shonen
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lol holy crap, you wouldn't want one of those exploding laptops anywhere near you down stairs area (their goes fathers day).
Agreed, more than half the time I use my laptop laying in bed or placed on my lap while relaxing on the couch, I am not a huge fan of doing things at a desk. I do that all day in class and your back tends to tense up and become rather bothersome.
You wouldn't think their would be to much of a difference from having your notebook on your lap or sitting on a table. The vents on the bottom are usually not even half a cm from being covered from your working surface.
Moral of the story is when your notebook or any other computing device starts to heat up, turn the shit off and give it a rest.
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lol But chucking a shoe just doesn't have the same affect. XD
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That is a pretty neat work around Webjocky especially due to the overly protected desktop. Thanks for the share it was a interesting read.
lol I wish you could still visit blocked sites via entering IP addresses. The only work around the guys have found thus far is using XB browser but by Christ is it slow.
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Interesting find H@lo,
Sounds like Vision has some pluses over Lanschool.
lol Cheeky bloody app switching ports on you!
By the way what do you have in mind for the chat thingie?
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Your totally right on that vector.
Maybe I should have reworded it slightly, but if previous experience shows anything its that the older Acers use cheaper parts (not sure about their latest lines).
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Yeah thats True about the USB wifi products however I would also like the option of jacking in a bigger antenna. But for most people its a good solution.
Thanks Digip, I will be having the same issue as swathe just as soon as the laptop is couriered some time this week.
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lol stuff the school, if anyone deserves their money back surely its this poor chap having to sit this bullshit course.
I say a refund and just had the dude his piece of paper!
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I will agree that for cost and specs acer do provided the best deals, however I repair a fair few desktop's in my spare time and as far as prefab manufactures go for dying just after warranty or during it Acer are by the worst offenders. Most common issue is cpu fan or the GFX card.
I also have 2 mates who are more techie than myself who purchased acer laptops, both cracked the shits with em and ended up putting their fist through the screen out of frustration *lol dick heads*.
My cousin and his friend also had an Acer laptop that was purchased a year ago (same model but I cant recall what it is exactly), The hdd drive died in my cousins and he lost a bit of work for school and his friends screen kicked the bucket shortly after his. In both case's its only a couple of weeks after the standard warrenty.
Unfortunately Acer are one brand I will never consider purchasing. But hey I hope I didn't Jinx your Acer *touch wood*
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Just one quick update for now, on Friday a class mate decided to BYO laptop with Lanschool teacher viewer installed, I can confirm 100% that you can utilize it without joining the domain (incognito much).
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If its for Swathe's Dell 1525 laptop it would be one of the following wireless NIC's but more than likely the first one.
Intel Pro/Wireless 3945 802.11 a/b/g Mini Card Wireless
Intel Pro/Wireless Next-Gen Wireless-N 802.11 a/g/n Mini Card Wireless
Standard laptop wireless cards are pretty useless for packet injection (except asus eee 701), hence why I wanted an expansion slot on the new one and thankfully the 1525 has one.
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I would have so much fun with that, and a very angry girlfriend lol.
LMFAO That was exactly the first thing that came to mind, buy one to FUCK with girlfriend.
with that in the male arsenal no guy shall ever be placed on sex sanctions for forgetting to take the rubbish out on collection day.
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Oh shoot and I thought it was a brothel or casino. looks like no E-cookie for me =P
wait priests like young boys, can I get a partial credit??? please XD
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Nah mate i'm happy being married with kids
Did you get the custom lid on your lappy?
I got the racing stripes
lol You know I would really be keeping a close eye on what meds your missus is chucking into your food, you certainly don't sound like the typical husband. Oh wait how long have you been married that could explain a few things =P I kid I kid.
I got jibbed for the options on the lid, they only supplied black, puke green, poohish looking brown and metro sexual pink. So obviously I went for the PINK.... actually it was BLACK XD (now I want racing strips to make my comp run FASTER!)
lols this is a funny convo. but anyways I'm glad you found what you were looking for. I wasnt trying to say that you would say anything bad about compaqs, and dont get me wrong I despised it till I bought this thing, and honestly, I got it (w/o warrany price) for 450 link here. but I started thinking about it too, you may not have best buy in your country (i dunno)but there is many peoples that hate on compaq and with their previous reputation I cant blame them, but it's obvious at least their laptops got alot better.
Only thing that I really find annoying (and it's this way with alot of cheaper laptops) is how the keys bounce (i.e. you hit the key once, and it makes your finger bounce a little and makes it type a char. twice) I have found I am not the only one, but it works great. I take care of it the best I can so I'm happy with it.
Well all the bad reports on compaq's started to flow in from fellow mates shortly after I purchased the first one. They do have a bit of a bum rap sheet but for the most part they are pretty solid and reliable for the average home user. Thankfully they no longer do that stupid lock thing for the monitor when it is closed either (I bet they had a few send backs with that bright idea).
I was previously of the opinion Dell where not to crash hot either, but after using the desktops at school and recommendation's/doing some research they seem to have taken customer feed back on board and have made some improvements on the latest lines.
lol YES!!! I hate keyboards that do that shit too, still after using the asus EEE for forum postings and what have you for a year nothing will ever shit you up the wall as much as the 701 keyboard!
And yes NO best buy down under yet *wonders what the aussie equivalent to best buy would be* GOOGLE TIME!
So far I am happy with my decision, you would be hard pressed to find a better laptop for the same price as the Dell 1525, still final verdict will not be in until I format the sucker and put it to work for couple of weeks.
