Next Spring, actually.
Huh. Dunno how I got that idea....
This must be what going mad feels like.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
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tommyrot - Aug 09, 2006 11:12:33 am PDT #8626 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.
§ ita § - Aug 09, 2006 11:13:03 am PDT #8627 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Dunno how I got that idea....
Time machine.
Lee - Aug 13, 2006 6:22:25 am PDT #8628 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Does anyone have any thoughts/opinions/experiences on the relative reliability and quality of Toshiba notebooks versus Compaq notebooks?
NoiseDesign - Aug 13, 2006 6:54:15 am PDT #8629 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
I've got two Toshiba notebooks that I've been using as rentals machines for the past few years and I've had no problems. They are out of the Satellite line.
I also had a Compaq that so seemed to be doing great, but it was stolen about 5 months after I got it, so I don't know about longevity on that one.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2006 7:29:16 am PDT #8630 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
A friend of mine just had his HP(/Compaq) motherboard give out on him. But it was under warranty, and they guaranteed a turnaround time of three days once it got to them. And they shipped him a box.
Lee - Aug 13, 2006 7:45:56 am PDT #8631 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Thanks!
tommyrot - Aug 13, 2006 10:35:54 am PDT #8632 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 just hooked my TiVo into my network using the TiVo USB wireless connector. My home network is set up to be a DHCP server. My router sees the TiVo and has assigned it an IP address, however, my TiVo says that it cannot get an address via DHCP. So I've set up my TiVo to use a static IP address, and my router to assign a static IP address to the TiVo's MAC number. This seems to be working.
Any ideas why the TiVo might not see that DHCP is actually working?
Typo Boy - Aug 13, 2006 10:50:37 am PDT #8633 of 10003
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
ita - you had a really bad experience with Dell in laptop service. Any other companies out there with decent machine and decent on-site service (desktop not laptop)? Or is Dell still the best choice? How about the big box stores with on-site service. I have a neighbor buying a desktop. She could get her choice of most major brands or a store brand, and buy an on-site service contract with either Best Buy or Circuit City. (Circuit City has better prices on both the boxes and the service contracts.)
Anyone done this? Good service? Awful service? You don't know?
Fred Pete - Aug 13, 2006 12:50:12 pm PDT #8634 of 10003
Ann, that's a ferret.
TB, we got the contract at Best Buy (the "Geek Squad"). When we were hopelessly vriused a few months back, we had to take it in. They fixed it. They couldn't save what we had on the drive, but we hadn't been able to access at all. They were also a little slower than we would have liked, but not ridiculously so.
If you're talking about a home computer for personal use, the Geek Squad are fine. If it's a computer for business use or some other use where you can't afford to be without it for more than 24 hours, it isn't what you're looking for.
§ ita § - Aug 13, 2006 12:58:36 pm PDT #8635 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
By on-site do you mean the customer site? Dell did offer to do that, but not with hours that I could use.
If you mean taking it in and getting it fixed, I used to work for a Compaq and IBM certified place, and Compaq had a way speedy turnaround time, especially if you called in first--they could get us a part in a business day.
Unrelatedly: Anyone able to translate Corel Draw files? Not sure what version--maybe 8. The files are from 1998, so pretty old. My version of Jasc says it has a CDR filter, and I've managed to open simple files. But it's choking on the large (10+MB) ones, with the progress bar almost at complete. And when it comes to CPT I'm plain out of luck. I got nothing.