Consulting firm I did some work for ran a handful of Novatech laptops far
longer than they or I thought was feasible for the spec or the money. Not
bomb-proof but surprising nonetheless.
On 12 January 2012 23:33, Vic wrote:
>
> > Pretty much all the laptops I was interested in came up as only
>
> Pretty much all the laptops I was interested in came up as only
> being instock at Portsmouth.
There is an active Novatech forum. Whilst there are a substantial number
of idiots on it, there are also some very knowledgeable and helpful
people.
If you've got a specific question on Linux compati
On Thursday 12 January 2012 23:09:46 alan c wrote:
> On 12/01/12 22:05, Samuel Penn wrote:
> > On Thursday 12 January 2012 17:28:41 Paul Tansom wrote:
> >> On a related note, does anyone have any experience of the laptops sold
> >> by Novatech? I'm considering whether to use them for a no-OS instal
On 12/01/12 22:05, Samuel Penn wrote:
> On Thursday 12 January 2012 17:28:41 Paul Tansom wrote:
>> On a related note, does anyone have any experience of the laptops sold by
>> Novatech? I'm considering whether to use them for a no-OS installed laptop
>> to put Linux on, so if anyone knows of hardwa
On Thursday 12 January 2012 17:28:41 Paul Tansom wrote:
> On a related note, does anyone have any experience of the laptops sold by
> Novatech? I'm considering whether to use them for a no-OS installed laptop
> to put Linux on, so if anyone knows of hardware issues with any current
> ones, or build
On 12 January 2012 17:36, Daniel Llewellyn wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom wrote:
>
>> OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone
>> bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something
>> completely
>> different when the economics of
On 12/01/12 18:50, Michael Daffin wrote:
> I had a Novatech Laptop a couple years ago, had a few problems during
> its life including having to send it back to get its screen fixed. It
> died completely after just over a year... my sister had the same model
> and it died sooner.
>
The last company
I had a Novatech Laptop a couple years ago, had a few problems during its
life including having to send it back to get its screen fixed. It
died completely after just over a year... my sister had the same model and
it died sooner.
It could have just been that one model, but either way I don't trus
> just trying to work out now how I can set
> up an SSH tunnel to somewhere and forward other apps' traffic over the
> tunnel. Anyone here done this?
Yes, it's absolutely trivial.
>From the list of connections, just hold the one you want to set up. You'll
get a context menu, and one of the optio
I have an Android device on 2.3.5, not rooted, using the built in PPTP
client just dandy.
I have a rooted 3.0.1 device, again I use the built in PPTP client just
dandy. The only difference is that on my 3.0.1 device, when I get round to
it, I will install an OpenVPN client. I have ConnectBot (an S
** Daniel Llewellyn [2012-01-12 17:40]:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom wrote:
> > OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone
> > bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something
> > completely
> > different when the economics of contracts
> Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN
> client
The others have addressed VPN functionality within Android, but that's not
quite how I do it.
I use ConnectBot to set up a SSH tunnel to my server, and route various
protocols over that.
It doesn't require root acce
> On a related note, does anyone have any experience of the laptops sold by
> Novatech?
I've got a couple in my repair pile.
That's not sufficient to say anything meaningful, but I don't see any
common problems (like I sometimes do with certain other manufacturers).
> build quality issues
They
On 12 January 2012 17:32, Paul Tansom wrote:
> Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client
> that will hook into a Linux based VPN (specifically that used by DD-WRT which
> I
> now run on an old Virgin supplied D-Link router I picked up of Freegle and
> reflashed).
On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 17:32, Paul Tansom wrote:
> OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone
> bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something
> completely
> different when the economics of contracts came into play!
>
> Anyway, having played with it
OK, I've finally taken the plunge and jumped on the Android smartphone
bandwaggon - thanks for all the suggestions, I went for something completely
different when the economics of contracts came into play!
Anyway, having played with it for a while I am now looking for a VPN client
that will hook i
** Full Circle Podcast [2012-01-12 17:19]:
> For what it's worth, everyone I know who's bought either E-Systems or
> E-Machines branded kit (laptops and desktops) has had reliability troubles.
>
> Bargain bucket pricing means bargain bucket build quality.
** end quote [Full Circle Podcast]
On a
My wife had an eMachines PC many years ago that was very unstable - USB/sound
only working periodically. Unsurprisingly in hindsight a few months later the
PSU blew up and took out the motherboard, RAM and CPU with it. HDD survived,
thankfully! I wouldn't trust them again after that.
Benjie.
For what it's worth, everyone I know who's bought either E-Systems or
E-Machines branded kit (laptops and desktops) has had reliability troubles.
Bargain bucket pricing means bargain bucket build quality.
RC
On 12 January 2012 02:18, Michael Daffin wrote:
> These days I don't think it makes mu
> One thing I have noticed from the Tesco pics, one laptop has what appears
> Also, with amusement, Tesco indicate the Asus comes with 802.11b !
>
> Bob.
Thanks, Bob, nice catch. The VGA output certainly swings the balance in
favour of the Toshiba. I'm not too worried about wireless, It's a nice t
Hi Tim,
One thing I have noticed from the Tesco pics, one laptop has what appears to be
VGA out while the other has HDMI. I mention this if you are going to connect
into someone's projector (for your presentations).
Also, with amusement, Tesco indicate the Asus comes with 802.11b !
Bob.
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