Laptops

In my experience, the popular netbook produced by Acer, namely the Aspire One, is very unreliable.

I bought two at different times and influenced the purchase of a third. Two of these three are now defunct. The third, bought just two months ago, I am now waiting to crash.

The problem appears to be in the BIOS. It self-destructs. The symptoms are no activity and a blank, dead screen.

One Acer crashed after five weeks. One crashed after thirteen months of minimal use (perhaps a dozen times it was opened to work on).

There is no external cause. One of the crashed machines has never been exposed to the internet. The other has had minimal contact with the internet, with bona fide sites such as Microsoft.

The internet is full of chat forums and problem pages dealing with BIOS failure in these machines. Which suggests a widespread phenomenon. The solutions tendered (e.g., flashing the BIOS) do not necessarily work.

Acer 'customer support' wanted to charge me £51.99 for the privilege of sending the faulty machine to their repair centre in Plymouth. Rather steep, I thought, for postage. For that sum of money I could send a baby elephant to Aberdeen. I am presently pondering my options.

I would most strenuously advise anyone thinking of buying the Acer Aspire One to purchase an alternative brand.

Not exactly. The T2330 is almost the same as the T5250 except for a few things. The T2330 has only 1mb of L2 cache(as opposed to 2mb on the T5250), and actually has a higher clock speed at 1.6ghz(the T5250 is 1.5ghz). The T2330 can actually perform a bit faster than the T5250 in certain processes, but for the most part should perform about equal to the T5250. The lack of cache isn't noticeable in everyday usage and only really shows if you have multiple(more than 5) programs open and going at full load, or are running very demanding games. Even then, the difference isn't on a large scale. For comparison's sake, the T5250 has a 667mhz Front Side Bus and a 9x multiplier while the T2330 has a 533mhz FSB and a 12x multiplier. Both have a TDP of 35 watts, are built on 65 nanometer process, and are Merom cores(Merom-2M cores, specifically). They are actually made from the from the same silicon imprint, but after manufacturing are differentiated by either defects in cache or some other problem causing them to not express full capability, which would be a T7250. "Pentium dual core" has become Intel's economy line name, however it's every bit as much a Core 2 Duo as an officially labelled C2D, except for half the cache.

A MacBook is a type of laptop computer made by apple (the people who make ipods). They are very good computers, except a bit more expensive than other brands of computers but i think they are worth the extra money. They are very good with creative things, like editing, music and all that. Also they use a different operating system that is not Windows, which most computers use, it uses something called Mac OSX (Mac Operating System 10) which is otherwise known as Leopard.

first, you take the screen and then smash it with a sledge hammer. Then you take the keyboard and clean it with laundry detergent. Then you turn the computer upside down and unscrew everything and take out the hardrive and fill it up with gasoline. The last step is to take it to your manufacturer and tell him that there is something wrong with my computer. He will fix it for you and reset it. (keep some cash)

really, I'm not lying, this works

trust me...

Press the Alt-Gr key (which is the right-side Alt key) and the number "2" at the same time.

The best way to unlock or reset your password would be to use the Windows Setup DVD that should have come with your laptop. If you didn't buy the computer brand new, you need to contact the person you bought it from to get the password so that you can login and change it to something you will remember. If you did buy it brand new, but don't have the Setup DVD, contact Toshiba. They can verify that it's your registered laptop and help you with resetting your password.

It depends on what kind of adapter you are speaking of. Netbooks are just smaller laptops and have many of the same ports and connections that a regular laptop would have. Chances are that it should work fine.

That depends. Once your batteries go low you'll need to recharge them. UK power is 240 volts 50 hertz; US power is 120 volts 60 hertz. Check the label on your power adaptor. If it says something like: Input power 100-240V 1.5A 50-60Hz then you're good to go. If not, or it only says input power 120V 60 Hz, then you'll need another power charger. Check your laptop mfr website or do a google search - many companies sell dual-voltage units. You will still need a mains adapter, as the US 3-prong wall socket is nothing like the UK 3-prong wall socket. Those plug adaptors are available in travel shops and some airport shopping areas. ;-)

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Well, at least do the work, first, then ask the teacher if you can get ahead in class so that when the real time comes, you don't have to with the rest of the class, or you can work on something else from another class.

dell

Purchased this laptop from a retail computer shop a little while ago and have had a few weeks to play with it.

