$5? $50? Come on, this isn't a Gump or a Kaleb Special.
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$5? $50? Come on, this isn't a Gump or a Kaleb
rumor has it that [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Panasonic Toughbooks are everything they say they are, hell the
military uses them in the field and law enforcement equips vehicles
with them. damn good laptop, but you'll pay big $$ for one. worth it
though
From: Fmiser [EMAIL PROTECTED]
rumor
rumor has it that Loren wrote:
Gateways seem to be disasters, Dells , as you say have problems, and I
know of problems with sony and toshiba too. Nobody I know uses thinkpads,
and they are no longer IBM.
Bummer Doesn't leave much to choose from except no-names
This old dell
anyone out there in want/need of a 14 iBook? I bought it for school this
year, but have had no use for it. 1.42 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 60GB HD. OS X
Tiger and Microsoft Office X already installed.
On 1/15/06, OK Don [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The toughbook series has a good reputation, though it's
I may be taking a job for a local newspaper which does everything on a
MAC OSX platform. If I get the job, I may be in the market for a Mac.
How much are you asking for it?
Lee
Sunil Hari wrote:
anyone out there in want/need of a 14 iBook? I bought it for school this
year, but have had no
make me an offer, and it's yours.
On 1/15/06, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I may be taking a job for a local newspaper which does everything on a
MAC OSX platform. If I get the job, I may be in the market for a Mac.
How much are you asking for it?
Lee
Sunil Hari wrote:
anyone out
Miata
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Sent: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 00:50:00 -0600
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rumor has it that Loren wrote:
Gateways seem to be disasters, Dells , as you say have problems, and I
: Sunday, January 15, 2006 5:46 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for the Mac guys
$5
I await your counter offer
On 1/15/06, Sunil Hari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
make me an offer, and it's yours.
On 1/15/06, Lee Einer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I may be taking a job for a local
On Sunday, Jan 15, 2006, at 13:59 US/Eastern, Sunil Hari wrote:
anyone out there in want/need of a 14 iBook? I bought it for school
this
year, but have had no use for it. 1.42 GHz, 512 MB RAM, 60GB HD. OS X
Tiger and Microsoft Office X already installed.
Maybe. Hit me off-list.
Johnny B
I'm not really fond of Dell computers for a number of reasons, but
reliability isn't one of them -- we have them at work, and the only
problem we've had is when someone used methylene chloride base
degreaser on a keyboard -- hence I have a slightly melted, although
fully functional, keyboard.
I have an Inspiron 4000 that I bought from an acquaintance after the
screen/top hinge broke on one side. Bought new hinges off of eBay, and
replaced them. We used to buy Compaq laptops at work, and I've taken a
few apart for various reasons over the years. I couldn't believe the
difference in
Curt Raymond wrote:
Interesting, I've had my Inspiron 8500 for 2 1/2 years now. Today I poppd the K
key off to get something out from under it (bit of fingernail it turned out)
and broke the key. I called Dell support (smart IT manager got us gold support
which is good until November) and
Peter Frederick wrote:
I'm not really fond of Dell computers for a number of reasons, but
reliability isn't one of them -- we have them at work, and the only
problem we've had is when someone used methylene chloride base
degreaser on a keyboard -- hence I have a slightly melted, although
I've worked on Macs for years, and the only model I can think of that
is failure-prone is the original, Bondi Blue iMac. My brother in
law's Lombard Powerbook has been an ongoing problem for him, but that
*may* be due in part that he likes to tinker with things.
My 800MHz G4 17 flat panel
. On mine you can tell
exactly how I rest my thumb to use the spacebar.
I do think my 8500 feels cheap but I can't complain at all about it...
-Curt
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:19:15 -0800
From: David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Q for the Mac guys
To: Mercedes
My daughter has an ibook G3 700 that died. The blasted thing was never
right. The usual logic board problems. Between the university and Apple,
they never would repair the thing under the warranty or the extended logic
board repair program.
Does anyone have any chains to yank at Apple?
