Ah, OK. I've never thought to do that given what's in store.
On Nov 18, 2013 8:41 PM, "FORC5" wrote:
> web site
> buy online, take back to the store.
> I agree with what I see in the store.
> fp
>
> At 08:08 PM 11/18/2013, Joshua MacCraw Poked the stick with:
>
>> CostCo?!? The truth boils up,
My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple
of weeks old so it goes back, will not even fire up. I suspect the
cpu cooling failed but I thought modern cpu's were protected from
that sort of thing.
was a Toshiba Qosmio X75. Did run hot. i7 4700MQ
no harm at this poi
web site
buy online, take back to the store.
I agree with what I see in the store.
fp
At 08:08 PM 11/18/2013, Joshua MacCraw Poked the stick with:
CostCo?!? The truth boils up, LOL! They NEVER carry a good model of
anything intentionally. In fact every time I go in to shop I check &
giggle. Alw
CostCo?!? The truth boils up, LOL! They NEVER carry a good model of
anything intentionally. In fact every time I go in to shop I check &
giggle. Always middle of the road or lesser models, odd.
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 4:10 PM, FORC5 wrote:
> thanks to all that replied, took the Toshiba back ( g
My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple
of weeks old so it goes back, will not even fire up. I suspect the
cpu cooling failed but I thought modern cpu's were protected from
that sort of thing.
was a Toshiba Qosmio X75. Did run hot. i7 4700MQ
no harm at this poi
Excellent choice.
On Nov 19, 2013 3:11 AM, "FORC5" wrote:
> thanks to all that replied, took the Toshiba back ( gotta love Costco)
> went with a Alienware 17"
> pricey but looks well built.
> fp
>
> At 01:44 PM 11/18/2013, Julian Zottl Poked the stick with:
>
>> I wouldn't buy a Lenovo... Just lo
thanks to all that replied, took the Toshiba back ( gotta love Costco)
went with a Alienware 17"
pricey but looks well built.
fp
At 01:44 PM 11/18/2013, Julian Zottl Poked the stick with:
I wouldn't buy a Lenovo... Just look up their security issues.
HP/Dell are solid brands. I'm still lugging
Hi,
If any HWG regulars want IBM EPP pricing on either IBM certified used or
Lenovo, drop a note off list.
Being an IBMer, I can extend my employee discount to family and friends,
and this group falls in the friends category.
-Harry
On 11/18/13 3:15 PM, Winterlight wrote:
> Agreed, I have a col
Agreed, I have a collection of Thinkpads. They are real work horses.
I have never worn them out, just wanted to move up. They definitely
have the best keyboards.
At 02:01 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote:
I think the think pads are probably the best right now. Not the idea pads.
On Nov 19, 2013 12:59
I think the think pads are probably the best right now. Not the idea pads.
On Nov 19, 2013 12:59 AM, "Harry McGregor" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have to say I am happy with my 2008/2009 era macbook pro, added an SSD
> to it, and it's still going strong with a core2duo (in fact I am typing
> on it now).
>
Hi,
I have to say I am happy with my 2008/2009 era macbook pro, added an SSD
to it, and it's still going strong with a core2duo (in fact I am typing
on it now).
That being said, I don't like the glued in batteries, and other crap
they have moved to more recently, and probably won't buy another
ma
Well engineered? Pfft! Apple stopped being top notch quality when they
jumped from Motorola processors & SCSI decades ago. It's the same or
worse Taiwan or China manufacturing subcontractors that make everyone
else's products. For the amount they charge vs. identical spec "PC" it
better last a real
I have plenty of times. I meant that they still use the same IC's and
ancilliary chips as PC's. Sure their PCB is well designed and optimized no
doubt.but still.
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:20 AM, Bryan Seitz wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:18:44AM +0300, Naushad Zulfiqar w
On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 12:18:44AM +0300, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote:
> Yes, they do run hot, but somehow they do have longer life spans. I don't
> know why, the quality on the inside seems same. I find that with PC mobos
> the power regulator circuitry is the first to go. Both had that issue and
>
've seen
> (across at
> > > least a 10+ year span) run hot.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5
> > > Sent:
oun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5
> > Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:38 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: [H] laptops ?
> >
> > My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple of
> > weeks old
oun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2013 12:38 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: [H] laptops ?
>
> My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple
PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] laptops ?
My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple of
weeks old so it goes back, will not even fire up. I suspect the cpu cooling
failed but I thought modern cpu's were protected from that sort of thing.
was a
I wouldn't buy a Lenovo... Just look up their security issues.
HP/Dell are solid brands. I'm still lugging around their "portable workstation"
after 5 years and only recently has it started to fall apart.
Alienware still makes a good box
Sagers are BEASTS.
