Comments on: The Lap Dance Goes on http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Joel http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54197 Joel Wed, 14 Nov 2007 04:05:29 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54197 Get a mac. Get a mac.

]]> By: Southerncharm http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54203 Southerncharm Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:14:13 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54203 Yea, what Joel said. As you can tell I don't have a whole lot to say about computers, so, Joel seems like a very smart man......so there. :-) Yea, what Joel said. As you can tell I don’t have a whole lot to say about computers, so, Joel seems like a very smart man……so there. :-)

]]> By: VA Bluebelle http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54268 VA Bluebelle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:49:16 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54268 Throw a fit with Dell. We purchased a laptop and a desktop, brand new last Christmas. The desktop had problems right from the start. They make you work for it (ie: throw a fit, demand that refund) but after only one or 2 calls we had a brand new desktop delivered overnight with shipping tags (paid by Dell) to send the old one back. No real problems since. Throw a fit with Dell. We purchased a laptop and a desktop, brand new last Christmas. The desktop had problems right from the start. They make you work for it (ie: throw a fit, demand that refund) but after only one or 2 calls we had a brand new desktop delivered overnight with shipping tags (paid by Dell) to send the old one back. No real problems since.

]]> By: VA Bluebelle http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54269 VA Bluebelle Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:50:58 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54269 P.S. We hated Vista, it is nothing but trouble. Dell tech guys even confirmed that. The new computer they sent us, at my insistence, had good old Windows. P.S. We hated Vista, it is nothing but trouble. Dell tech guys even confirmed that. The new computer they sent us, at my insistence, had good old Windows.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54272 The Bosphorus Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:40:35 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54272 At this point I'm not sure I want to keep the lappy. Having it in hand really brings into focus how I can use it and, as AT would say, its needful. The lappy brings on other costs like a wireless router. At this point I’m not sure I want to keep the lappy. Having it in hand really brings into focus how I can use it and, as AT would say, its needful.

The lappy brings on other costs like a wireless router.

]]> By: Netmom http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54273 Netmom Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:45:11 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54273 Bos, replacing the HDD on a Dell laptop is a piece of cake. You can do it. Bos, replacing the HDD on a Dell laptop is a piece of cake. You can do it.

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54308 Atomictumor Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:43:02 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54308 Yeah, but from what I've read about those errors its as often the memory and processor that cause em as the hard drive. Yeah, but from what I’ve read about those errors its as often the memory and processor that cause em as the hard drive.

]]> By: Jane http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54312 Jane Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:53:14 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54312 Get that money back!! I hate it when there's a problem with a product and they end up making YOU work to fix their mistake. Puh-leeeze!! If you need someone to throw a fit.... I've been told I'm pretty good at that!! Get that money back!!
I hate it when there’s a problem with a product and they end up making YOU work to fix their mistake. Puh-leeeze!!

If you need someone to throw a fit…. I’ve been told I’m pretty good at that!!

]]> By: Louise http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54317 Louise Wed, 14 Nov 2007 19:27:37 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54317 Bos - Once you have installed a version on Linux on a computer, you cannot just reformat and go back to Windows. I don't know why but it has happened to me before and I have had to take the computer into the shop to have it looked at. Good luck. Bos -

Once you have installed a version on Linux on a computer, you cannot just reformat and go back to Windows. I don’t know why but it has happened to me before and I have had to take the computer into the shop to have it looked at.

Good luck.

]]> By: jonathan hickman http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54377 jonathan hickman Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:33:41 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54377 I have a dell lappy dual booting xp pro and ubuntu gutsy, and it works more than fine for me. I can't stand it when I have to boot into windows (for work). Also, I had my cd burner go bad after about 6 months. Dell sent me a new one which I had to install myself. It took all of about five minutes. But it shouldn't've gone bad so fast, and the new burner sucks. As for reformatting, try gparted. It's a linux boot disk, and you can take it back to nfts, although I don't know if windows can just install like that. It's not so great at stuff like that (installing). Anyway, good luck. I have a dell lappy dual booting xp pro and ubuntu gutsy, and it works more than fine for me. I can’t stand it when I have to boot into windows (for work).

Also, I had my cd burner go bad after about 6 months. Dell sent me a new one which I had to install myself. It took all of about five minutes. But it shouldn’t've gone bad so fast, and the new burner sucks.

As for reformatting, try gparted. It’s a linux boot disk, and you can take it back to nfts, although I don’t know if windows can just install like that. It’s not so great at stuff like that (installing).

Anyway, good luck.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54502 The Bosphorus Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:29:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54502 Jonathan, does the amount of tinkering I mentioned sound comparable to your experience in getting Ubuntu up and running? Jonathan, does the amount of tinkering I mentioned sound comparable to your experience in getting Ubuntu up and running?

]]> By: jonathan hickman http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54510 jonathan hickman Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:13:42 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54510 No. But I didn't have an ATI card. In my experience, the better or worse your hardware, the more you have to tinker. But it still seems like you had a whole lot of hassle. Did you install 7.10 or 7.04? My computer runs perfectly "out of the box" in 7.10. No.

But I didn’t have an ATI card. In my experience, the better or worse your hardware, the more you have to tinker. But it still seems like you had a whole lot of hassle.

Did you install 7.10 or 7.04? My computer runs perfectly “out of the box” in 7.10.

]]> By: The Bosphorus http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54569 The Bosphorus Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:37:56 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54569 7.10... The ATI card seems to have given many folks problems across the board. 7.10…

The ATI card seems to have given many folks problems across the board.

]]> By: Nine Months - Desire vs Need http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54746 Nine Months - Desire vs Need Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:37:35 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2007/11/13/the-lap-dance-goes-on/#comment-54746 [...] haven’t posted here recently because I’ve been caught up with my gimpy laptop. What a fiasco that has been. Don’t tell anybody I said this, but it’s what you get for [...] […] haven’t posted here recently because I’ve been caught up with my gimpy laptop. What a fiasco that has been. Don’t tell anybody I said this, but it’s what you get for […]

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