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Re: Tablets My last laptop was almost $2000. |
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 pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by osravens:My last laptop was almost $2000.
Ouch.
If it was me I'd have hoped I'd have paid for that with the credit card and gotten the "free" extended warranty benefits.
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| I did. It decided to meltdown 2 weeks or so after the extended warranty expired in 2010. Vowed at that point to never buy another laptop again, it was a higher-end HP with a 17" widescreen. Dedicated graphics was the problem there, the nVidia card overheated and took the motherboard with it.
I prefer desktops because I have access to all the parts, and can easily get to whatever I need and can move parts in and out as technology changes. |
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pnh102Reptiles Are Cuddly And PrettyPremium
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Mount Airy, MD | said by osravens:I prefer desktops because I have access to all the parts, and can easily get to whatever I need and can move parts in and out as technology changes. Makes sense... And the best part is at least those are cheap enough to be disposable.
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| Exactly. It doesn't cost much to build a computer these days if you know what you're doing.
Until I see what this Ceton Q costs, I'm waiting to build an HTPC. I know I can build an HTPC pretty cheap, it will be a fun project, and I hate cable boxes. |
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 acadielPress fire to beginPremium
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kudos:1 | reply to osravens
said by osravens:I did. It decided to meltdown 2 weeks or so after the extended warranty expired in 2010. Vowed at that point to never buy another laptop again, it was a higher-end HP with a 17" widescreen. Dedicated graphics was the problem there, the nVidia card overheated and took the motherboard with it.
I prefer desktops because I have access to all the parts, and can easily get to whatever I need and can move parts in and out as technology changes.
Did you try getting the graphics chip reflowed to see if it would fix it? I had a dv4-1155se with bad graphics, and had a guy reflow the graphics chip and it brought the system back to life. It was a 2008 model. |
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