In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Norman Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Thanks, Norman. A really good review of your experiences. I have just had a portable PC reconfigured as a mirror of the system at work - with Windows XP and some M$ software, and PhotoShop CS. Although I can now add my own software installs too. Previously I had it configured as a mirror that was restricted use only, because it had an awful program called SIMS that we have to use for administration work. >My own experiences with Laptops are as follows : > >Sony PCG-FR315S laptop, 512 MB RAM and a P4 processor running about 2.3 >GHz. Can't remember when I got it, it was around 2003, no later than >December 2003. > >Running Windows XP (Only for work) and Linux - for everything else. >Mandrake of various flavours, then Suse 10.0, 10.1, 10.2 and now 10.3. > >Worked well for ages then one day, restarting after an overnight shut >down, a message "no Operating System found" Hmmm. > >A quick look around with Knoppix showed that the hard disc (Hitachi >Travelstar 60 GB) had died horribly in its sleep. > >New Samsung 80GB drive fitted, restored Windows from the CD, >repartitioned, reinstalled Linux. All well and good again. > >Recently, the keyboard expired - usual thing, some keys not working. >Impossible to get one, Sony UK advised me to contact my local dealer, >local Sony Centre didn't bother to reply. No more business for them then! > >Tried all over, but no spares to be had. Finally found one on eBay but >was outbid at the last moment. Found another and clicked on 'buy it >now'. Easy to fit and it has worked ok since then. > >I'm happy. This laptop has been all over the country for years and lived >in the boot of my car at times too. Only problems have been the above, >battery life is abysmal - but it was in those days. Oh, plus it's a >heavy b*gger!! > >Runs Oracle 10g databases on Linux and Windows (well, it did!) quite >happily - and that's what I do for a living, so that is most useful. > >I'm considering whether or not it's worth adding another 512 MB of RAM. >I suspect it might well be. > > >Cheers, >Norman. -- Malcolm Cadman _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
