I think the reason I've loved all the T series laptops I've had is the ease of maintenance. Between the support from IBM/Lenovo and the availability of Maintenance Manuals, it been great. On my previous T30, when I broke the keyboard (after the end of the warranty) I was able to get instructions on how to remove it and what part number I needed to reorder. And the fact that IBM has a parts site to make it easy to get replacements.
So long as Lenovo keeps those available, I'll keep considering the Thinkpad lines.
The hot swap on the new one was nice too when the DVD drive died. The sent me a new one and it was a quick swap out and back in business. Didn't even have to worry about whether there was going to be an argument about whether I needed to send the entire thing in to be repaired.
Works great until 2 people try to change the same file at the same time. Then whoever saves lasts wins. DFS doesn't support file locking which allows Excel to tell a user that a file is in use.
Pretty much sounds like my job (combinations of the above, although my title is Systems Administrator). I've got a CS degree and I love the fact that one day I'm coding, the next I'm planning server deployment and the next I'm doing network config. I realized that doing just one thing every day would bore me to death. But the CS degree has helped with pretty much every part of it. When something goes wrong, I have a much better idea of why than my colleagues. So yeah, find something or things you want to do and find a place that will let you do them.
*doh* You're right. I didn't even think about plugins and sure enough, I've got a plugin that turns submit buttons yellow if the form is secure. Since that's the only issue I've found while using Firefox so I don't see what Mozilla could be complaining about.
I can understand the need to tune it or fix bugs, but it seems to go beyond that. On the fresh Ubuntu install I recently did, my Firefox has a fun "feature". If you move the mouse over a button, the button goes yellow and flat. And it doesn't change back when you move the mouse away. Hardly what I would describe as tuning or fixing. My first thought when I saw it was "stupid Firefox". My second thought was "It doesn't do that on Windows". Only after that did I think, "Oh, must be a Ubuntu change". Is that really the experience the Mozilla folks want people to have when they interact with the browser for the first time.
I think the Mozilla folks should probably adjust the licensing terms on the artwork, but it does reflect badly on them when distros make changes that affect the user experience.
We run about 50 Wyse thin clients at the credit union I work at. They have some definite pros and cons. The nicest thing for us is that we can see the desktops of our tellers at any of our 6 branches. Makes support a hell of a lot easier. Plus if there's a power outage where your clients are, when they come back up you're right where you left off (assuming your servers are on UPSs).
Where you run into trouble is the shared server resources. If you have a few people using large Excel documents it can seriously affect performance. It can also be a problem if you allow things like Flash. A resource heavy Flash program can eat up a single CPU (core,HT,whatever) pretty easily. Also, if your servers are in a different location from your clients, a network outage pretty much means your dead in the water until it comes back up.
Currently we're about 50/50 on thin clients to PCs because some apps are just better off on a PC. Also, when you buy the clients, you might want to get ones with legacy ports. Most USB devices won't forward to the desktop, but serial and parallel will.
Isn't that sort of like complaining that they're only releasing movies on DVD or VHS and you can't watch them on your Betamax or Laserdisc system. They're targeting the largest market out there and that's where the money is.
I don't know where you live, but where I am (Montana) we have below zero winters. Having a remote starter means I can start the car before I'm dressed and have it warmed up by the time I'm ready to go.
Hmm, that's funny. They sent me an email and told me where I could download an extra.dat file with the signature so I could throw it on my mail server.
Hmmm. I don't know what Credit Union you worked for, but at the one I work for using the check card instead of debit saves us money, and we don't charge any fees for Point of Sale trans.
When they were creating the sequel to the original Super Mario Bros. they could have just created new levels, enhanced the graphics a little, and packaged it as Super Mario 2, but instead they took a risk and created an entirely different game
That's probably because Super Mario 2 wasn't originally a Super Mario Game. The Mario characters were added to a game called Doki Doki Panic and it was released as Mario 2.
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I think the reason I've loved all the T series laptops I've had is the ease of maintenance. Between the support from IBM/Lenovo and the availability of Maintenance Manuals, it been great. On my previous T30, when I broke the keyboard (after the end of the warranty) I was able to get instructions on how to remove it and what part number I needed to reorder. And the fact that IBM has a parts site to make it easy to get replacements.
So long as Lenovo keeps those available, I'll keep considering the Thinkpad lines.
The hot swap on the new one was nice too when the DVD drive died. The sent me a new one and it was a quick swap out and back in business. Didn't even have to worry about whether there was going to be an argument about whether I needed to send the entire thing in to be repaired.
So is it just me or did Microsoft get more friendly toward Open Source about the time Bill Gates retired?
Works great until 2 people try to change the same file at the same time. Then whoever saves lasts wins. DFS doesn't support file locking which allows Excel to tell a user that a file is in use.
Pretty much sounds like my job (combinations of the above, although my title is Systems Administrator). I've got a CS degree and I love the fact that one day I'm coding, the next I'm planning server deployment and the next I'm doing network config. I realized that doing just one thing every day would bore me to death. But the CS degree has helped with pretty much every part of it. When something goes wrong, I have a much better idea of why than my colleagues. So yeah, find something or things you want to do and find a place that will let you do them.
Montana is only at-will for a probationary period. After that you can only be fired for "good cause", however that's defined.
*doh* You're right. I didn't even think about plugins and sure enough, I've got a plugin that turns submit buttons yellow if the form is secure. Since that's the only issue I've found while using Firefox so I don't see what Mozilla could be complaining about.
I can understand the need to tune it or fix bugs, but it seems to go beyond that. On the fresh Ubuntu install I recently did, my Firefox has a fun "feature". If you move the mouse over a button, the button goes yellow and flat. And it doesn't change back when you move the mouse away. Hardly what I would describe as tuning or fixing. My first thought when I saw it was "stupid Firefox". My second thought was "It doesn't do that on Windows". Only after that did I think, "Oh, must be a Ubuntu change". Is that really the experience the Mozilla folks want people to have when they interact with the browser for the first time.
I think the Mozilla folks should probably adjust the licensing terms on the artwork, but it does reflect badly on them when distros make changes that affect the user experience.
We run about 50 Wyse thin clients at the credit union I work at. They have some definite pros and cons. The nicest thing for us is that we can see the desktops of our tellers at any of our 6 branches. Makes support a hell of a lot easier. Plus if there's a power outage where your clients are, when they come back up you're right where you left off (assuming your servers are on UPSs).
Where you run into trouble is the shared server resources. If you have a few people using large Excel documents it can seriously affect performance. It can also be a problem if you allow things like Flash. A resource heavy Flash program can eat up a single CPU (core,HT,whatever) pretty easily. Also, if your servers are in a different location from your clients, a network outage pretty much means your dead in the water until it comes back up.
Currently we're about 50/50 on thin clients to PCs because some apps are just better off on a PC. Also, when you buy the clients, you might want to get ones with legacy ports. Most USB devices won't forward to the desktop, but serial and parallel will.
Isn't that sort of like complaining that they're only releasing movies on DVD or VHS and you can't watch them on your Betamax or Laserdisc system. They're targeting the largest market out there and that's where the money is.
Did you remove the disk from the drive after you powered up?
I don't know where you live, but where I am (Montana) we have below zero winters. Having a remote starter means I can start the car before I'm dressed and have it warmed up by the time I'm ready to go.
Hmm, that's funny. They sent me an email and told me where I could download an extra.dat file with the signature so I could throw it on my mail server.
Hmmm. I don't know what Credit Union you worked for, but at the one I work for using the check card instead of debit saves us money, and we don't charge any fees for Point of Sale trans.
When they were creating the sequel to the original Super Mario Bros. they could have just created new levels, enhanced the graphics a little, and packaged it as Super Mario 2, but instead they took a risk and created an entirely different game
That's probably because Super Mario 2 wasn't originally a Super Mario Game. The Mario characters were added to a game called Doki Doki Panic and it was released as Mario 2.