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- winoweenie - 11-09-2002
For the last 2 days this @!#$%^&IO machine has decided it woould turn itself off and on ats its' descration. Needless to say it makes me crazier. Hopefully I can get thru this posting day. For whatever it's worth I'm heading for San Diego next week sos' I'll be outta pocket. Be nice. WW
- Drew - 11-09-2002
Monkey see...Monkey do!
Drew
- Botafogo - 11-09-2002
Verne, I would LOVE to see you in one of those "Why I switched to Macintosh" commercials, they could even have the new I-Mac doing realtime subtitles of your native vernacular into intelligible English.....
Love, Roberto
- winoweenie - 11-10-2002
Am seriously thinking about switching. Will decide on my return. WW
- Botafogo - 11-10-2002
Good, then we'll fit you for a Volvo station wagon and get you a "Nader / Clinton in '04" t-shirt and you'll feel so much better....
Roberto
- winedope1 - 11-10-2002
of course, we'll want to see pictures of that!!!
- Thomas - 11-11-2002
On Friday night I spilled water on my Mac laptop. Today I had to bring it in to see if it is salvageable. But I still love Macs.
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- Botafogo - 11-11-2002
Been there, done that (but it was a nice Arneis from Vietti) and it still works after they replaced the keyboard....
Roberto
- Bucko - 11-11-2002
You Boyz and your Fruitputers.......
- chittychattykathy - 11-11-2002
And girl....
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- Bucko - 11-12-2002
Yikes! They're metastasizing. Time to get the shotgun polished up......
- Thomas - 11-12-2002
I wish it were just the keyboard, but a laptop is not so easy.
Once spilled a Barolo over my keyboard and would have cried not for the loss of the computer but for the loss of the Barolo--would have cried but I had consumed enough Barolo that night not to care.
- winoweenie - 11-17-2002
Well I'm back from the coast and this piece of Ca-Ca is still doing it's thing Will have the 'puter 'sperts out tomollow and hopefully they'll send it to the big E in the sky. WW
- Thomas - 11-18-2002
I lucked out; that glass of water cost me only $190.00--new keyboard. The laptop is fine.
Got a scare, though, when I went to pick it up. The technician could not get it to start up. I innocently asked if he was sure he had a/c juice. He asked what I meant by a/c.
"Alternating current," I said, "the stuff that runs this stuff."
He laughed me off, went to the back, came back and announced that the tech in the back got it to start up. So he tries again--nothing. He looks at me oddly, walks over to the next cubicle, plugs into that a/c and "voila."
His a/c was indeed dead.
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- winoweenie - 11-19-2002
After 3 days and 550 later the machine has been purged of its' Windows ME and the XP installed along with 3 times the original memory. Then I couldn't log on because I forgot my Password that was changed with my last E change. That sweet Jackie came to the rescue and, hopefully, I'm now back on board. Naturally, our other esteemed moderator, " Without-A-Bucks-Clue " could only say Whassup? when asked fer help. WW
- hotwine - 11-19-2002
Here's hoping XP solves the problems, WW. I'm using ME, too, and consider it a disaster, but haven't gotten around to changing out the OS yet. Will be curious to hear how it goes for you.
- Bucko - 11-20-2002
Hey, I played the laugh box when you cried for help -- what more can you ask for, you old desert rat?
- Bucko - 11-20-2002
BTW, I love Windows XP -- by far the best Microsoft operating system yet. It is very user friendly.
- Jackie - 11-20-2002
WW,
So glad I could help. Don't pick on poor Bucko. He can't get to all the hidden stuff like I can. He's a great moderator and I love him.
Jackie
- winoweenie - 11-20-2002
Love it sofar. Dawned on me after the technician left I could have bought a new machine for less than the repair. He said that he sends a commission to Micro every month for the biz he obtains off ME. Hotsie, my advice is download a new system now whilst it can be done online. At 95 bucks per hour the derned techies thunk they be almost in Buckinheimers league. Love this hummer so fer. WW (Repitition is correlated wif' olden ages) [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/biggrin.gif[/img]