Overall, I feel that this is a solid product. I purchased this when my Dell Mini 9, (now discontinued) bit the dust, and overall feel that this newer netbook model is a vast improvement. As I am a college student who uses this product primarily for taking notes in class, I must say that the keyboard is ideal, and I have no problem keeping up with the lecture almost word-for-word. This is a large improvement over my previous netbook, which had a very congested keyboard along with keys swapped from their normal positions. The trackpad and mouse keys are pretty stellar also, although I must admit the pad itself could stand be a little larger, this is not a deal-breaker however. Bundled Windows 7 software seemed to work adequately well, however I did get rid of the massive amount of bloatware that comes with any piece of HP hardware. Soon after purchasing, I installed Macintosh OS X, which I greatly prefer.

Only caveat I can think of is the power-switch located on the side of the device can be tricky sometimes for people that are avid nail-biters, (like myself). A power-button would have been preferred, but it's not the end of the world.

One thing of note is that this page says that the RAM limit is 1GB, however this is not true. I was able to swap out my old 2GB DDR2 stick from my bricked Mini 9 and it was immediately recognized and functioned properly. Installation was fairly painless, although HP is very stingy on instructions on how to do it. If you are tech-savvy whatsoever it will not be an obstacle.

Happily recommended!

i bought it here: http://www.brainydeal.com/HP-Mini-1103130NR-10.1Inch-Netbook-Black/A/B00400OT2G.htm

For reviews from current owners, one could go to the NoteBook Review website or CNET. IBM has development information available at their website as well as a retailer locator.

do it for any laptop or desktop

go to start-settings-control panel and choose regional and language option

now go to language tab and click on details

in details you will see the keyboard option

just click on add and add your appropriate language keyboard

click on ok and you are done..

You can Adjust the Brightness of the Compaq 510 Laptop while the system is in Debugging mode only.

That is when you are starting the system then only you can able to adjust the brightness using the function key and F8 or F9.

Hope it is useful to you.

Go to device manager and check if you see a yellow mark beside the Camera device. If not, chances are the drivers are installed and you can't get the front end (Crystal Eye to work). Download this tool and install it, it will provide you with a preview of the USB Video Stream. This way you will know that your webcam is working or not!
http://hotfile.com/dl/198658377/4762ddc/Intex.rar.html

This is acutally the Intex Drivers. I happen to own an Acer Laptop with the same problem. The video drivers work, but Crystal Eye (Front End) doesnt work. This Intex Driver will install a free front end to view the USB Camera Feed.

Most likely you did not setup properly internet settings for the router. You need to know how your internet provider distributes ip addresses. Usually it happens through DHCP server. In order to get ip address from DHCP you need to know address(es) for the DNS server(s) and put them in your router internet connection properties.

HP (Hewlett Packard) is the world's largest computer company selling over 10,000 different products in the computer and electronics field. HP was founded by William Hewlett and David Packard in Packard's garage in 1939.

you will have to downloads loads of software no point

If you want to find the IP address of laptop for windows XP,follow the below steps:

1.Start->Run->cmd prompt

2.In that,just type ipconfig and then click enter

For example: It will show ip address like 74.110.208.65 .

If you want to check your network ip address that is provided by your ISP,

visit Ip-details.com .

of course just bring the laptop too or they will think its a bomb or something stupid.

If you want to buy laptop in Malaysia, the best place is to go to the golden triangle.

Well technically speaking yes, because the battery can over charge, lowering its life span/capacity and the adapters tend to overheat causing damage to the charger. Fortunately for the newer laptop batteries and chargers this problem is solved. If you are really concerned about either of these events occurring then unplug it after each charge.

All new laptops come with devices that can be used for connecting to the internet, such as a Wifi, Ethernet, or 3G adapter. You must pay for the internet subscription and any other necessary equipment, such as modems and routers, separately.