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03-19-2013, 10:53 AM
#121
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03-19-2013, 10:55 AM
#122
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I'm on my way to buy another for my boss. If you guys seriously want one shoot me a pm and if you PayPal me the money plus shipping, I'll send it to you. No 
s allowed. They got 4 left...
here it is on amazon http://amzn.com/B0053HCR4W
s allowed. They got 4 left...here it is on amazon http://amzn.com/B0053HCR4W
03-19-2013, 11:44 AM
#123
Sanest Florida Man
^IDK you figure it out from Tampa. Also it has 3G builtin, of course requires subscription...
03-19-2013, 11:47 AM
#124
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and this thing boots in 15-20 seconds, ridiculous!
03-19-2013, 12:04 PM
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03-19-2013, 12:29 PM
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Truly nice deal, I want one, but don't need one 
SSD makes a laptop fly for sure, that's how I gave life to my current laptop.
Thank you for the offer!
SSD makes a laptop fly for sure, that's how I gave life to my current laptop.Thank you for the offer!
03-19-2013, 12:34 PM
#127
Sanest Florida Man
Well they're selling an almost identical model without the ssd for $10 more....
03-19-2013, 01:02 PM
#128
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LOL on my way to go by Srika's and just talked my other boss into one. It's the SSD RAID 0 array that gets them...
03-19-2013, 01:07 PM
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sh*t, ONE 128GB SSD drive goes for around $100-120 or so, by itself!
03-19-2013, 01:07 PM
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<--- justifying purchase
03-19-2013, 06:41 PM
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hey STUNNA, how did it go? Did they have any left? 
03-19-2013, 08:09 PM
#132
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Yes, I'm on yours now. I installed the RAM, did updates, got rid of crapware like annoying ass VAIO gate, etc. I'm going to ship it once the Paypal hits my bank account.
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03-19-2013, 08:12 PM
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:thanks:
03-19-2013, 08:55 PM
#134
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FYI this thing completely shuts off the optical drive when on battery power, though hitting the eject button does power it back on. That's supposed to help battery because apparently optical drives still draw a few watts even when not in use.
It took me a while to figure it out, I thought shit was broken or something then I remembered reading a news article about it a couple years back.
It took me a while to figure it out, I thought shit was broken or something then I remembered reading a news article about it a couple years back.
03-19-2013, 09:50 PM
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No biggie. I'm surprised it even has one.
03-19-2013, 09:58 PM
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No monee 
03-26-2013, 12:21 PM
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Delivered...
03-26-2013, 12:30 PM
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03-26-2013, 12:42 PM
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Contemplating just picking up a chromebook for surfing the net on the couch/bed and then getting a new PC for the grunt work (ie editing photos)
I don't see myself editing pics not at a desk
I don't see myself editing pics not at a desk
03-26-2013, 01:17 PM
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enjoying this! nice machine.
Thanks!
Thanks!
03-26-2013, 01:20 PM
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03-26-2013, 01:21 PM
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03-26-2013, 01:30 PM
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Ok
03-28-2013, 04:01 PM
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I think MS is going to be opening a specialty store in April where that Sony Store closed just closed. It's very close to the Apple Store in International Plaza. I hope they sell laptops. It should be a good place to go and get a good laptop, I think MS hand picks which laptops will be in their stores and then uninstalls all the crapware and installs MSE, etc. They pick laptops that are well made and do a good job of showing off the OS, not bottom of the barrel cheap shit like the other stores sell.
Go into a place like CompUSA now Tiger Direct and you'll see why Apple and now MS opened their own stores, it's such a shitty experience going to these B&M retailers because their goals are not necessarily the same goals as Apple or MS. B&M's most important goal is to get you to buy worthless accessories like overpriced shit Anti-virus, cables, extended warranties, etc.
Go into a place like CompUSA now Tiger Direct and you'll see why Apple and now MS opened their own stores, it's such a shitty experience going to these B&M retailers because their goals are not necessarily the same goals as Apple or MS. B&M's most important goal is to get you to buy worthless accessories like overpriced shit Anti-virus, cables, extended warranties, etc.
03-28-2013, 04:17 PM
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Jessops in the UK closed about 2 months ago, today they announced that they are coming back with an Apple influence...
04-03-2013, 09:29 AM
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04-03-2013, 01:06 PM
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04-19-2013, 07:26 PM
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Here's a helpful tool that any IT guy should have. It's called Fixshell from Prevx. Basically it's a tool that fixes many causes of the dreaded KSOD aka black screen with cursor. If you've run into this problem you know it can be a bitch to deal with. I've been dealing with it today and think I've finally got it beat with some persistence and the help of this tool.
I had a client get the KSOD which is during bootup before the login screen or loading of the desktop you get a black screen and white cursor and nothing else. Depending on how bad it is, you may be able to ctrl+shift+esc to open task manager or hit the shift key 5 times to enable sticky keys and from there run explorer.exe. Other times you can't do that and you're stuck on that screen. There are a few guides on the internet but none of them were working for me.
Causes can vary though for me I think it's often caused by shit getting fucked up during a windows update which then messes up permissions/ACL in the registry, also I've heard viruses can cause it. The PC I worked on today I think both were an issue. The client had been using system restore to get out of the issue for a few days but then that stopped fixing it (probably caused by last patch tuesdays updates). I ran this fixshell.exe and got it working and I was about to leave when I decided to restart the PC one more time to make sure it didn't come back after fixing it the first time. It came back on restart. So I took it home, took out the drive and ran it in a Hyper-V VM, thereby eliminating most chances that it was caused by hardware or drivers (another possible cause I found online).