Julian
Sent from my iProduct, cause
After what I saw of the insides of a Toshiba recently I'd never buy
one. All plastic clamshell with no metal endoskeleton, worse it's
painted with copper (RF coating?) so that when pieces break off
they're conductive. Of course customer has aggression issue & beat on
it but still.
I've had the imp
My son's new Toshiba high end laptop fried, literally. Only a couple
of weeks old so it goes back, will not even fire up. I suspect the
cpu cooling failed but I thought modern cpu's were protected from
that sort of thing.
was a Toshiba Qosmio X75. Did run hot. i7 4700MQ
no harm at this poi
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Subject: Re: [H] Laptops with goofy PCIEX slot
This is the one reason why I have not picked up a sprint data card.
My current primary work laptop is a powerbook G4 (no slots), and my next
laptop (personal) will either be a Macbook or Macbook Pro (no slot, or
express p
http://www.evdoinfo.com/Events/CTIA_2006/Novatel_USB_870_EVDO_Modem_20060407720/
Harry
Ben Ruset wrote:
We have the same problem at my office. End user went out and bought an
EVDO card from Verizon and can't use it in his work laptop because
they have PCI-EX slots, and (as of a
This is the one reason why I have not picked up a sprint data card.
My current primary work laptop is a powerbook G4 (no slots), and my next
laptop (personal) will either be a Macbook or Macbook Pro (no slot, or
express port only).
EVDO Forum lists that Sprint will be coming out with a USB EV
We have the same problem at my office. End user went out and bought an
EVDO card from Verizon and can't use it in his work laptop because they
have PCI-EX slots, and (as of a few weeks ago) nobody made PCI-EX EVDO
slots.
They could always try one of these:
http://laughingsquid.com/2006/06/27/
Ok I have a client who bought some dell laptops. Instead of PCMCIa slots they
have these notched pci-ex slots. So no go on regular pcmcia cards
Which normally who cares except they have sprint wireless PCMCIA cards they
can't use :(
We've found some USB to PCMCIA adapters but everyone has them
At 07:17 PM 07/05/2005, Neil Davidson wrote:
I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one
definitely used to, but now when you close the lid it goes to standby, but
just wakes up again within a few seconds. The same happens if you manually
tell it to standby or hibernate.
Same websites is possible, but nothing out of the ordinary,
mainly just sites I visit regularly (tech news sites etc).
From:
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Anthony
Q. Martin
Sent: 09 May 2005 18:57
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Laptops not stayin
At 02:52 PM 09/05/2005, Neil Davidson wrote:
Adaware reports only 17 object and they are all cookies. I really have no
idea about this. My work laptop which does the same now, has a corporate
anti virus (I forget if it is Symantec of MacAfee). so I'm sure it isn't a
virus.
You run one AV and you
n I
guess others would be seeing it too. Same websites is possible, but nothing out
of the ordinary, mainly just sites I visit regularly (tech news sites
etc).
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Q.
MartinSent: 09 May 2005 18:57To: The Hardware
ListSubje
Are they the same brand/model of laptop? Did you recently install the
same software on both machines? Been to the same websites?
Neil Davidson wrote:
Adaware reports only 17 object
and they are all cookies. I really have no idea about this. My work
laptop which does the same now, h
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
FORC5Sent: 08 May 2005 01:45To: The Hardware
ListSubject: RE: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or
hibernate
scanned for spyware ? sounds like something is waking it
up.fp]At 04:45 PM 5/7/2005, Neil Davidson Poked the stick with:
When I close the lid :
sta
seconds
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of FORC5
Sent: 08 May 2005 00:35
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate
what is it set to do in power management when the led is shut ?
>:-}
At 03:17 PM
00:35
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate
what is it set to do in power management when the led is shut ?
>:-}
At 03:17 PM 5/7/2005, Neil Davidson Poked the stick with:
Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate
mo
what is it set to do in power management when the led is
shut ?
>:-}
At 03:17 PM 5/7/2005, Neil Davidson Poked the stick with:
Anyone come across XP laptops
not staying in standby or hibernate modes?
I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work
one
definitely used to, but
58
To: The Hardware List
Subject: Re: [H] Laptops not staying in standby or hibernate
Go into the BIOS setup and make sure that options like "Wake on LAN" are not
enabled.
Gary VanderMolen
- Original Message -
> Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibern
Go into the BIOS setup and make sure that options like
"Wake on LAN" are not enabled.
Gary VanderMolen
- Original Message -
Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate modes?
I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one
definitely used to, bu
Anyone come across XP laptops not staying in standby or hibernate modes?
I have two here (personal and work) that just won't sleep. My work one
definitely used to, but now when you close the lid it goes to standby, but
just wakes up again within a few seconds. The same happens if you manually
tell
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