Can this laptop be saved? What are my options for getting it looked at cheaply/getting a replacement cheaply? Details inside.
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posted by mreleganza
on Apr 19, 2012 -
15 answers
Where can I buy a cheapish, probably refurbished laptop in London, UK? My crummy old HP finally gave up the ghost and I need a replacement like, yesterday. Ordering online is out of the question - I'd like to walk into a store tomorrow and come home with something. Any recommended places in Central / East where I can get a bargain, or at least not get ripped off? Thanks.
posted by Ted Maul
on Apr 13, 2012 -
5 answers
My new Motorola S9 HD bluetooth headphones are paired with my HP Elitebook 8440p laptop (Windows 7 32-bit) - yay! But no sound comes through. The laptop has A2DP technology, according to the downloadable manual. Both are "on" - headset & computer BT transmitter. Clues?
posted by IAmBroom
on Apr 12, 2012 -
6 answers
Will my laptop be safe if I commute to work on a mountain bike? The trail in question is 6 miles long, quite bumpy with sections passing through rocky (Dry) creek beds.
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posted by ShootTheMoon
on Apr 9, 2012 -
15 answers
My cellphone and laptop are reaching the end of their runs (a respectable 5 years for the laptop, and a measly two for the phone). In the next several months, I will need to get new devices. But what should I do? New awesome phone (Samsung Galaxy IIS or similar) and keep the current laptop pretty much only for typing and image editing? New basic phone + iPad + plug-in keyboard for the iPad? New basic phone + MacBook Air? More on what I do with my devices (and what I'd
like to do with them) after the jump.
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posted by ocherdraco
on Apr 4, 2012 -
6 answers
Can you give me recommendations for portable, yet powerful speakers for a laptop? Audio quality not necessarily the #1 priority.
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posted by jeremias
on Mar 31, 2012 -
7 answers
Please suggest a thin/light laptop with great build quality and battery life for approximately $1000. An Ultrabook would have been ideal but I need at least 500gb hard drive and all the standard ports (more USBs, HDMI, Ethernet etc.) I don't need an optical drive. Also, I don't want a Mac.
I would be using it mostly for watching movies, college work, surfing the web etc. but no gaming. Given these conditions which would be the best laptop I can buy immediately?
posted by libbrichus
on Mar 28, 2012 -
17 answers
I'd like to replace my 2 or 3 year-old Acer 12-inch netbook with something that has more horsepower. But I still want something that's
small and light with at least
6 hours of battery life. I also want a netbook or laptop that's sturdy and
doesn't get hot or have a loud fan. It looks like the Acer Aspire S3 Ultrabook meets my needs and it gets very good reviews. Although I'm nervous about it having only a 3-cell battery. I also like the specs for Lenovo's $750 Thinkpad Edge e220s but there are no customer reviews for it on Newegg or Amazon. I'd like your input and to know if I've overlooked any other good choices. I'd rather spend $500 than $800, but I might be willing to pay even more for a truly great machine.
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posted by 14580
on Mar 27, 2012 -
28 answers
Looking for a new laptop.
Mostly web surfing, watch a lot of online videos, could do with at least 400GB hard drive (more would be useful) for storing podcasts/music. On that note, decent speakers would be nice.
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posted by Reggie Knoble
on Mar 19, 2012 -
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I love my Macbook Pro keyboard, but I type too much. In just 3 months I've started to wear down the space bar. Help me find a full-size bluetooth keyboard that isn't too large and has as good a mouse as the touchpad on my Macbook.
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posted by arniec
on Mar 13, 2012 -
12 answers
I generally work from home and have an excellent desktop machine that never lets me down. Occasionally I have to travel, and when I do I take an ancient Dell Inspiron 8500 to work on and use for remote support. Long story short, the Dell has died and I'm out of touch with laptop options. Anyone know the best portable machines for programmers?
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posted by samworm
on Feb 8, 2012 -
10 answers
Idiot's guide to replacing my Windows Vista (don't judge me!) laptop hardrive?. Preferably by "cloning" the old drive onto the new one (I suspect via another external hard drive / backup).
posted by ewan
on Feb 4, 2012 -
4 answers
Broken laptop hinge in NYC. Where can I get this repaired without paying one hundred million dollars?
