FB: Liberty League

['gro]

yeah it lets you go into set up mode. gro played around with that, then threw in the "restore CD" and it said can't find this file and that... f-ing peece of crap.

most of my important files are backed up on cd anyway, going to take it in and hopefully get this terd fixed... do not want to shell out hard earned duckets for a new one. plus there's always the work laptop, but that will limit gro's scavenger hunt ability.

[Senor RedTackle]

yeah it lets you go into set up mode. gro played around with that, then threw in the "restore CD" and it said can't find this file and that... f-ing peece of crap.

most of my important files are backed up on cd anyway, going to take it in and hopefully get this terd fixed... do not want to shell out hard earned duckets for a new one.

dude....by the time you get it fixed, you'll be at $60-75...maybe even $100. You can get a new one for under $400 with much better stuff......

[icgrad87]

yeah it lets you go into set up mode. gro played around with that, then threw in the "restore CD" and it said can't find this file and that... f-ing peece of crap.

most of my important files are backed up on cd anyway, going to take it in and hopefully get this terd fixed... do not want to shell out hard earned duckets for a new one.

Gro, if you know someone who has a desktop you can install the drive in their machine as a "slave" drive..have to change the pins on the hd and then you may be able to see it in My Computer and could at least move your data to the other disk.  Then you could go and purchase another drive and install XP and put your files back.

[icgrad87]

yeah it lets you go into set up mode. gro played around with that, then threw in the "restore CD" and it said can't find this file and that... f-ing peece of crap.

most of my important files are backed up on cd anyway, going to take it in and hopefully get this terd fixed... do not want to shell out hard earned duckets for a new one.

dude....by the time you get it fixed, you'll be at $60-75...maybe even $100. You can get a new one for under $400 with much better stuff......

Yeah you could do that as well....and then just "slave" it in your new machine

['gro]

good advice guys +k... a new pc is probably the best idea. Gro will have to consult IC grad when he tears open the old one.

[Senor RedTackle]

good advice guys +k... a new pc is probably the best idea. Gro will have to consult IC grad when he tears open the old one.

'gro doesn't trust RT, long time IBM employee and now top IT consultant & salesman for IBM's largest national reseller??

....RT is hurt (besides, RT can get 'gro a deal)

['gro]

Gro just figured IC grads rate would be cheaper (zing!)


hmmmm, a deal? now we're talking.

[icgrad87]

good advice guys +k... a new pc is probably the best idea. Gro will have to consult IC grad when he tears open the old one.

'gro doesn't trust RT, long time IBM employee and now top IT consultant & salesman for IBM's largest national reseller??

....RT is hurt (besides, RT can get 'gro a deal)

RT you work for Big Blue?

[Senor RedTackle]

good advice guys +k... a new pc is probably the best idea. Gro will have to consult IC grad when he tears open the old one.

'gro doesn't trust RT, long time IBM employee and now top IT consultant & salesman for IBM's largest national reseller??

....RT is hurt (besides, RT can get 'gro a deal)

RT you work for Big Blue?

I did for 6 years until Dec, now I run upstate NY for their largest VAR in the us

[Dr. xGSC]

RedTackle,

Since you are an IT guru, please help a father in need. My 11 year old son wants a laptop as his 3 siblings take over the other 2 computers in the house. Without spending an arm and a leg; any ideas for an inexpensive laptop that will play various computer games but doesn't come with all the bells and whistles? Your help is much appreciated.

[Regulator]

Dr.

You have two choices with laptops.

#1 buy a new one from any of the retail stores...which should run you about $400.
#2 Buy a used one off ebay....which is risky.

Make sure any computer you purchase has an operating system

"It's only money"

[Jonny Utah]

Would you guys stop talking about such nonsense and answer me a serious question. 

Is this stuff too strong for a rash?

or should I go with the bread and butter...

[Senor RedTackle]

Would you guys stop talking about such nonsense and answer me a serious question. 



or should I go with the bread and butter...

yes...old school

['gro]

overstock.com baby... if its refurbished that means its been inspected twice, you can't go wrong!!

[Senor RedTackle]

RedTackle,

Since you are an IT guru, please help a father in need. My 11 year old son wants a laptop as his 3 siblings take over the other 2 computers in the house. Without spending an arm and a leg; any ideas for an inexpensive laptop that will play various computer games but doesn't come with all the bells and whistles? Your help is much appreciated.

RT has a few questions to help frame this exercise:

1) how much is "an arm and  leg"? Don't be misled by these $400-500 laptop "deals". At that price, you're not getting a laptop that has any real functionality beyond getting online from a portable platform. Wouldn't be a good gaming device and would be a brick of a machine

2) is the primary function gaming? If so, the items you can't skimp on are graphichs cards, memory, and processor. The top sound cards are nice but they are an easy trade off...the base sound cards should be fine for an 11 year old but with the demands of today's games plus what's coming down the pike, you need the other stuff to be robust.

3) does it have to be a laptop? If it's just for your son to game and provide some computing relief in a crowded house, you may want to consider a desktop for these reasons: they're much cheaper (relative to equivalent options), and more modular, meaning, you can buy a box w/ the high end processor then base components you need then basically buy the upgraded components yourself and slap them in later if the base parts aren't performing enough. Hard to do in a laptop..simple on a pc.