Recent content by daniel49

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    [Best non-Apple Laptop] Who are the candidates?

    Been looking for a while. Have it narrowed down to the asus zenbook or dell xps15. 1300.00 vs 2200 trying to decide if that dell is worth 900.00 more.
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    Laptop recomendations

    No hogs like cad or Bleeding edge gaming. I social network, email ,play flash games in browser. Schoolwork. so have to use programs like office, ftp, editors for basic programming, multitask a lot. Run a virtual machine occasionally, got into writing batch files last quarter, take some classes...
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    Laptop recomendations

    this is my current laptop seems to fit my needs fine anything north of these specs is a bonus. budget, I'd like to stay under a grand? https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BC4QMVE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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    Lenovo 910 battery question

    You could go through their support process and ask them but probably be quicker to check for yourself? http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/contactus
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    Laptop recomendations

    My current laptop is an Asus, but my biggest gripe about it was the cheap plastic shell it was housed in. The 2 halves of the shell were held together by about 10 screws on the bottom. These screws threaded into a metal sleeve that was embedded into the plastic of the case. Once the plastic...
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    the ideal work music player 4 me would be?

    k thx will look thru these and try to decide if a blutooth speaker paired with an on the way out technology like mp3 players or a smartphone is my best bet. I have pretty much held out on cellphones so far. had a cheap one for a while, but I used it so little its stuck in a drawer somewhere.
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    the ideal work music player 4 me would be?

    bluetooth more in the cellphone world isn't it?where you'd be playing off your phone to an external speaker?
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    the ideal work music player 4 me would be?

    Need a very portable mp3 player. would load it ideally from my computers existing music. (USB ) Needs to have an external speaker as ear buds and headphones are not allowed at work. Dusty environment, should be dustproof. Machinery is noisy so needs to have descent volume. Long charge that...
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    acl sprain

    snail oh ic thank you. highland: both are 2 hot for you.
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    acl sprain

    snail: thought i smelled something' Highland: problem with that forum is answers come slow. but my daughter just stopped by, she is a massage therapist and knew 3-6 months to heal,,,hmmm wonder why an RN didn't know that?
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    Boston reminds us why we should hate them...it's a racist city

    studies have shown, there is no shortage of idiots on the Internet for making idiotic statements. Keyboards need to be upgraded to include a hand that pops out and slaps you for being a moron.
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    acl sprain

    fell down 3 months ago. knee been hurting every since. got an mri finally, and just talked to the nurse. no surgery or therepy called for. but it could take a while to heal. how long i said, its been 3 months now. I don't know she said... hmmm helpful anyone been in a similar situation so I got...
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    ACL sprain

    fell down 3 months ago. knee been hurting every since. got an mri finally, and just talked to the nurse. no surgery or therepy called for. but it could take a while to heal. how long i said, its been 3 months now. I don't know she said... hmmm helpful anyone been in a similar situation so I got...
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    laptops for linux

    Ok thanks everyone. Decided on this one to see if a laptop will work for these old eyes:-) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...=ATVPDKIKX0DER
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    laptops for linux

    seems like I remember reading some reviews on levono where people complained about cheap plastic and touchscreen issues...you haven't found it so?