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No no no.... I was not referring to moonlit but, that comment was addressed to said non-googler's.
lol maybe my Aussie-ness got lost in translation XD
Turkey slap = pulling down your pants and slapping your cock on someones face (its for when a normal slap just isn't insulting enough).
Think of it Its as chucking your shoe's at George W Bush the aussie way. XD
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Hacker culture is so twisted nowadays
Well twisted surely matches that mind of mine. XD
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Its all good I can keep things on the down low *WINK* We will just lock yours up and feed her the odd rice cracker. XD
being married makes this option even more tempting. =P
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lol well those people don't need a blog, they need to be turkey slapped XD
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I had a read and to be perfectly honest I am 50/50 on the google one. Granted people who don't do research prior to posting are annoying, especially when you try to explain it and they still don't get it due to the lack of info they currently posses. This could have easily been obtained from google and they would be able to comprehend the reply and actually follow up on the responded remarks.
On the other side I have tried to do my research prior to posting and have experienced first hand that with some specific quires and some rather odd ones google does not always cut it. Plus you also have to factor in the amount of time that was wasted spending a hour or two trolling google compared to a quick forum post to be pointed in the right direction.
For the most part I enjoy helping people out where I can, its good karma and payback for those who have done the same for myself. Plus you have the added bonus of having that warm fuzzy feeling inside.
LoL @ Vako Go forth with your said rebuttals, this could be entertaining indeed. *que star wars music and scrolling yellow text*
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Ah awesome thank you very much for the conformation on that Swathe.
I was considering PMing you directly and asking seeing as you work in IT and are a fellow Aussie hence you would be in the know a whole lot more than myself. Thankfully great minds think a like and we both have excellent taste.
Sooo when are we going to Thailand to sus out a couple of mail order bride's? not that we could get much with only two dong between us =P
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Actually I don't hate Compaqs, The one that I mentioned in the above didn't die on me per say. The first problem was the locking mechanism that keeps the monitor lid closed got jammed and wouldn't open. Yeah I was annoyed that they took their sweet time on it and the mailing fee but when I got it back they did a really good job. New keyboard and mouse pad where added due to slight ware and tear and they fixed the initial problem (I was expecting them to just replace the reported damaged part).
After warranty expired the pin for the AC plug got damaged but this was more than likely due to excessive use from me. All and all I can't really complain seeing as I do put my gear through its pacers. For the record this posting is done on a Compaq persario f500 that I purchased some time after the above. Works great and have never had an issue.
I will agree with ya on the XP driver thing, I had a great deal of headaches caused in trying to locate the correct drivers or non buggy ones to roll the F500 back to win XP. Seems compaq are not so friendly with this unlike Dell.
I did some reading on the ubuntu forums and I also found that athero's wifi chipsets require a lil more fiddling around with. But thanks for the heads up.
I ended up ordering the more expensive Dell 1525 with 250gb HDD seeing as I will have to keep a few virtual machines on it and wanted the dual boot (hopefully ubuntu wont cause this Linux nub a great deal of grief on the new laptop *fingers crossed*). MMM once I get it I shall have to check out Moonlit's Windows cube desktop to solve some of my VMware headaches.
I must say $550 is a really good price and running Windows Server and a couple of xp clients is rather impressive.
Oh and thanks to everyone who helped out. XD
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LoL at gateway going belly up (thanks for the heads up foo).
I did have a look at the gateway for the price it looked ok but with that send I rather pay a little extra and get a brand I am a little more accustomed to.
I personally can't say to much about dells seeing as I have never purchased one, however I have had a compaq once before and it died within the first six months. It was a really sod dropping it off to save on the 80 postage fee and waiting 3 weeks to get it back.
I have heard nothing bur praise for Dell product and the way the handle damages under warranty. I had a look on their site and I have taken a fancy to the Dell™ Inspiron™ 1525 T4200 at $999.00 (I think I will order it later on).
One in the middle XD
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Ah ok coolies, I guess they call the slot on the laptop an expansion card slot then? (54mm slot)? or does it have a specific name (may be a dumb question) but a lot has changed since I last purchased a laptop. XD
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Ah thanks vector,
So how do you go about chucking in a new wifi card that supports a change/better antenna in the newer fan dangled things?
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Hey Peoples of Hak 5,
I recently acquired some funds and I am in the market for a new laptop for school (annoyed with the school's slow piece's of shit and am anal about desktop layout etc). So I figured I would consult the all mighty guru's in here.
My budget: Is around the $800-900 Aus mark, however I am prepared to go to $1000 if the features are worth it.
CPU: Not to fussy as long as it is speedy and can handle Visualization software smoothly, while doing some slight multi tasking.
RAM: roughly 1gig min but more is always nice.
HDD: 80 gig min but preferably 120 GB.
GFX Card: Not to fussy seeing as it will largely be used for word processing and internet use.
Screen Size: Something around the 15 inch mark, not fussy if it is slightly smaller just as long as it is no asus EEE.
I would also like a PCIMA slot so I can chuck in a new wifi card that supports a RP-SMA connector down the track. A MMC/SD card reader would also be nice but this is not a must for me (just an extra that would be handy).
I have noticed that most come pre-loaded with windows vista and would like to downgrade to Win XP. So something that has easy to find XP drivers would be really helpful seeing as I wont have to much time to stuff around with it due to assignments getting on top of me.
It will also be a added bonus if it virtually supports ubuntu out of the box, I am contemplating a dual boot.
P.S: I was look at the HP 550 15.4" Core 2 Duo NOTEBOOK but figured you guys will have better suggestions.
Link: http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/p_5571_HP..._2_Duo_NOTEBOOK
Thanks in advanced to all who reply.
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