Subj : Re: Candygram For Mister Chryso! To : alt.tv.farscape From : weirdwolf Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 03:04:43 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.farscape "Ms T" wrote in news:wbm_e.55341$ct5.3500@fed1read04: > In reply to weirdwolf's post: >> "Ms T" wrote: >>> In reply to Trouble's post: >>>> Nick wrote: >>>> >>>>> Trouble wrote: >>>>>> "Nick" wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> Are HP laptops any good? >>>> >>>>>> I always bought Dell Toshiba or IBM when I could, but of those >>>>>> three Dell is the only one that doesn't charge a premium for >>>>>> their gear. >>>> >>>>> I have seen heard good things about people with Toshibas. >>>> >>>> I retired my Toshiba Portege 7020 when I bought my Thinkpad A31, >>>> the 7020 weighed only 3 lbs and had a decent 12.1 screen, it was >>>> 6-7 lbs with the docking station. Before that I had a Dell Latitude >>>> CPi, and before that another Toshiba Portege 3000 something which I >>>> gave to my dad. >>>> >>>> At my last company we used to use an awful lot of Toshiba >>>> Sattelites, but even the brand new ones back then had the same look >>>> as models 4-5 years older and the sales guys would complain about >>>> their 'old' laptops not looking as new as the ones other people had >>>> at conferences. We bought two 'sexier' Compaq laptops for loaning >>>> to them when they went to trade shows. Everybody was assigned the >>>> sattelite workhorses when they weren't travelling. I had an >>>> entirely IBM server room at the time, and when we started buying >>>> Thinkpads everybody shut up, and the Compaqs gathered dust, the >>>> Toshibas were later raffled off to employees who took them home for >>>> their kids. >>>> >>>>> I just don't get the Thinkpad thing. I see refurb P3 900mhz >>>>> thinkpads for $400. That seems really high to me for what you are >>>>> getting. >>>> >>>> Its just like Macs, Volkswagons and any other cult bit of tech, IBM >>>> built a rock solid piece of gear, and the engineering that went >>>> into it. I have never had a laptop quite as solid as my Thinkpad >>>> A31, and never had any piece of tech with as much available >>>> documentation, my Dell Lat CPi came close for ruggedness, but Dell >>>> and Toshiba's service manuals are not as good as IBM's. >>>> >>>> Also a lot of the Thinkpads support Linux pretty well, wether >>>> that's from IBM developers working on Linux projects, or Linux >>>> geeks liking Thinkpads I dunno. The 300 series Thinkpad has its own >>>> following, its pretty wierd. >>> >>> If you, or anyone has a laptop just gathering dust that is a P2 or >>> better..., email me at cox dot net (vs none dot not) and let me >>> know..., I'll pay the shipping! I have an old Toshiba Satellite >>> (compliments of a former boss) with only has a P1 and a meger 32 mb >>> ram (can't recall the disk drive size.., >1 GB me thinks)..., >>> >>> That isn't my current communication device, but dren! I wanna laptop >>> and can't yet afford one! Hep me Hep me! ;) >>> >> >> I know that feeling, I was helping my next door neighbor by setting >> up her new laptop a couple of days ago. I've never used one before >> and can't believe how nifty they are. >> Ted > > I also have a HandSpring Visor Deluxe (also compliments of yet another > boss) that once had a wireless "modem" module. I functioned QUITE > happily with that device (still have the device, not the modem-sadly) > for so long! When I finally had to give up the module that aided in my > wireless communications.., well, I can safely say that life has just > not been the same..., :( I now have an upstairs puter run through a router, it makes my life so much more enjoyable on days when I can't get out of bed or can't sleep. I wish I had done it years ago. >> Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place >> to hide the bodies > > ^^ I laugh out loud every time I read your sig! What can I say, that Nietzsche, he's a real barrel of laughs. I would love it if xnews had a way or randomly choosing a sig though, I rather miss my older ones. Ted -- Stare too long into the abyss and the abyss looks like a nifty place to hide the bodies .