Julie,
all I would do is google it, so if you haven't found much success, I don't have any recs. If you are on a mac, I have suggestions, but I think you aren't.
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Julie,
all I would do is google it, so if you haven't found much success, I don't have any recs. If you are on a mac, I have suggestions, but I think you aren't.
HP customer service has just fucked me over about my Wife's five month old laptop and won't repair the screen. Guess I'll never be buying another HP product again ever.
I vowed the same thing. i had to send my laptop in 3 times in six months for the same thing over and over. finally gave up and bought my Toshiba, which i love!
Sort of continuing the previous theme, what are people's current thoughts on desktop manufacturers?
I think desktops are inherently more reliable than laptops in general, but I've had Lenovo and Dell at work and they have been solid. I can't suggest anything else since I haven't owned them.
At home, I generally build my own. Gigabyte motherboards, Corsair power supplies, Kingston/A-Data/Corsair memory, EVGA video cards, Samsung optical drives, Seagate or Samsung for HDD, Intel for SSD are my choice components from what I've used.
I've had my HP for four years. The one before that, though, I had built.
Yeah, this is for my mom, and she is not building a machine nor am I building one for her.
So I ordered the 3-D printer kit: [link]
I'm kinda' confused, as it says "In stock" as well as
"***Availability: Ships with a 7 week lead time. This is a Pre-sale item.***
Also,
Full instructions and documentation will be released on the day we start shipping this kit in mid-November.
I'm guess the "Seven week lead time" was that they first announced this seven weeks before the estimated shipping date, which means I'd get it in mid November.
tommyrot, I *so* wish I had the extra cash to buy that for The Boy. However, all our spare cash (and then some) is going towards a new furnace. He has to settle for Make magazine instead.
Yeah, I suppose buying the new furnace makes sense, as you gotta keep yourselves and the critters warm....
Now I gotta continue to learn Blender (the open-source 3-D design program)....
Also, tell The Boy if he has anything he wants printed in 3-D, I'll see what I can do.