That would be so ohmygawdawesome if my Ruby were beyond, like Hello World level. And if I wanted a job. And anyway, everyone should look up Jane's book if they don't know the name. t /techfangirl

My laptop (Toshiba Satellite) is finally getting to the point where enough is wrong with it that I'm considering a new one.

The only real complaint with it has been that the battery life was never great. Otherwise, I loved it. Anyone have any experience with another brand that might convince me to switch?

Sadly, one can only deauthorize all computers once a year and I did it in January.

Ooh, how do you do that?

So Google + doesn't want pseudonyms. Skud, who is active in open source and one of the posters at GeekFeminism, has had her account deleted.

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Pfeh.

No, Toshiba is one of the last remaining really solid brands out there. If you've been happy with them, I'd stay stick with it. I still miss my baby T-1000, which I suspect was the first laptop in my small town. It was fabulous, although the librarians at the local community college research library did give me the sideeye, wondering if I was allowed to have it in there.

Sadly, one can only deauthorize all computers once a year and I did it in January.

Ooh, how do you do that?

1. Click iTunes Store on the left side of iTunes.
2. If you're not signed in to the store, click the Account button, then enter your account name and password.
3. Click the Account button again (your Apple ID appears on the button), enter your password, and then click View Account.
4. In the Account Information window, click Deauthorize All.

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One thing to avoid is Lenovo. Yeah really well built. But service is beyond awful. Basically if you have to send it in, they will ship it to China for repairs. One friend had them lose enroute back from China, and it took months for them to give him a replacement. Another had one sent for servicing returned six weeks later infested with malware that took weeks to remove. I suspose if you could get one cheap enough you could ignore any warranty and have it serviced through someone you trust. But it would have to cheap enough to make up for having essentially no warranty. I guess that might be a reason for buying one of the ripoff warranties.

Thanks, Jon! I will try it.

I’ve upgraded to Lion! I’m living in the future!

We actually had a really good service experience with Lenovo. They sent us an overnight box, fixed the problem and overnighted it back, all in warranty, no charge. Total time, less than a business week, and that's with me futzing around figuring out where to drop off the box.