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by **Don_HH2K** » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 5:44 pm

So how much did it set you back?

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by **richard mitnick** » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 6:01 pm

Antony-

Use it in good health.

There is something about laptops. I have two desktops, but five laptops, including my really really good Asus netbook.

I have always liked laptops, even when they played second fiddle to desktops, which they certainly do no now. My colleague thought that they were destined for the scrap heap.

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by **iJohnE** » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 6:27 pm

My HP-Compaq DC5100 has been upgraded!

I upgraded the motherboard to an HP DC7600, which has a PCI-e 16x slot. I also threw in a 3.40Ghz Pentium D 945 to replace the Pentium 4, along with 4 1 gig sticks of DDR2 800 memory.

She flies with Windows 7.

System rating of 4.9.

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by **richard mitnick** » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 6:34 pm

John-

You do amazing work, They need you at Carnegie-Mellon.

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by **iJohnE** » Mon 01 Aug, 2011 6:47 pm

richard mitnick wrote:John-

You do amazing work, They need you at Carnegie-Mellon.

Thank you Richard. I'm not actually that smart when it comes to computers, someone like Don would be much more suited for Carnegie-Mellon than I.

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2011 12:06 am

Don_HH2K wrote:So how much did it set you back?

It is the cheapest laptop I've ever bought. Mind you, I've only had 4 laptops in my life, 1 Dell “regular PC laptop”, and 3 good quality Apple laptops. The price is at another threat.

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by **Antony** » Tue 02 Aug, 2011 3:25 am

richard mitnick wrote:Antony-

Use it in good health.

Thanks Richard,
I always use with great care. ;-)

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by **Don_HH2K** » Wed 12 Oct, 2011 3:27 pm

I replaced the keyboard on my laptop after the Page Up and D keys stopped working. I believe the only original parts left in the laptop are the CPU, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth cards, and the hard drive, with everything else having been swapped out at some point.

Sad fact: I'm on my third screen, second screen assembly, second motherboard, third pair of hinges, second DVD burner, second keyboard, second trackpad/fingerprint reader assembly, second chassis, ... I'm thankful for eBay.

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by **richard mitnick** » Wed 12 Oct, 2011 3:35 pm

Reminds me of my father's hammer. You know the joke.

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by **Antony** » Wed 12 Oct, 2011 9:35 pm

Was that the laptop I once referred to it as "superfast"?

Don_HH2K wrote:... I'm thankful for eBay.

I thought you told me that you hated eBay.

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by **Don_HH2K** » Thu 13 Oct, 2011 8:37 am

Yes, this is the same laptop - it turned five several months ago and is going on six years of service.

That was six years ago - and while my privacy issues concerning eBay and PayPal still stand, there's sadly no other place where I can source parts as cheaply or as readily.

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by **Antony** » Thu 13 Oct, 2011 5:15 pm

My PowerBook G4's HHD failed once, and it was replaced. It had been on service for many many many years until Laurent bought his iMac late last year.

My MacBook Pro was fine and still is fine. No parts were ever replaced.

My MacBook Air is still fine, no service needed yet.

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by **Don_HH2K** » Thu 13 Oct, 2011 8:04 pm

I get the feeling that your laptops don't get anywhere near the amount of abuse that mine does.

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by **Antony** » Fri 14 Oct, 2011 12:52 am

Why do you abuse your laptop? So you can show the world how strong your laptop is?

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by **Don_HH2K** » Fri 14 Oct, 2011 8:55 am

No, because it's fulfilling its day-to-day duties that way: coming around with me all over the place in my backpack. Easy.

Anyway... More laptops today.

16 this time, beating my old record of 15 by one. Thirteen are 2.13GHz Pentium-Ms with 1GB of RAM; one is a ThinkPad R50e (specs unknown), and two others are Dell Latitude CPx'es with 650MHz and 500MHz P3s and 128MB of RAM.

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