Microsoft supports the OS so any software issues can usually got through a software vendor. The machine will most likely have an Intel Motherboard and processor so there's support directly through them for faulty parts. if anything really acts up I'm happy to help troubleshoot and track down a bad component. As long as you are comfortable pulling something like a CD drive or video card repairs are pretty simple.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
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NoiseDesign - Mar 30, 2006 4:10:31 pm PST #7764 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
TomW - Mar 31, 2006 5:32:13 am PST #7765 of 10003
"The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be."
Another 2c: Given the poor state of customer support from pc vendors these days, I doubt you'd be giving up much.
Also, if you had to go to a local repair place, they'd probably have an easier time with an ND-built box than they would with something from a big vendor that uses all kinds of weird vendor-specific parts. Last time I opened up a Dell, I may have cried.
Gudanov - Mar 31, 2006 6:15:42 am PST #7766 of 10003
Coding and Sleeping
Also, if you had to go to a local repair place, they'd probably have an easier time with an ND-built box than they would with something from a big vendor that uses all kinds of weird vendor-specific parts.
No kidding. Handbuilt machines are so much easier to deal iwth.
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 6:30:56 am PST #7767 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Handbuilt machines are so much easier to deal iwth.
Unless you're at a certified place. I used to work at an IBM/Compaq shop, and if the machines were under warranty, repair was usually replacement, and was a snap to get parts in and out.
Spidra Webster - Mar 31, 2006 8:00:30 am PST #7768 of 10003
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
My new Mac mini just arrived!
::does Cabbage Patch::
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 9:39:15 am PST #7769 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Note: The web blocker here doesn't let me see that page, but I did see the gizmodo entry on the woman's torso case.
Jessica - Mar 31, 2006 9:56:30 am PST #7770 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
In case anyone wants one, Apple's refurbished section is already showing Macbook Pros available. That was quick!
§ ita § - Mar 31, 2006 11:59:00 am PST #7771 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
2005 Technology Brand Scorecard.
Interesting that Apple scored that low on the potential axis. Are they tapped out in the public eye?
eta: Excel 2007 video preview. Excel could never be exciting enough for me to pay attention to 57 minutes of video on it.
HiddenSky - Apr 01, 2006 8:01:43 pm PST #7772 of 10003
"There are two sorts of people in the world: those who believe Joss Whedon is a genius and those who are wrong." - Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
Firefox (v. 1.5.0.1 running on WinXP) has started behaving strangely for me when I try to access Amazon.com lately. (Roughly within the past week, but I don't visit regularly enough to pinpoint exactly when this problem started.)
When I try to load the site, it's hit or miss. One time, it will produce a blank page and the next time it will load correctly. When I look at the source code when the blank page loads, I can see the html and head tags then part of the CSS stylesheet, so I think it's having stylesheet problems. I might have to refresh the page five or six times before it appears. If I try any of the international Amazon sites with Firefox, they load correctly and IE has no trouble with Amazon.com. I'm stumped as to what could be causing the problem. If it was a widespread Firefox issue with Amazon's code, I'd expect that I would have stumbled across a mention.
tommyrot - Apr 01, 2006 8:06:15 pm PST #7773 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I use Firefox 1.5.x on XP at work and have not had any problems with Amazon (and I've been on Amazon a lot in the last few weeks). I don't know the exact version of Firefox my work computer has, though....