The Garden Fence - proper Old Style support and chat!

ivyleaf

Mar I run my laptop off the mains all the time, no problems at all

monnagran I hope the viewing went as well as you could have wished xx

(hugs) to everyone xx

CRANKY40

It shouldn't need to be sent away if the battery is faulty Mar, they should just send you a new battery. Just ring them and tell them the battery is no longer holding it's charge.

mardatha

YY it's ok now I know it is def the battery, I'll ask them if it's covered and if not then just buy one meself xx.
I got kittie's book today - A Soup for Every Day. Not opened it yet, saving that for tonight. If we have 2 soup-and-pudding days a week then that will be healthier and cheaper.

karcher

mardatha wrote: »

IThen I got this new one. I always pay a lot for top range laptops maggie as it is my lifeline to the world, my social life, my sole connection to Life on Earth and I reckon it's worth it
Until the bl00dy things break down ...:D

You know I am now of that opinion too.

I am currently coping with 2 very old, second hand laptops and once they die I have decided to buy a good one (not as expensive as yours but more than I have ever spent before).

I am trying to save and will do lots of research but hope these last me a few more months at least as I can't afford one yet unless I use my credit card and that isn't very :money: !!

However, funnily enough, this laptop had a critical error and shut itself down as I was mid 'replying to post' It must have known I was talking about it :rotfl:

nursemaggie

Its a lot cheaper to have a desk top. I have been using mine 7 and a half years.

karcher

nursemaggie wrote: »

Its a lot cheaper to have a desk top. I have been using mine 7 and a half years.

Not for me as I want to sit on the sofa with it and take it to bed with me for the endless sleepless nights!

Portability is important to me and anyway I have nowhere to put a desk top.

silvasava

Karcher - I bought a tablet about 3 years ago. I absolutely love it. I no longer sit upstairs on my PC in the evening when DH is watching all his car programmes. I can chat on here, play Scrabble with my friends and message each other. I wouldn't be without it now and much more user friendly than a laptop.

karcher

silvasava wrote: »

Karcher - I bought a tablet about 3 years ago. I absolutely love it. I no longer sit upstairs on my PC in the evening when DH is watching all his car programmes. I can chat on here, play Scrabble with my friends and message each other. I wouldn't be without it now and much more user friendly than a laptop.

I have tried a tablet but I admit I struggled with it.

My eyes couldn't read it unless I enlarged the page then I couldn't see it all I also struggled with the on screen keyboard.

I also found it hard to hold/type on etc...I'm sure it's just me as most seem to cope, but I didn't like it at all.

For my own sanity I need something bigger and with a proper keyboard iyswim.


Just for the record, I turn my laptop off and read instead when I go to bed as I know the 'blue' screen light isn't conducive to sleep...but I do like having my laptop at hand for the long sleepless nights

maddiemay

silvasava wrote: »

Karcher - I bought a tablet about 3 years ago. I absolutely love it. I no longer sit upstairs on my PC in the evening when DH is watching all his car programmes. I can chat on here, play Scrabble with my friends and message each other. I wouldn't be without it now and much more user friendly than a laptop.

You are doing so much better than me, I have had my tablet for a couple of years now and like it for surfing the web and using in the kitchen for recipes, but having been a typist for 52 years I hate the lack of a keyboard and having arthritis in my hands makes using a stylus so painful:(

My lovely local (small country town) computer firm recently put a new hard drive in 5 year old expensive lap top from JL, re-loaded my software, gave it a thorough going over and managed to retrieve all my files for £145 inc VAT. Now getting grips with Windows 10, not finding it too bad:D

mardatha

I need a keyboard and a laptop, and I like wind10 as well maddie. So tired tonight I can't keep eyes open here so might have an early night. To be below freezing all day tomorrow and maybe some snow