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| Originally posted by El Kay Dee no doubt....affordable as well.. however Toshiba laptops FTW |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Of course, but their Inspiron laptops are piles of shit. I've never used a more fragile laptop. The Latitudes are quality though. |
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| Originally posted by Skipper This story is making the rounds @ work with great success (I work for a dell competitor) |
There are only 3 or 4 actual manufacturers of laptops in the world, you all know that right? All these companies just have their fancypants cases for them and branding.
Also, IBM has gone to fucking shit now that Lenovo owns their PC business.
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 There are only 3 or 4 actual manufacturers of laptops in the world, you all know that right? All these companies just have their fancypants cases for them and branding. |
Is that the laptop you can throw across the room and it doesn't break?
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| Originally posted by El Kay Dee PS. i wanna get an alienware laptop |
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| Originally posted by El Kay Dee MDG? heh |
lol
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| Originally posted by Misanthrope Is that the laptop you can throw across the room and it doesn't break? |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Macbook Pro, more like Firebook Pro  |
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| Originally posted by Stingray This was true in 1999. Now they make cheap, run-of-the-mill computers for people who have friends that told them that Dell is the best thing in the world. |
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| Originally posted by adi26 Nope...This is a very sweet technology...The chances of this system catching fire is a 100 times lesser than those for PCs |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Well this shit happens pretty often, dude. The bigger problem though is massive overheating in them. Apples aren't the end-all-be-all of computers, they're just as shitty as every other machine out there. |
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| Originally posted by adi26 I am sure it happens but the whole point of the adapter is the magnetic connection which is known to be less vulnerable compared to pin, that is electric connections... |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 What? The magnetic part does nothing but hold the connector in place, there is still a physical pin-to-pin connection between the cable and the laptop itself. The Magsafe thing is merely to prevent people from ripping a laptop off a table if they trip over the cord because it doesn't have a clip that holds the connector onto the laptop itself. It's not safer for fire hazards at all, just keeps the laptop in check. |
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| Originally posted by adi26 Yea ur right...I was thinking about something else...sorry Oh butt....I posted this on the mac pc thread too but... Top Ten Reasons for Upgrading to a PC instead of a Mac: 1. You enjoy reading computer manuals 2. Buying parts 'not included' is your idea of being patriotic 3. Blaming it on the PC is a great excuse... for anything 4. Tech support is your idea of telephone dating 5. Your favorite computer game is figuring out where your files are 6. You look forward to today's new virus (or worm, or both) 7. You like listening to telephone support hold-button music 8. Letting the kids play on the Mac next door frees your time (eliminates after-school kid sitters) 9. You think Bill Gates deserves the money 10. You have nothing better to do with all the extra time |
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| Originally posted by zokissima PC vs MAC architecture |
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| Originally posted by zokissima Wait until MACS are as widespread as PCs (granted it'll take a while) then we'll see about their inherent stability. Those are the same old arguments I get from the Unix-pushing crowd. There's gotta be better than that... |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 They're the same now. x86. Macs are just PCs in fancy packaging with UNIX underpinnings. |
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| Originally posted by adi26 Do you know whats the difference b/w the DOS vs. UNIX underpinnings.. |
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In the largest electronics-related recall involving the Consumer Products Safety Commission, Dell agreed to replace 4.1 million notebook computer batteries made by Sony because they can burst into flames. A Dell spokesman said Monday that the Sony batteries were placed in notebooks that were shipped between April 1, 2004, and July 18 of this year. "In rare cases, a short-circuit could cause the battery to overheat, causing a risk of smoke and/or fire," said the spokesman, Ira Williams. "It happens in rare cases, but we opted to take this broad action immediately." The battery packs were included in some models of Dell's Latitude, Inspiron, XPS and precision mobile workstation notebooks. Dell launched a , that described the affected models. Williams said the website would tell consumers how to get free replacement batteries from Dell. Rick Clancy, a Sony spokesman, said the companies have studied problems with the battery packs intensely for more than a month, after getting reports of about a half-dozen fires or smoking laptops in the United States. Lithium-ion batteries have been around for about a decade and are used in devices such as cell phones and digital music players. Clancy said tiny metallic particles sometimes short-circuit the battery cells, adding that configuration in an electronic device can contribute to problems. "But it begins with the (battery) cell, and we acknowledge that," he said. "That's why we're supporting Dell in this recall." Clancy said Sony would help Dell pay for the recall, but neither he nor Dell officials would estimate the campaign's price tag or say how the companies would divide the cost. The larger potential cost for Dell is that such a huge recall could dampen future notebook sales. Dell rival Hewlett-Packard said it does not use Sony batteries and was not affected by the recall. Apple Computer is investigating whether its notebook batteries meet safety and performance standards, spokeswoman Lynn Fox said. There have been numerous recent news reports about Dell laptops bursting into flames, and pictures of some of the charred machines have circulated on the internet. Dell, the world's largest maker of personal computers, confirmed that two weeks ago, one of its laptops caught fire in Illinois, and the owner dunked it in water to douse the flames. Other reports have surfaced from as far away as Japan and Singapore. Monday's move was at least the third recall of Dell notebook batteries in the past five years. Dell recalled 22,000 notebook computer batteries last December after they had symptoms similar to those that prompted Monday's recall. The company also recalled 284,000 batteries in 2001. Consumers with affected laptops should only run the machines on a power cord, said Scott Wolfson, a spokesman for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The safety agency knows of 339 incidents in which lithium batteries used in laptops and cell phones — not just Dell products — overheated between 2003 and 2005, Wolfson said. The list of problems ranged from smoke and minor skin burns to more serious injuries and property damage, Wolfson said. Most of the incidents reported to the CPSC occurred around the home, but transportation-safety officials have become increasingly concerned about the threat of a laptop causing a catastrophic fire aboard a commercial jetliner. Dell's recall comes as it battles other questions about quality and customer service. Last year, Dell absorbed a charge against earnings of $338 million to repair faulty computer components. Dell's sales have grown this year, but less rapidly, causing shares in the company to lose nearly one-half their value in the past 52 weeks. |
^^^ Heard that on the news last night. One more reason not to buy a Dell.
What are everyone's experiences with Vaios? I know they're expensive, but do you get what you pay for?
lesson learned:
do not leave lap top computer on! it *might* blow tha_fuk up!
I heard about this many months ago and have been using my new battery supplied by Dell for a long while without problems.
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