I ran a full disk virus scan using Microsofts Safety Scanner, it found a bunch of shit and removed it. I then rebooted and it worked again after malware removal. So I did some more scans and ran patch tuesdays updates and restarted. And yeah it came back after that. So I booted back into safe mode and ran fixshell.exe again and started working again. I've restarted multiple times afterwards and it's yet to come back so I think it's fixed, for now.
So yeah Fixshell.exe can be had here
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...reen-Fix.shtml
And the Microsoft Safety scanner which is basically manual AV scanner that uses MSE's definition database and works well can be had here
http://www.microsoft.com/security/sc...s/default.aspx
I had a client get the KSOD which is during bootup before the login screen or loading of the desktop you get a black screen and white cursor and nothing else. Depending on how bad it is, you may be able to ctrl+shift+esc to open task manager or hit the shift key 5 times to enable sticky keys and from there run explorer.exe. Other times you can't do that and you're stuck on that screen. There are a few guides on the internet but none of them were working for me.
Causes can vary though for me I think it's often caused by shit getting fucked up during a windows update which then messes up permissions/ACL in the registry, also I've heard viruses can cause it. The PC I worked on today I think both were an issue. The client had been using system restore to get out of the issue for a few days but then that stopped fixing it (probably caused by last patch tuesdays updates). I ran this fixshell.exe and got it working and I was about to leave when I decided to restart the PC one more time to make sure it didn't come back after fixing it the first time. It came back on restart. So I took it home, took out the drive and ran it in a Hyper-V VM, thereby eliminating most chances that it was caused by hardware or drivers (another possible cause I found online).
I ran a full disk virus scan using Microsofts Safety Scanner, it found a bunch of shit and removed it. I then rebooted and it worked again after malware removal. So I did some more scans and ran patch tuesdays updates and restarted. And yeah it came back after that. So I booted back into safe mode and ran fixshell.exe again and started working again. I've restarted multiple times afterwards and it's yet to come back so I think it's fixed, for now.
So yeah Fixshell.exe can be had here
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/S...reen-Fix.shtml
And the Microsoft Safety scanner which is basically manual AV scanner that uses MSE's definition database and works well can be had here
http://www.microsoft.com/security/sc...s/default.aspx
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04-23-2013, 04:37 AM
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^^^Did your client have Kaspersky? You know there is an issue with the April MS updates and Kaspersky that causes the above??
04-23-2013, 09:23 AM
#151
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No, Panda. I replaced it with MSE also.
Oh and I spoke too soon on that post. As soon as I put the drive back in the PC and booted it up I started having issues again and fixshell wasn't working anymore.
So I ran a combination of secedit full permission reset and fixshell and it seems to be working after all that.
I dropped it off to her today and ha no issues. Though I wouldn't be surprised if I got a phone after May's patch tuesday.
Oh and I spoke too soon on that post. As soon as I put the drive back in the PC and booted it up I started having issues again and fixshell wasn't working anymore.
So I ran a combination of secedit full permission reset and fixshell and it seems to be working after all that.
I dropped it off to her today and ha no issues. Though I wouldn't be surprised if I got a phone after May's patch tuesday.
06-11-2013, 12:22 AM
#152
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edit: i wanna figure something out first.
Whenever I wake up my macbook pro from sleep it usually takes 30 seconds to connect to my home internet. I have no clue why. Restarting it the computer and deleting the network (although I dont think i completely deleted it) from the computer hasn't changed it. All other devices, phones and ipad seems to work perfectly fine. This is something thats started over the last couple weeks randomly.
Whenever I wake up my macbook pro from sleep it usually takes 30 seconds to connect to my home internet. I have no clue why. Restarting it the computer and deleting the network (although I dont think i completely deleted it) from the computer hasn't changed it. All other devices, phones and ipad seems to work perfectly fine. This is something thats started over the last couple weeks randomly.
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06-11-2013, 02:55 AM
#153
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Is it plugged in? Power nap set?
06-11-2013, 09:50 PM
#154
Suzuka Master
No this is over wifi. I dunno what power nap set means...but i dont havee mountain lion. Just lion
06-12-2013, 03:08 AM
#155
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plugged in to a power outlet.
06-12-2013, 11:01 PM
#156
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Interesting today it seems fine.
And I think it was both plugged in or not plugged in whiskers. But I dunno what happened but its fine now... I dunno what it was, I'm guessing the router. I'll just restart it if it happens again.
And I think it was both plugged in or not plugged in whiskers. But I dunno what happened but its fine now... I dunno what it was, I'm guessing the router. I'll just restart it if it happens again.
06-19-2013, 10:38 AM
#157
Suzuka Master
It ended up being the router. Reset the thing and it works fine now
06-19-2013, 10:45 AM
#158
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Always reboot router.
07-02-2013, 12:56 AM
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What browser are you guys using on your desktop?
Considering going back to Firefox. The add-ons were better last I remembered even years ago, and youtube is poo on chrome. Heard that optimization is better on FF
Considering going back to Firefox. The add-ons were better last I remembered even years ago, and youtube is poo on chrome. Heard that optimization is better on FF
07-02-2013, 06:41 AM
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FF with AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, Video Download Helper, ReminderFox and ForecastFox.