dem00n Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The motherboard on my dell was fried this morning...ugh. Now I'm using my 7 year old laptop from dell to use the INTERNET, extremely slow. At least its under warranty eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 labtop Do you rest it on your dog? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I'll sell you my vintage macintosh comp if ya want! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Do you rest it on your dog? :) [lol] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 Do you rest it on your dog? :) ****. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S t e v e Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 The motherboard on my dell was fried this morning...ugh. Now I'm using my 7 year old labtop from dell to use the internet, extremely slow. At least its under warranty eh? so your still under DELL'S spell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 ****. HA!!! I couldn't resist dem00n!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shnate McDuanus Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Hm... Maybe it's not Dell's fault? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 Laptops inherently take more of a beating regardless of brand or operating system. Seven years seems to me to be a pretty decent lifespan. That's because of both physical and electronic maltreatment we give 'em. As for that old Mac... good luck. <grin> I've had really good luck no matter what the brand. (Oops, quick, knock on wood!) m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I've got a Dell Vostro 17 inch laptop. It's great. Had it three years now. I'll buy another when it's done. Motherboard fried? Did you have sausage with it? Oh, I forgot. You'd have 'chips' with a motherboard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Just man up and get a Mac dem00n Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nope, macs still suck. My old dell lasted for 12 years, my bro was using it before i was even able to. It lasted becuase of a few easy upgrades, find me a mac that would last that long? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 man up and get a Mac dem00n I agree 100% with Fred..... Nope, macs still suck. My old dell lasted for 12 years, my bro was using it before i was even able to. It lasted becuase of a few easy upgrades, find me a mac that would last that long? Just go to the apple store>choose any Mac>Problem solved. Or, choose the alternative.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Nope, macs still suck. My old dell lasted for 12 years, my bro was using it before i was even able to. It lasted becuase of a few easy upgrades, find me a mac that would last that long? 12 years! Did it come with a color CRT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Dell was originally a great company had customer service you couldn't beat. All thats in the past though now what they lack in initial quality is compounded by High cost and terrible service. Get a MacBook you'll never look back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Dem00n I can beat that no problem even 12 years is not bad in todays disposable world. I still have the original Macintosh from 1984 (still play Zork and program in Hypercard and it still runs fine. Kind of limited on software now with only a single floppy disk but not mine, I have the external hard drive so it's all good that hard drive is a whopping 10 meg and it only cost me $4300. I also have my mac 512k enhanced but it's a little upgraded with a color monitor and an apple mini from last year running for guts so it probably doesn't count. I also have a Newton and my oldest still operating computer is a Kaypro II running CPM from 1982 great piece of hardware even if CPM is kind of limited now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 I've got an IBM ThinkPad I bought in 2002 that still runs. Plus it was abused by being my stage computer, traveling to one-nighters in the van, and sitting on a rocking keyboard stand for hours while I performed. I recently retired it. The contacts on the hinge are going, so when I open the lid, if the screen at the wrong angle, I get some discolored bands across it. Moving the screen fixed the problem, but who knows? Is it a sign of future failure? I figured better safe than sorry so I replaced it with another old IBM think pad that got too slow for modern work (Pentium IV single core). I've had great luck with IBM and now Lenovo ThinkPads. As long as they keep their quality control up, I'll stick with that brand. Notes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Retro... A Kaypro? Good grief!!!!!!! Ah, yes, the famed "luggable." It was groundbreaking in its time, though. And WordStar... wonderful for its time, too. m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Retro... A Kaypro? Good grief!!!!!!! Ah, yes, the famed "luggable." It was groundbreaking in its time, though. And WordStar... wonderful for its time, too. m What did it come with a 3 ?, 4" screen? The case was nearly bullet proof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 My poor old IBM Thinkpad just won't run anymore. Everything was fine until I dropped it half a dozen times, poured beer onto the keyboard, stomped on it and then finally took a hatchet to it. Man, I should have filmed it and sold it to IBM/Lenovo for a commercial. Talk about darn near indestructable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Actually, my old lady uses a dell lap top all the time..She's even a computer system analyst, to boot.... But, I feel the same the mac haters feel towards pc's... We ALL can't be right. Just a couple of us can... Heh!, If this were a picture perfect world, we all would be ME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Actually, my old lady uses a dell lap top all the time..She's even a computer system analyst, to boot.... But, I feel the same the mac haters feel towards pc's... We ALL can't be right. Just a couple of us can... Heh!, If this were a picture perfect world, we all would be ME... Sorry to bust your bubble, Sparky, but you're wrong. If this were a picture perfect word, we all would be ME... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAS44 Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Troubleshooting made easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swleary Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 12 years of porn will always crash a computer lol I have an Acer laptop and love it but honestly, mac will be next on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky scott 29 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 quote name='TommyK' timestamp='1296505992' post='850482']Sorry to bust your bubble, Sparky, but you're wrong. If this were a picture perfect word, we all would be ME... You must be the other person in this world that is perfect as well... I knew I would run across you someday.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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