On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM, William Attwood wattw...@gmail.com wrote:
Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you
purchase it and expect everything to work fine for years, you're dreaming.
Based on the age of the device, the MTF is coming up or passed on multiple
On Apr 30, 2010 8:08 AM, Josh Coates jcoa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM, William Attwood wattw...@gmail.com wrote:
Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you
purchase it and expect ever...
not to be pedantic or anything, but it's MTTF, not MTF.
Woops. My phone got sluggish there and clicked reply and send instead of
what I expected. Sorry about the unneeded noise :)
Scott.
Ps, I don't know how to bottom post from this device.
On Apr 30, 2010 8:08 AM, Josh Coates jcoa...@gmail.com wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:41...
Honestly,
On 4/30/2010 7:07 AM, Josh Coates wrote:
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM, William Attwoodwattw...@gmail.com wrote:
Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you
purchase it and expect everything to work fine for years, you're dreaming.
Based on the age of the device,
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Tod Hansmann t...@todandlorna.com wrote:
In some circles, it's Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).
um, no.
again, not to be pedantic, but MTBF is entirely different than MTTF.
-josh
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On 4/30/2010 9:46 AM, Josh Coates wrote:
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Tod Hansmann t...@todandlorna.com
mailto:t...@todandlorna.com wrote:
In some circles, it's Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF).
um, no.
again, not to be pedantic, but MTBF is entirely different than MTTF.
-josh
On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Tod Hansmann t...@todandlorna.com wrote:
Again, I /totally/ concede that they're different, in the repair/replace
detail. You know that, and I know that, but most people don't. Now
PLUG knows, though.
I know nothing about it. I only know of Mean Time
On 4/30/2010 10:08 AM, Gabriel Gunderson wrote:
I know nothing about it. I only know of Mean Time Between Win (MTBW).
Gabe
Gabe's MTBW is 23.7 minutes. Mostly Peggle.
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On Fri, April 30, 2010 10:11 am, Tod Hansmann wrote:
On 4/30/2010 10:08 AM, Gabriel Gunderson wrote:
I know nothing about it. I only know of Mean Time Between Win (MTBW).
Gabe
Gabe's MTBW is 23.7 minutes. Mostly Peggle.
Stuart's MTBW is 0 seconds. He's ALWAYS winning.
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Matthew Walker
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:01 PM, Nicholas Leippe n...@leippe.com wrote:
Yes, hard drives and optical drives are cheap and easy to replace, but
video chips are not.
So, expecting to replace a hard drive or optical drive in a used
laptop is one thing, but the motherboard is quite another.
On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 13:20 -0600, Joe C wrote:
Sorry to burst everyone's bubble but it is slightly easier to fix
because he got the NVIDIA GPU instead of the Intel GPU. The Intel GPU
is integrated while the NVIDIA GPU is listed as discrete video card.
Of course that does mean that you have to
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Stuart Jansen sjan...@buscaluz.org wrote:
My T61p's video is also listed as discrete but when my nVidia chip
died, the entire motherboard had to be replaced.
Right, discrete doesn't mean user replaceable. Just means it's a
separate chip.
well.. Unless you are
I've decided it's time to hop aboard the Mac Hype Train and get me a MacBook
Pro. Am I crazy? Probably. Regardless, the bank account will appreciate
whatever alleviation it can find, and thus I find myself selling my trusty
Dell Inspiron 1520. I bought it brand new about 2.5 years ago. It
Not trying to derail your sale--but merely clarify:
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 128 MB
Would this be the same Nvidia 8400M which is defective in the HP
dv9000 series, prone to overheating, and fated to failure (not if, but
when--usually after any warranty is out)?
Or are the Dell
Video Card:
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS, 128 MB
Would this be the same Nvidia 8400M which is defective in the HP
dv9000 series, prone to overheating, and fated to failure (not if, but
when--usually after any warranty is out)?
Or are the Dell parts from a different batch?
I was never aware
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1028703/nvidia-g84-g86-bad
http://en.community.dell.com/dell-blogs/b/direct2dell/archive/2008/09/12/nvidia-gpu-update-limited-warranty-enhancement-details.aspx
It looks like at the time of the above, the 1520 was not included in
the warranty extension,
Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you
purchase it and expect everything to work fine for years, you're dreaming.
Based on the age of the device, the MTF is coming up or passed on multiple
items. It's a used laptop, it's cheap, and can be used and fixed as needed.
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:41 PM, William Attwood wattw...@gmail.com wrote:
Honestly, with the Mean Time to Failure (MTF) of these devices, if you
purchase it and expect everything to work fine for years, you're dreaming.
Based on the age of the device, the MTF is coming up or passed on
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