Loren:
The best place to look is eBay -- I see logic boards there all the time.
I've always avoided new Apple products, buy them used (currently using
a rather tired G3 beige and a Wallstreet Powerbook).
Have you done any research on the G3 700? Apple products can be
somewhat tempermental,
The audio died almost right away. The university shop diagnosed that as a
logic board failure, but said Apple wouldn't cover it under warranty. Now
the thing won't boot. University shop diagnosed that as a dead logic
board, again not covered under the Apple extended logic board replacement
Loren:
I did some reading, seems that model is, well, problematic.
The rush to meet the need for very light, very fast, large screen
laptops is probably most of the problem -- all the models that run
forever are pretty solid.
The battery problem could be the charge card, or a bad battery
As for past performance, I have a Mac II fx I got used (no way I'd pay
$10,000 for a computer, even if it WAS the fastest desktop available!)
-- still runs great after 15 years.
The beauty about surfing the trailing edge, and a 240D is nothing
if not that, is that you are buying the _best_
Are you thinking that the sound and no start could all be caused by dead
batteries? This implies the techs at the university (an approved Apple
repair center) are wrong. I'd guess on a laptop that the pram battery is
soldered in: ie: replace the board.
Before I take it apart and sell the
Jim Cathey wrote:
Unfortunately I don't expect the move to Intel (ugh) to do anything
for the quality of their products. In fact, I don't see why Intel
will even continue to develop high-quality stuff (assuming they ever
did, of course) as there will be nearly zero competition. Of course
I'll still take a Mac over a PC -- I'm in the process of raising the
dead yet again on a PC box -- buddy of mine has a Vaio desktop that
won't boot -- probably a disk problem that any number of Mac utilities
will easily fix, but since I can't boot the damned thing with any of my
external
find a copy of Knoppix or the like. Linux, self-contained on 1 bootable
CD rom. VERY handy for this kind of diag/repair.
On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:04:19 -0600, Peter Frederick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'll still take a Mac over a PC -- I'm in the process of raising the
dead yet again on a
Sorry, I didn't intend to start a Mac vs Winders thread here. I just
wanted to pick the brains of some of the good Mac guys here.
At 09:57 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote:
Jim Cathey wrote:
Unfortunately I don't expect the move to Intel (ugh) to do anything
for the quality of their products. In
Loren:
A new battery may cure some of the strangeness. On the other hand, do
you really want to drop $100 on it?
Peter
Not unless I have reason to believe the diagnosis is wrong.
At 10:26 PM 1/11/2006, you wrote:
Loren:
A new battery may cure some of the strangeness. On the other hand, do
you really want to drop $100 on it?
Peter
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On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 21:23:32 -0600, Loren Faeth wrote
even have a 6-7 year old Dell laptop that is still running, and that
is really something.
Maybe more than you know. My experience with Dell laptops hasn't been good.
They're kind of flimsy and eventually develop problems due to too much
Gateways seem to be disasters, Dells , as you say have problems, and I
know of problems with sony and toshiba too. Nobody I know uses thinkpads,
and they are no longer IBM.
Bummer Doesn't leave much to choose from except no-names
This old dell weighs about 28 pounds. Probably why it
My friend had an old G3 laptop with the same logic board issue, but because
she had the AppleCare warranty, they kept fixing it over and over again at
no cost to her. She recently bought a Powerbook G4 and is really happy.
I've had an iBook G4 for 1.5 years now with great success.
On 1/12/06,
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Subject: [MBZ] Q for the Mac guys
My daughter has an ibook G3 700 that died. The blasted thing was never
right. The usual logic board problems. Between the university and Apple,
they never would repair the thing under the warranty or the extended logic
The Latitude C640 I'm using right now is on its 3rd keyboard/trackpad. If I
leave it sitting on the desktop it does fine, but if I really use it like a
laptop was intended, the crappy plastic case flexes and eventually breaks
the trackpads. Very poor design.
Unfortunately, the company I work for
: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 00:16:09 -0500
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even have a 6
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