[amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers
- From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 10:47:23 -0800
None taken. I have owned 2 Dell's now, the laptop and a desktop I have had
for 3 years and both have been great. Gateway on the other hand, lets not
go there :)
Aaron Sargent
The Linen Barn
linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
Medford, Oregon
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From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:25 AM
Subject: [amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers
> Sorry, Aaron
> Didn't mean that to sound like a Naa,nann,naa,naa
> thing. hope no offense was taken.
>
> Ron Vinyard
> Body Cover / Magic Stitches
> www.bodycoverdesign.com
>
> Grants Pass, Oregon
> 1-888-435-0716
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Body Cover" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 10:08 AM
> Subject: [amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers
>
>
> >I can build that computer for under $600 these days
> > of course if its more than a year old its usually half
> > of what you pay for them. another crappy thing
> > about Technology!!
> >
> > Refurbed is definitely the way to go since
> > most of us replace rather than repair anyway,
> > and then I know that this computer was gone
> > through by hand instead of the less personal
> > assembly line process that the others usually do.
> > I have bought at least 5 refurbished units over
> > the years and all are still in service.
> >
> > Here's a tip to those that don't know.
> > when your computer is off take the side off
> > usually the left side when you look at the front.
> > and after unplugging the power cord blow out
> > the inside with canned air. pay extra attention
> > to the fans (all that you can find). and try not to
> > pull any of the wiring any harder than
> > you need to move them out of the way
> > for cleaning.
> > Dust lays on the motherboard and clogs the
> > heatsink on the processor and works like a blanket
> > holding in heat, and heat to a computer is death.
> >
> > Short lived computers are usually the result of heat
> > problems but not always parts go bad sometime
> > for no reason.
> >
> > I have been lucky,
> > I have some computers that have been around
> > for 10 years and still work fine. so some of us do get lucky
> > and I do believe that it is all luck...
> >
> > Ron Vinyard
> > Body Cover / Magic Stitches
> > 1-888-435-0176
> >
> > 420 SW H street
> > Grants Pass, OR 97526
> >
> > info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > www.bodycoverdesign.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Linen Barn" <linen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 9:31 AM
> > Subject: [amayausers] Re: Disposable Computers
> >
> >
> >>I bought an Inspiration 5150 about 1 1/2 years ago with a Pentium 4.
Has a
> >> 40 gig HD, 512 MB Ram, 3.3 ghz processor with built in wireless
ethernet. I
> >> got it off the refurbished site for $1200. I do all my internet and
e-mail
> >> on it as well as some graphics. Its definitely worth the $$$ to get a
true
> >> Pentium.
> >>
> >> Aaron Sargent
> >> The Linen Barn
> >> linen@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Medford, Oregon
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Mike Garber" <agraphic2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: "amayausers list" <amayausers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2005 8:08 AM
> >> Subject: [amayausers] Disposable Computers
> >>
> >>
> >>> We bought a Dell Inspiron 1100 lap top 13 months ago (12 month
warranty)
> >>> to do art work on.
> >>> It has a celeron processor. It croaked yesterday and we called Dell.
> >>> The first words out of the techs mouth (after being on hold for ever)
> >>> was "buy another one".
> >>> We told him no, we want to fix it. He helped us run some diagnostics
> >>> and determined it was the mother board that went bad.
> >>> The laptop cost $700, a new mother board installed would cost $650.
> >>> After talking to some local computer repair companies they all say the
> >>> celeron processor cheap computers are not worth fixing, they are "old
> >>> technology" and have a tendency to last just past the warranty. Its a
> >>> shame that Dell sells the crap. If we would have known this we would
> >>> have upgraded to a Pentium.
> >>>
> >>> Someone a couple weeks ago was searching for a computer....thought I
> >>> would pass this experience along.
> >>>
> >>> We are definitely living in a disposable society. I hate to throw
away
> >>> a nice looking box, does anyone want to buy a frozen Dell laptop for
> >> cheap?
> >>>
> >>> Mike
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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