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posted by showbiz_liz
on Jan 31, 2012 -
8 answers
I really, really liked the flash game 3 Slices, recently posted on the blue. I also loved Lemmings. What other flash or internet-based games would I like that I can play on my (old) laptop?
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posted by shortyJBot
on Jan 22, 2012 -
8 answers
My cursor (or some sneaky internal laptop thing) clicks on things I don't want. It has a mind of its own. Help me control it!
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posted by sucre
on Jan 17, 2012 -
13 answers
Help me find a tiny trackball for use with a laptop. Key requirement: hangs off side of laptop, does NOT use desk space.
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posted by intermod
on Jan 12, 2012 -
11 answers
Should I get a MacBook Air or stick with Windows? I may be getting a new laptop for school and I want to get the best, most portable one... but I have never had a Mac. What should I get?
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posted by DoubleLune
on Jan 10, 2012 -
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I have an old Mac laptop from 2006, it works pretty good. The main problem is that 4 keys don't work on it, I spilled water on the keyboard and "r", "s", "f" and "4" don't work. Should I just donate the computer? Who would want it? Should I try and sell it on craigslist? Would anyone want it?
posted by raspsgirl
on Jan 10, 2012 -
10 answers
I desire a new bag. Something sturdy to carry my laptop* and books in. Something I can easily kart around on my bicycle (on my back, shoulder, or otherwise a flexible paneer). I'm based in London, UK. Budget floating around £100ish. Give me inspiration people!
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posted by 0bvious
on Jan 3, 2012 -
18 answers
Windows 7 thinks I am connected to a projector and my laptop screen is black. How can I force it to return to normal?
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posted by jeremias
on Dec 30, 2011 -
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Internet works on one windows 7 laptop via ethernet but not on a macbook pro and not on another windows 7 laptop. Ethernet is my only option right now, router is not available.
I want to fix this particular issue not internet connection sharing (thank you for thinking though).
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posted by iNfo.Pump
on Dec 22, 2011 -
4 answers
Is it possible to hook up a laptop to a desktop so that the laptop's hard drive is effectively serving as an external hard drive?
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posted by robverb
on Dec 11, 2011 -
5 answers
Which is the exact keyboard-time sequence to switch an
Acer Aspire 5920G to
boot from CD instead of HDD? I need to be guided like a blind.
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posted by lion
on Dec 11, 2011 -
6 answers
Need specific mac buying advice: I marinated my 2008 MacBook in coffee this morning and will likely need to replace it after work today or tomorrow.
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posted by midmarch snowman
on Nov 30, 2011 -
19 answers
TechSupportFilter: Laptop system freezing upon screen blanking -AND- driver fail issues (GeForce 360M edition).
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posted by Heretical
on Nov 27, 2011 -
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Choose-my-laptop-filter. This is, in broad strokes, what I'm considering: 15" Lenovo W520 with the 1080p screen, 16Gb RAM and dual SSDs in RAID 0. Questions inside.
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posted by Leon
on Nov 27, 2011 -
4 answers
Seeking advice on a laptop/notebook for CAD. That may also (possibly) be able to run a Playstation 2 emulator.
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posted by hayeled
on Nov 26, 2011 -
3 answers
Recommendations please for using a big screen LCD TV (40+"?) as a computer display. "Don't" is fine as a response but please justify. Cost is a significant issue; we can spend up to or little over $700.
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posted by anadem
on Nov 25, 2011 -
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I have an ASUS G60V laptop. My lcd screen is shattered, and now I need to use a repair CD. Laptop won't boot into external monitor in repair mode, so I can't see the screen. Any ASUS owners be willing to walk me through the BIOS menu steps to see if I can get my laptop to connect to the external?
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posted by siddhartha_in_costume
on Nov 24, 2011 -
2 answers
How would placing two (or more!) Compact flash drives in my
T40 laptop and using them as a striped RAID 0 compare to installing an equivalent (PATA) SSD? Is there some other thinking-further-out-of-the-box way of getting lightning-fast disk performance into a Pentium M-class laptop?
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posted by Orb2069
on Nov 24, 2011 -
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