > [email protected] > www.upstatedigitools.com > > This message may contain confidential and/or proprietary information, > and is > intended for the person/entity for whom it was originally addressed. > Any use > by others is strictly prohibited > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On > Behalf Of Gilbert M. Hale > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:55 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [NF] Laptop Recommendations > > Well, I have never had an IBM laptop fail for me, so they must be best. > Oh, > wait a minute, I never owned an IBM laptop (or the Chinese company that > the > bush (non)administration allowed to purchase the IBM laptop business). > So > maybe that is why I never had one that failed... > > Seriously, my best laptops were Sony Vaio units, although I had one > Compaq > Presario laptop that my daughter still uses to this day (and hates to > think > she would have to replace it any time soon), and several HP laptops, > including my current ze2000 that runs 2Gb RAM and a 160Gb hard drive > (both > upgrades I installed). Runs great with XP Pro and Linux 8.10 Desktop > 32 bit > OS. Never a problem with any of them. > > Gil > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > > [email protected]] On Behalf Of John > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 8:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [NF] Laptop Recommendations > > > > Hmm, you've had 2 of those. I've had 5 Acers, so that means Acer is > > the best! > > > > John Harvey > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of Stephen Weeks > > Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 2009 5:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [NF] Laptop Recommendations > > > > > > I've had my share of laptops HP, IBM etc. but the Toshiba Satellite > > Pro is the king of laptops, I'm on my second one ,the first one was > > totalled in a car crash, I was driving, not the laptop:) > > > > Regards > > Steve > > -- > > Stephen Weeks > > [email protected] > > > > -- > > http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
