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Re: More Akoya Fun

SarahKH — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:48:09 -0000

Talking to ones self is a sign of madness... but updating this via Disqus, the system is still trucking along nicely and hasn't misbehaved at all despite the overclock. The one thing I wish could be done is unlock the onboard GMA950 to run at the full 400Mhz. EVE-Online is just a tab too jerky.

Re: There is no truth is advertising…

SarahKH — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 06:39:17 -0000

AFIC the 17" pro's battery can be swapped if you've a bit of paitence and a set of torx drivers. Slightly more annoying than two tabs and it falling away but it does keep the chassis strength up and prevents water getting in from the underside (wet desk syndrome). Considering I've seen normal laptops with tape holding loose packs in place when the plastic tabs have failed I'm all for internal batteries.

Re: There is no truth is advertising…

Jessica Sideways — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:15:21 -0000

Yeah, I was so tired of my 17" MacBook Pro when I had it, before it died (because it was unwilling to be impossible to hold with only one arm and fell a horrible crunchy sounding death that only the owner could hear from 7 stories up. The only reason I'd be willing to get a 17" MacBook Pro now is simply because of the 8 hour battery life (which is very hard to believe for a laptop). The only problem is the battery is internal. Bummer.

Re: The Exbook.com - The Return.

Tom — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:13:52 -0000

Way to GO! These people are horrible! Nicholas Crane are the ones who ruin the internet and the business image.

Re: Linux isn’t popular…

SarahKH — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:32:46 -0000

Nope, it's not popular :)
Yeah, I was trying to download on release day, hence the mirror services going utterly nuts. I originally started dual booting but found it a pain, all I was doing in XP was play games rather than being productive; so I wiped the whole drive and installed 6.10, which became 7.04, 7.10 and now 8.04 :) The amount of time it's saved me in terms of fixing things.... it's well worth any issues I've had.

Every machine here trundled off and downloaded Firefox 3 :) About 5 machines in total.

Re: Why I use Linux

SarahKH — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:27:49 -0000

To be honest, the build quality of the laptop is fine. The end user didn't want Dell and needed the device NOW, so it was whatever the local branch of Novatech had in stock.

I'm not going to get in to a Chinese vs Malaysia argument other than to suggest that if the label on the thing says "Assembled in X" it's probably still got bits of it from China (Assembled in doesn't mean the same as Made in). Hell, even both of my ipods are stamped "Made in China".

Re: Why I use Linux

angelica — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:01:29 -0000

stylenote laptops are crap - never buy chinese

Re: Linux isn’t popular…

rachelw80 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:52:19 -0000

After several years dillying and dallying I've installed Ubuntu 8.04 allbeit dual boot with Vista. It was all the crap I was getting with Vista that made me do it. Now use Ubuntu 97% of the time. Haven't got the dual head graphics card working yet, but just give me time.

I love Ubuntu - it's quick.

So Linux isn't popular, eh? :)

P.S. Downloaded mine roundabout 28/04/08 - no problems. It was released on 24/04/08 wasn't it?

P.P.S. You downloading FF3 on 17/06/08? I'm trekking across Britain then so it'll have to wait 'til I get back.

Re: A Letter…

rachelw80 — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:34:01 -0000

£200 per session for electrolysis? Checkout Jenna, £40 per hour and she's fast and accurate, very experienced - Electra Beauty. Although she's Nottingham-based she does weekly clinics in London. I've used her a few times.

Re: Work Commencing…

SarahKH — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:49:15 -0000

And then I blew the blog up, nuked it from orbit just to be sure. Actually I'm trying out the Disqus commenting system...