On 3/31/2014 10:00 AM, John wrote:
On 3/30/2014 10:09 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 2/15/2014 9:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell
wrote:
FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
nose.
We can do that.???
Sure, you can pick
On 3/30/2014 10:09 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On 2/15/2014 9:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell
wrote:
FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
nose.
We can do that.???
Sure, you can pick your friends, you can pick you nose
On 2/15/2014 9:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote:
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
nose.
We can do that.???
Sure, you can pick your friends, you can pick you nose, but you can't
pick your friend's nose.
He doesn't - he's just asked me to reconfigure it to only play videos!
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Aahz Maruch
Sent: Saturday, 15 February 2014 12:37 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Com
Well yeah, *that* sucks. :-(
support for Lenovo in Norway is served by a contracted independent vendor.
I've read experiences with them as being very choosy about the kind of
failures they're willing to provide service for. Sifting out the clear-cut
warranty issues where they can pass the bill
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>
> FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
> nose.
We can do that.???
Dave
>
>
> Cheers,
> Cotty
>
>
> ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate,
> || (O) |Web Video Production
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> ___
On Feb 15, 2014, at 3:37 am, Aahz Maruch wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014, John Coyle wrote:
>>
>> My stepson is still using my ThinkPad from about the same time - with
>> Windows ME, no less!
>
> Either he never connects to the Internet or it's infested with malware.
I just got my old Win ME mac
On 14/02/2014 4:39 PM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote:
Sorry to hear your experience, Bill.
My previous workplace used Lenovos. All business model ThinkPads, in
various sizes and over many processor generations. The total inhouse
stock of them was about 40-50 machines at any time. They were
extr
more
>> than a year or so, so it was defective - 'not up to purpose' is the
>> legal phrase, I think.
>>
>> John Coyle
>> Brisbane, Australia
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill
>&g
On 14/02/2014 11:41 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
It's your fault, really. I was quite prepared to buy the wife a new
computer until you suggested how easy keyboard replacement is.
If that EVF is not up to Saskatchavision, my name will be mud.
I was
On 14/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
>It's your fault, really. I was quite prepared to buy the wife a new
>computer until you suggested how easy keyboard replacement is.
If that EVF is not up to Saskatchavision, my name will be mud.
--
Cheers,
Cotty
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On 14/02/2014 11:07 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 14/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
(new Fuji is also on the way).
Now I'm really pissed.
It's your fault, really. I was quite prepared to buy the wife a new
computer until you suggested how easy keyboard replacement is.
bill
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On 14/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
>(new Fuji is also on the way).
Now I'm really pissed.
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I also have a Toshiba Satellite, and I'm pretty sure it must be at least
as old as yours. It also came preloaded with Windoze Vista, which I
never quite took a shine to.
It came with two hard drives 160 GB & 240 GB, which I've subsequently
replaced with a 500 GB & a 1 TB drive. It has the 4 GB ma
On 2/13/2014 6:20 PM, Bill wrote:
On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote:
They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They
weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was
ROCK SOLID.
Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays?
Th
ore
than a year or so, so it was defective - 'not up to purpose' is the
legal phrase, I think.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill
Sent: Friday, 14 February 2014 7:33 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Su
On 2/13/2014 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 13/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer.
Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo.
FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
nose. There will be a video on Youtube
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
> On 13/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer.
>>
>>Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo.
>
> FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
> nose. There will
On 13/02/2014 10:10 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2014-02-13 14:32 Bill wrote
but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home
computer
beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address.
given the above premise, i suggest she ditch the laptop and switch
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014, steve harley wrote:
> on 2014-02-13 14:32 Bill wrote
>>
>>but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home
>>computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home
>>email address.
>
> given the above premise, i suggest she ditch the laptop an
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014, Bill wrote:
>
> I only have two criteria that must be met.
> It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo.
MacBook Pro, then.
(And while I'm making a funny, I'm not kidding, either.)
--
Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014, John Coyle wrote:
>
> My stepson is still using my ThinkPad from about the same time - with
> Windows ME, no less!
Either he never connects to the Internet or it's infested with malware.
--
Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/
On Feb 14, 2014, at 12:07 pm, John Coyle wrote:
> In Australia, the law is that the retailer has responsibility for repairs to
> defective items - and ,
> IMHO, a keyboard should last more than a year or so, so it was defective -
> 'not up to purpose' is
> the legal phrase, I think.
The law is
on 2014-02-13 14:32 Bill wrote
but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer
beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home email address.
given the above premise, i suggest she ditch the laptop and switch to a tablet
plus a bluetooth keyboard; i wi
Bill and John,
First, as somebody already wrote in this thread, one should distinguish
between the "enterprise" and "consumer" levels of the laptops.
There is usually a clear difference in the quality as well as the build
quality, and is typically reflected in the price.
As for the brands, I hav
essage- From: Rick Womer
> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:48 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
>
> My workplace supplies one with a Lenovo laptop unless one scrapes together
> funds to buy something else.
>
> The damned things
Elitebook are enterprise class machines. Most still ship with Win7 or Win7
Pro as that is what businesses demand.
jm
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Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:48 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
My workplace supplies one with a
My workplace supplies one with a Lenovo laptop unless one scrapes together
funds to buy something else.
The damned things are as disposable as Kleenex. I've had my MacBook Pro for
over 5 years (knock on wood), and a colleague has been through 3 Lenovo laptops
in the same time, with less intens
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I have a 7 year old Toshiba Satellite that is still running well. The dual core
processor and 4 gigs
of ram are good enough to support Photoshop CS5.1. It's taken its licks over
the years and the pins
that hold the top cover/screen down broke off
I have a 7 year old Toshiba Satellite that is still running well. The
dual core processor and 4 gigs of ram are good enough to support
Photoshop CS5.1. It's taken its licks over the years and the pins that
hold the top cover/screen down broke off when I dropped it a few years
ago, but otherwis
: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers
On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, "Bill" wrote:
>
> A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines
> aren't the best there is,
but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer
beyond a bit of web
s
On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, "Bill" wrote:
>
> A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines
> aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife does
> nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even
> have a home email ad
On 13/02/2014 4:03 PM, John wrote:
They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They
weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was
ROCK SOLID.
Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays?
That was my next question.
I only hav
nt: Friday, 14 February 2014 7:33 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: OT: Lenovo Computers
A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines aren't
the best there is,
but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home computer
beyond a bit of w
On 13/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed:
>Note to self, do not EVER buy another Lenovo computer.
>
>Friends don't let friends buy Lenovo.
FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your
nose. There will be a video on Youtube somewhere of how to do it. And a
replacement
They used to be good quality back when IBM owned the company. They
weren't the fastest or the most bang for the buck, but their quality was
ROCK SOLID.
Who does give you good value for your money in a laptop PC nowadays?
On 2/13/2014 4:32 PM, Bill wrote:
A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo la
A year ago, I bought my wife a Lenovo laptop. Apparently these machines
aren't the best there is, but this was for very light home use, my wife
does nothing with a home computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She
doesn't even have a home email address.
Anyway, she told me a month ago that the keyb
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