Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:13:11 +0200 From: Karel Miklav <karel@lovetemple.net> To: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Buying a new laptop Message-ID: <460ABE47.1050309@lovetemple.net> In-Reply-To: <8a0028260703280800u12da9374x3cd40d234d294b68@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070327191946.GA39413@bewilderbeast.blackhelicopters.org> <rmi3b3p1r7w.fsf@fnord.ir.bbn.com> <460A80D8.3070503@psg.com> <8a0028260703280800m659b7419hc651691c7f083a21@mail.gmail.com> <8a0028260703280800u12da9374x3cd40d234d294b68@mail.gmail.com>
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Jeff Rollin wrote: > I had to double check there as I often confuse ASUS (which I've had > no experience with) and Acer - but I might as well post about my > experiences with Acer anyway. Screen failed within a week of the end > of the warranty period but they would not replace it for love or > money (well, they probably would have done for money, but > unfortunately I can't afford to be spending £600 every year when the > screen fails out of warranty.) I had an Acer once. It's plastic housing _completely_ disintegrated after two years and I had similar experience with other brands. Life taught me not to believe in support and I don't want to afford it anyway so now I exclusively buy used subsized Thinkpads with notion that if something breaks i'll just throw it away and buy another one. No if so far. However, I do not recommend Thinkpads because like first you won't impress chicks and like second you won't be able to get as good game framerates as your colegues so they'll all make fun of you how you wasted your money. And in the end you will get very nervous realizing that no sexier and more aerodynamic models are coming out. In the search for a rational reason for replacement you'll start accidentally throwing it on the floor but it fucking won't die so you'll also make some damage to nearby objects and random bypassers and thus gain a bad karma. But well, if you just need it to do your job...
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