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This article was written on April 24, 2007 by CyberNet.
Since I am pretty knowledgeable about the internal workings of a computer, I often find myself helping others find the light at the end of the tunnel. By that I mean people who are having problems with their computers and have no idea where to begin. Typically they will just take it to a computer repair shop, but when you know someone that understands how computers work then you will of course turn to them first.
Most of the time the questions come at the most inopportune time for me. It is often when I am busy working on something else, but I always try to help others out with their problems…normally without charging a fee. For the most part no one really takes advantage of me, and if I feel that they are I will start billing them for some of the work. So why do I want to help people with their computer problems in the first place?
There are so many computer repair businesses out there that it is almost disgusting. People prosper from hard drives failing, motherboards getting fried, and the list keeps on going. Best Buy even has their “Geek Squad” that offers to not only fix your computer problems, but also setup networks among other things. The problem is that these companies pride themselves on having a “knowledgeable” repair staff, when most of them are lacking a lot of the experience that they need to be qualified for such a job.
The video below clearly demonstrates why I like to help people out with repairs, especially when they are minor ones. Basically this news station took a “broken” computer to 8 computer shops in their area. They had the computer checked out by a professional before hand to make sure it was in perfect working order, and then all they did was disconnect the cable that connects the hard drive to the motherboard. A fix that would take just seconds for any good computer repair person to complete wasn’t as cheap as you may think:
Here is what some of the different companies were charging to “repair” the computer:
I am still not sure if I should be shocked at the results or not, because I knew that the services were a rip off. I guess that is what keeps some of these electronics stores in business.
If you know anything about computers at least try and give people advice when they need to get something fixed, because I’m sure you would feel bad if they had to shell out that much money for something so simple!
Thanks for the tip Jason!
Source: Daily Cup of Tech
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This article was written on October 16, 2006 by CyberNet.
Optimus is preparing to announce a completely new input device called Upravlator next week and the image above is supposed to be a life-size mock-up. Yep, it is a teaser that they provided because you can’t really tell what it is going to be. Here is the information that they give on their blog:
It will be plugged into your second monitor port. It will be as fast as LCD display may be. It will be a single best friend of any music engineer or video editor. Graphic designers should be happy as well.
It essentially looks like the Mini-Three that they released a few months ago but in some sort of case or stand. I guess we will find out soon enough.
As far as the full Optimus Keyboard goes they plan on accepting pre-orders around December of 2006 but it will not ship until after the Spring of 2007. As exciting as it will be to see the full keyboard get released I can’t even imagine how much it will cost. The Mini-Three costs $160 to order and that only has three buttons! I think for that price I’d rather get another monitor to show me notifications. 😀
The image to the right is a prototype key that will be used for the Optimus Keyboard. It is cool that the keys are still removable because if something happens to one of them then you’ll just need to buy a standard key…there is no more making sure you get the right letter!
Thanks to Koromar for the tip!
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This article was written on July 30, 2007 by CyberNet.
For those of you who bought an iPhone, do you feel misled over the battery and the fact that you must send your phone off to Apple when the battery needs replaced? There’s a group of people who feel that Apple didn’t make it clear that the built-in battery can’t be replaced by the customer until after the phone launched. One person in particular, Jose Trujillo of Cook County Illinois, has filed a class-action lawsuit. Is this just another frivolous lawsuit that is so common these days, or a legitimate concern?
The battery replacement process is by no means cheap or convenient. It will end up costing users $79 for the replacement battery along with a $6.95 shipping charge. Then if you want a loaner phone while your battery is being replaced, you’ll have to pay an additional $30. In the lawsuit, the claim is that the battery will be completely dead at 300 charges, however, Apple says that the battery will last much more than 300 charges. In fact, Apple says that the battery “is designed to retain up to 80% of its original capacity after 400 full charge and discharge cycles.”
The fact that the iPhone hasn’t even been out for 300 days tells me that there’s no way to know if the phone will be completely dead after 300 full charges and discharges as the lawsuit claims. It’ll definitely be interesting to see what the judge says about this one. I still am wondering though, why on Earth didn’t Steve Jobs think to design a phone with a battery that could be replaced by the user. I’d think there’d have to be a good reason, but I haven’t heard it yet. Any ideas?
Source: Beta News
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