I'm not trying to push a particular laptop or company, but I think it's worth going a step up from a netbook if it's affordable.

I'm running Office 2003 on Windows 7, if that's a concern. My only recurring problem with it is that Word keeps not remembering my settings. (Has anyone figured out a fix for this?)

Does anyone know of a site like photobucket that allows image hotlinking but with a less prudish TOS? They just yanked a really tame picture of mine, and I'm a little disgruntled.

I'd use flickr, except they have rules that if you hotlink you need to link back to them, and I don't want to.

ita, I could give you ftp access to a folder on one of my sites, if that would work for you.

I quite like the newer versions, but I'm not sure what feature changes there are. The UI is vastly different which I think the source of the unpopularity. I particularly like the navigation pane of Office 2010.

I agree - the navigation is very different from the classic Office look and feel, but once I got used to it it really was a faster cleaner experience.

ND,

can you give me more information about why you like your macbook air?

I need to get a new Mac laptop in the next 6 months and I'm trying to decide what I will do. I have a 15" macbook pro and I like that it is a "full service" laptop. Do I need another 15" MBP (as heavy as that thing is) or should I get a 13" or go even smaller with a MBA?

I don't want to derail the current computer thread, but I have a techie question that may have a very short answer, and I'd like advice:

I have a launch-day PS3 that's so far out of warranty, Sony won't even respond to my requests for information (no contact from them since last July). The problem is the bluray drive stopped responding normally: I was watching a movie, and the image froze and the bluray drive started making a loud, slow ticking (a sound I've heard before in DVD drives having trouble reading a dirty disk). However, it wouldn't eject the disc, then the PS3 stopped reacting to input. I had to power it off.

On restart, it booted just fine, and I can do anything with it I want that doesn't involve the bluray drive: play downloaded games, surf, stream audio/video to or from the device.

Sony won't repair it; the last contact (last June) quoted $150 (plus shipping, both ways) just to EVALUATE the problem - not to repair it.

I have a replacement, new PS3 already. But I'd like my launch-day device working again if possible. Do any of you know any resources on how to replace the bluray drive of a PS3? Links to helpful guides/fora are quite sufficient. I suspect the process will either be prohibitively expensive, or actually impossible - so this is mostly for my own education.

Many thanks.

Stunthusband,

Beau sent his in to a company on the east coast for repairs - I think they had to replace the hard drive or something like that. They were very professional and communicated well.

I'll get that company's info for you from him this evening.

Thanks!

Stunthusband,

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