Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-03-31 Thread John
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 co...@seeingeye.tv 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,

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-03-31 Thread P.J. Alling
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 co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your nose. We can do that.???

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-03-30 Thread P.J. Alling
On 2/15/2014 9:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv 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

RE: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-16 Thread John Coyle
He doesn't - he's just asked me to reconfigure it to only play videos! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- 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 Computers

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv 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 --

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Aahz Maruch
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/

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Aahz Maruch
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/

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Aahz Maruch
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 and switch

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Bill
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Attila Boros
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 1:05 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv 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.

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread John
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread John
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?

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread John
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 max

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 14/2/14, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: (new Fuji is also on the way). Now I'm really pissed. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Bill
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 --

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Steve Cottrell
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 ___/\__Broadcast,

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread Bill
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-14 Thread David Mann
On Feb 15, 2014, at 3:37 am, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com 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

OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Bill
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread John
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Bill
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Bob W-PDML
On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com 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

RE: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread John Coyle
: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers On 13 Feb 2014, at 21:34, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com 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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Mark C
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

RE: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread John Coyle
Subject: Re: OT: Lenovo Computers 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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Rick Womer
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

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
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 have

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-02-13 Thread steve harley
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