Tag: Laptop
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Another Battery Recall by Lenovo
Lenovo has issued another batter recall. This time it is for batteries manufactured by Sanyo. Systems affected are ThinkPad R60, R60e, T60, T60p, Z60m, Z61e, Z61m, Z61p series laptops.
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Apple MacBook vs. Lenovo ThinkPad – Final!
Well, as much as I love OS X, the MacBook just wasn’t cutting it for me. The MacBook is a great computer for people who want to get things done and not have to worry about the underlying technology. I need to be able to get things done without futzing with configurations, but I also…
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Apple MacBook vs. Lenovo ThinkPad – Part 3
I’ve had my MacBook for over two months now. The more I use OS X, I really like it. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts here, here and here, I like the simplicity, I like the ease of use, I like the *nix foundation underlying the pretty user interface, I like the choice between commercial…
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Another Dell Up In Flames
And people as me why I don’t recommend Dell laptops…. Today’s “Dell laptop bursts into flames” story brought to you by “Henrik the Automation Engineer” of Vernon Hills, Illinois. Quick on the draw with his 7.2 megapixel camera, “Henrik” managed to document the amusing / scary saga of his coworker’s notebook, well, pulling a Dell….…
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MacBook – Perl blunders lead to OS X Reinstall
Well, I got a little daring last night and decided to compile Postgresql and Apache with mod_ssl and mod_perl on the MacBook so that I can get back to working on The Manusya Project. I got as far as compiling and installing Postgres. Once I was done with Postgres, I decided to get the various…