A small how-to on taking care of those laptops. These puppies are not made of titanium. They are plastic.
Try to guess which piece of hardware is most often replaced on laptop computers. LCD Monitor? Cold. Keyboard? Getting warmer. Mouse pad? Getting hot. Actually the most frequently replaced piece of hardware on laptop computers is the handrest. The piece that surrounds the mouse pad, just below the keyboard. It’s where, you guessed it, you rest your hands.…
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26 - Cap
hehe, nice article. one flaw tho, my laptop is titanium. its a 15" mac powerbook, and can take quite a beating when its closed. the cold this winter did do some damage tho, now the 6 and f5 keys dont work :(
27 - ctpmn
Victor, how many low level, non IT peeps do you see reading this? I'm just saying, it's a good article straight to the point and entertaing. I guess you could change the negative to postive/reinforcing statements for say a corporate wide E-mail but you'd also need to revise the course language. For the audience; satirical, cynical, overworked IT peeps it was good.
28 - JELIEL³
Roger that ctpmn. This guy got it.
PS My language was toned down, this was texturised =)
29 - dougie
well ppl i must be lucky my pain in the a~~ of a bro dropped my hp laptop down the hallway stairs, when it was swithed on so he could show us his new pic he drew and all i had to do was put the battery back in and switch it on!
But i wouldnt attempt to re-create it.
30 - JELIEL³
Exactly. Don't re-create. You got lucky.
31 - JC
Its amazing the things people will do with their computers. Its even worse when the person in question somehow believes they know a damn thing about computers.
Only recently I recieved a desktop machine which the owner had tried fixing themselves by opening it up and now it wont turn on. Turns out there was no heatsink on the processor (which was an athlon XP - no chip on earth will burn faster). After describing what a heatsink was to the customer they said "Oh that thing - I took that out it didnt seem to be necessary" ... oh dear. .. oh dear.
32 - JELIEL
HOLY CRAP! That's insane. Oh I took out the liver, I didn't think it was important.
33 - LYNN
AS I SIT HERE TYPING IN ALL CAPS, I FIND MYSELF WISHING THAT I'D READ THIS BLOG ENTRY BEFORE I SPILLED COFFEE ON MY LAPTOP KEYBOARD AND EVIDENTLY FRIED MY CAPS LOCK KEY IN THE LOCKED POSITION.
THE ADVENTURE CAN BE SUMMED UP AS FOLLOWS
COFFEE+DOG+KEYBOARD=ARGH. ARGH. ARGH, I SAY. ARGH.
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS EVIDENTLY WORTH A CUP OF COFFEE AFTER ALL. *OFF TO ORDER A KEYBOARD COVER*
34 - JELIEL³
Now thats funny Lynn, sorry to hear about your keyboard.
35 - Shipra Kamra
Good article...keep Writing :)