dotTech - Topic: Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11213 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11213 Locutus said:

Joji said:

Oh... that explains... My laptop is very portable. It's a 14" screen... I think. 

~Joji~

 

Mine has a 14.6" screen, too, but no battery because the connectors inside the laptop have shorted out.

Ohhhh right right. My laptop has a battery that could last up to 6 hours. Well, the primary battery provides 5 hours, and the secound battery provides 1 hour of... you know.

 

~Joji~

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:12:44 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11210 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11210 Joji said:

Oh... that explains... My laptop is very portable. It's a 14" screen... I think. 

~Joji~

 

Mine has a 14.6" screen, too, but no battery because the connectors inside the laptop have shorted out.

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:20:00 -0700 Conn Platt on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11208 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11208 (cough, cough) TOPIC^^ (cough,cough)Laugh

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:10:02 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11205 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11205 Oh... that explains... My laptop is very portable. It's a 14" screen... I think. 

~Joji~

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:35:38 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11204 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11204 Oh... that explains... My laptop is very portable. It's a 14" screen... I think. 

~Joji~

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:35:37 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11196 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11196 Well no the computer is fast cause I'm not running Windows on it (after installing a service pack, Windows' speed seems to drop off a cliff).  But the problem is, it's becoming my main computer!  It isn't transportable!  Its battery connector shorted out!  All in all this laptop isn't a laptop, it's a tiny desktop with a screen!

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 13:53:44 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11185 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11185 jumbi said:

"My girlfriend"

 

You have a girlfriend!? Aw SCREW IT!!! I don't have one yet! Cry Everyone is taken, when am I gonna get one!!!

 

@Locu

Instead of wanting your laptop to die, how about you re-image it and clear everything out, re-install Ubuntu or Windows and POOF! Brand new computer! Don't forge t clean your laptop with a semi-wet microfibre towel, and wipe the screen with a special solution. Then there we go, BRAND NEW LAPTOP!

 

At my school, I'm probably the ONLY ONE who has the most cleanest laptop ever. Not to be sacarstic or anything, but it's a fact. Lots of people are like "Joji why is your laptop so shiny", or"Whoa so clean... it's only a SCHOOL LAPTOP why do you care it so much?"

 

~Joji~

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 07:29:40 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11175 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11175 "Don't know they shouldn't move the notebook when operating"-I move mine, I just back up my data and have an extra (bigger, actually) hard drive in case I need it.  On my other laptop, I'm actually waiting for it to die Wink.  It just won't die!!!!! (It's the one I decided to install Ubuntu on... now it's my main computer.)

]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 00:18:50 -0700 jumbi on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11174 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11174 Locutus said:

I haven't actually ever had a bad hard drive.  Every hard drive I have is in tip-top shape.  Some of them are 8 years old!

This is luck or the hard disks are not being used so many hours!

I think that by manufacturing characteristics, all HDs have specific operating hours to live. And this is something written also to many shops when one reads the HD specifications.

I have experienced about 4-5 HD deaths the last decade (but I use ~10 different kinds of PCs). Of course I have replaced 2-3 dozens of notebook HDs of customers because they do not know that they shouldn't move the notebook while operating(!). Only a few notebooks (usually the more expensive models) have mechanism-censor  to move the heads of their HD aside while the notebook is moving...

My girlfriend used to carry her netbook everywhere into her house...although she knew it was bad habit. I switched her HD to SSD and now I sleep calm :-)

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 23:54:55 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11169 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11169 I haven't actually ever had a bad hard drive.  Every hard drive I have is in tip-top shape.  Some of them are 8 years old!

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:21:27 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11166 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/page-2/#p11166 Well ya, for storage it's fine. But for the extras? Seagate is a total win for that!

 

~Joji~

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 20:15:23 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11162 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11162 For the internal drives?  If you image your computer, you wipe the internal drive.  I'm not talking about external drives.

Both of my WD external drives are perfectly fine.

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:20:26 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11159 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11159 Locutus said:

If your computer needs imaging, it's not a hardware problem (unless it's to a new HDD, in which case GET A BETTER BRAND! I recommend Seagate).

Actually, well, many things on my laptop was screwed up, and re-imaging also "refreshes" my laptop too.

 

...and you notice I DO use Seagate... right? I said that a lot of times already. LoL. Laugh Western Digital is horrible. So much junkies that I don't need! Not only that, but they throw in a lot of trial-ware, while Seagate throws in full-versions of WD's trial-wares.

 

SEAGATE FTW!!!

 

~Joji~

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 19:08:52 -0700 Locutus on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11155 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11155 If your computer needs imaging, it's not a hardware problem (unless it's to a new HDD, in which case GET A BETTER BRAND! I recommend Seagate).

]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 18:23:55 -0700 Joji on Dropbox - Space http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11153 Gen-Tech http://dottech.org/forums/gen-tech/dropbox-space/#p11153 jumbi said:

 

Please check the initial review here + great comments + comparison to other similar services. You will find out dozens of reasons why people need online storage and moreover automated syncing between computers.

And of course, an external HD just can't do this job.

Ya, I know I know. But you see, my laptop needs repairs quite a few times right? And usually it's re-imaging. So, I need external hard drives with large amounts of space to store my stuff. Online storage is not enough to store all my files.
 

 

I hope you understood what I meant in that post…

 

~Joji~

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