Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread Stephen Partington
If I can afford it I always get the warranty. On Aug 30, 2014 4:47 PM, Mark Phillips m...@phillipsmarketing.biz wrote: For all of you System 76 users, do you recommend the extended warranty for 3 years? In other words, do you find you need this warranty, or is the standard 1 year warranty

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread John J. Macey
I always get the 3-year plan. And, it has been well worth it. I now have an H-P Ultrabook, which is ultra-portable, and have added drop / accident production. I bought my machine from Amazon, and think the additional 3-year plan totaled $150. On 08/31/2014 10:19 AM, Stephen Partington

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread Brian Cluff
I was going to write a long reply to this message, but Joseph wrote almost exactly what I was going to say. If you treat your laptop well and carry it in a padded bag and don't run it in harsh environments, you'll almost certainly not need it. I tend to get the insurance for my cellphones

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread Mark Phillips
Thanks to everyone who replied - I agree with the consensus that if one treats a laptop with a little care, it will last a long time and the extended warranty is not needed. I was really interested in people's experiences with System 76 hardware. Do they make high quality long lasting

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread kitepilot
My experience with System 76 was less than stellar. I will not buy from them again. ET Mark Phillips writes: For all of you System 76 users, do you recommend the extended warranty for 3 years? In other words, do you find you need this warranty, or is the standard 1 year warranty enough?

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2014-08-31 Thread Michael Havens
I'm at the stage where I tell it my locale. NOw I'm sure that I'm en_US but what are the other options? en_US, en_US.iso88591, en_US.utf8 :-)~MIKE~(-: --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread techlists
I agree with both Brian and Joseph. I take the cheap approach to buying hardware. I am a LAMP developer and do not play games nor do any heavy duty graphics editing ETC. So I can get away with cheaper less powerful hardware. That is not so much an issue any longer. I bought my fist

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread Lyle Tuttle
At 12:34 PM 8/31/2014, Brian Cluff wrote: I was going to write a long reply to this message, but Joseph wrote almost exactly what I was going to say. If you treat your laptop well and carry it in a padded bag and don't run it in harsh environments, you'll almost certainly not need it. snip,

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread der.hans
Am 30. Aug, 2014 schwätzte Mark Phillips so: moin moin, For all of you System 76 users, do you recommend the extended warranty for 3 years? In other words, do you find you need this warranty, or is the standard 1 year warranty enough? I have mostly heard good things about System 76, but have

Re: Question About System 76 Hardware

2014-08-31 Thread Ed
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 3:29 PM, der.hans pl...@lufthans.com wrote: Am 30. Aug, 2014 schwätzte Mark Phillips so: moin moin, For all of you System 76 users, do you recommend the extended warranty for 3 years? In other words, do you find you need this warranty, or is the standard 1 year

Re: 7.13

2014-08-31 Thread James Mcphee
en_US.UTF8 if you want to use the one true character set. jmcphee@locus ~ :) $ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at the stage where I tell it my locale. NOw I'm sure that I'm en_US but what are the other options? en_US,

Re: 7.13

2014-08-31 Thread Michael Havens
got it! thanks! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 10:36 PM, James Mcphee jmc...@gmail.com wrote: en_US.UTF8 if you want to use the one true character set. jmcphee@locus ~ :) $ locale LANG=en_US.UTF-8 On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Michael Havens bmi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm at