tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post1904765151783693480..comments2023-10-02T16:20:05.107+02:00Comments on People become stories and stories become understanding: Saga of the 'La', formerly known as my Laptop ...Di Mackeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-81839733372572980472007-08-02T07:42:00.000+02:002007-08-02T07:42:00.000+02:00No Acer's were bought, Jon :) It's a lovely little...No Acer's were bought, Jon :) <BR/>It's a lovely little HP Pavilion found at a rather lovely sale price due to the kind efforts of Al.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-39892644451534370482007-08-01T18:39:00.000+02:002007-08-01T18:39:00.000+02:00As long as you didn't buy an Acer, they're renowne...As long as you didn't buy an Acer, they're renowned for being cheap & breaking quite easily :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-90816667675391306492007-08-01T10:10:00.000+02:002007-08-01T10:10:00.000+02:00Hey thanks Lever ... my laptop is in so many exter...Hey thanks Lever ... my laptop is in so many external pieces that I could 'stop' various doors with it :)<BR/><BR/>I've ordered an HP Pavillion, arriving September. So a little complaining till then lol. <BR/><BR/>Gert opened my Toshiba Satellite thinking he might know but it seems to be a connection issue in an impossible to reach place, in his semi-techy opinion.Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-80368839859705382622007-08-01T10:03:00.000+02:002007-08-01T10:03:00.000+02:00If your screen died you could always try finding o...If your screen died you could always try finding out if it needs a new LCD inverter... that's why mine went kapput but the replacement I ordered was totally broke... *sigh*<BR/><BR/>I'd let you have my old IBM thinkpad... great keyboard, great screen... it's just so ancient now it's not much use for anything other than a doorstop :(Leverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279366638605174601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-56705061404203164472007-08-01T08:43:00.000+02:002007-08-01T08:43:00.000+02:00Thanks Peter, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Ger...Thanks Peter, I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Gert has found a Dutch site that writes of the problems I'll have with my CS2 photoshop programme. Apparently they are possible to overcome. That's the thing I most need to work.<BR/><BR/>And how awful it must have been to have the laptop crash while you were having work done on your spine.<BR/><BR/>So very seriously ... pause for a dramatic sigh, my laptop is now merely a hard drive storage facility and every thing else is external.<BR/><BR/>But no, I blog on Gert's computer. The pain and the suffering only entered the picture when he needed his computer for work or for himself.<BR/><BR/>I'm less than super-human ;)Di Mackeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00273089782589416134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-58011425277219072102007-08-01T08:22:00.000+02:002007-08-01T08:22:00.000+02:00Oh my!! Seriously? So, your laptop became a hard ...Oh my!! Seriously? So, your laptop became a hard drive and you need an external monitor and printer?<BR/><BR/>Are you working and blogging like this??? wow, talk about patience!<BR/><BR/>Expats must be superhumans with an abundance of patience...yea, that's it...<BR/><BR/>:)Roam2Romehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02401312681510618547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19028456.post-12448311087151151792007-07-31T19:18:00.000+02:002007-07-31T19:18:00.000+02:00A short tech advice note: although it might be tem...A short tech advice note: although it might be tempting, a new laptop (most of them now preloaded with) Windows VISTA will wreck havoc with many of your programs that work just fine with XP. <BR/><BR/>In addition, scanners, printers, photo equipment, etc that did not came labeled "works with Vista" may very often not have a VISTA driver. And there may never be one written in order to boost new hardware sales..<BR/><BR/>While the new laptop may work fine with Windows Vista, most slightly older software and about anything from Adobe will not work<BR/>(see: http://www.adobe.com/support/products/<BR/>pdfs/adobe_products_and_windows_vista.pdf) <BR/><BR/>(not so) funny experience: the clinic that is trying to treat my cervical damage hooked up a laptop with Vista on the flexion monitor, designed for XP: the brandnew Windows Vista laptop crashed on the 'designed for XP' software..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com