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[Vis]

Do you find Laptops as frustrating as I do?
Every one you get is different.......

One has a switch to connect to the internet, another has a key combination, like FN+F3... Why can't they all get together and have a standard layout?

Another thing is the power switch.
Some have it located on the side, some on the top, a few have it in the hinge. I like those, they're out of the way of wandering fingers.
My current power switch is on the top left, next to the help button. The problem with that is, the wandering fingers. If one happens to be resting on the power switch, I get shut down !
So change the settings to sleep mode instead....

I don't like connecting to the internet when I switch on. I have other things to do before I want to connect to the web.
Some Laptops have switches for that on the side, this one doesn't , it connects automatically.... Grrrr
Find the settings, change them to the way I want them to work, lol

The Function buttons, 1 - 12.
They should be universal, but no, no, no.... they are all different.
I have to press FN+F3 to connect to the web on this one...
Sometimes I accidentally press FN+F4... That shuts the laptopp off... Grrr again.... Change the settings to sleep... That's quicker than waiting for a shutdown & restart !!

I press FN+F3 to connect to the web. It normally connects to the first service in the list...
That might not be a secure connection... again, change the settings to the one I DO want to connect to.....
Plus, if you use more than one Laptop at a time, and they're all different makes, you have to remember which keys do what on all of them !
Not only annoying but also slightly frustrating... Oh, it's the HP Laptop today, I need to use the switch on the side to connect to the web with this one... Everything else is different as well.... Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The Keyboard:
I want bigger buttons !
And what's this little red button in the middle ?
It's a Mouse ??
Flippin heck !
It's a good job it's still got a mousepad !

Ok, NOW I'm ready to connect to the wubblywebworld....... FN+F3 !

[willowinvest]

Lol ! very good Vis.

Something that really bugs me is why does every single electronic gadget, from phone charger, to kettle, to shaver, to alarm clock, to radio, to tv, to mobile phone charger lead (and every make of them seems to have a different one!) all have a different sized connector on the end.

I have just moved house and brought with me 2 massive bags full of old charger/connection leads and I not got a clue what any of them actually work with ! Can't decide to bin them or keep them 'just in case' one of them ever ever comes in useful in future.

Sod it ... they are off to the bin!

[private34]

cAn I bE SiMpLE ?
uSE a MaC lol

[Vis]

Hi Willow,

Omg yes, all different connectors, every piggin battery is different for all laptops, wires all over the damn carpet....
Is there such a thing as a Laptop that can be powered without these soddin wires that everyone trips over?
And half of them blasted wires aren't long enough !!

Hi P34,

What use is a Mac?
I'm whinging about Laptops, not Raincoats !

Crikey, I feel a lot better now I've got that whinge out of my system............

[private34]

lol i give up than
im not a mac fan , im both user, but things gets simpler and fast time sometimes with certain ergonomic use

[Vis]

Hey P34,

I'd like a Mac or 2... Trouble is, I'm too mean to buy them..........Have you got a spare?

[private34]

even an old mac like the one im using now which is 4 years old is just an incredible thrusty peace of something to use,and i can tell you this laptop did 9999 events with beer straming video with the cpu high as 90% for full 6 to 8 hours each during those years, i have chnged a screen backthen , soldered myself and some othe rminor stuff, i can tell you , this is war equipment, my computer is all screch up , all fucked up in looking but everything works like a charm , i chnged my hd to an ssd last year, this computer rocks, anyway this is my worse computer i have more a few , included high top macs, my work demands it.

[Vis]

Aha !

Forget the Laptops, Pass the beer round !

[riverofgold007]

Hey Vis,

you know what I think the problem is? Could it be that it's not the laptop, but your fingers - lemme guess, pudgy sausage fingers? May want to post a pic of your fingers just like P34 did with his beer, oops, his macbook. (We are not promoting either, Colaro, if you are reading this.)

[Vis]

Hey Vis,

you know what I think the problem is? Could it be that it's not the laptop, but your fingers - lemme guess, pudgy sausage fingers? May want to post a pic of your fingers just like P34 did with his beer, oops, his macbook. (We are not promoting either, Colaro, if you are reading this.)

You are right, they're not too pudgy, though..
It's my big wandering fingers, Lol....

[Casper]

even an old mac like the one im using now which is 4 years old is just an incredible thrusty peace of something to use,and i can tell you this laptop did 9999 events with beer straming video with the cpu high as 90% for full 6 to 8 hours each during those years, i have chnged a screen backthen , soldered myself and some othe rminor stuff, i can tell you , this is war equipment, my computer is all screch up , all fucked up in looking but everything works like a charm , i chnged my hd to an ssd last year, this computer rocks, anyway this is my worse computer i have more a few , included high top macs, my work demands it.

The old days, Hertog Jan. ahhhhh

For Vis, buy a real notebook....... or go for the leapmotion....

[Vis]

While I'm on the subject of Laptops, There's another bugbear that annoys me.

There's a load of Broadband suppliers that brag about having this wonderful thing called 'Unlimited Access'
Sounds Great !

Until you see the in the small print:- Fair usage policy applies....
Do they define fair usage? NO.!
They just choose where and when this 'Fair' usage starts and stops.

Oh yes, so it's like George Orwell's Animal farm is it, Some people are more equal than others, yes?
Some broadband suppliers are more unlimited than anyone else's, correct?
It must be.

Me, I prefer to call a spade a spade. It's either Unlimited or it isn't
Unlimited access means I can download as much as I want when I want, and not when they tell me I can do certain thing when it suits them.

Grrr....
Where are my grapes, I need to crush a few dozen......

[Casper]

Hi Vis, do you already have a ulcer?
This is not good for you, get some rest and be happy (please).

[riverofgold007]

Amen Casper...

[Vis]

Hi Vis, do you already have a ulcer?
This is not good for you, get some rest and be happy (please).

Hi Casper,
Hey, haven't you heard the saying?
"Some people are never happy unless they're moaning"
I just like to have the odd Whinge now and again, it relieves the system.
There's a few more yet,

And wait till you see what I'm like when I'm really angry.......

[private34]

beer and laptop is a good combination
like whiskey and a cigar , you know

ps: the worse is when you drop beer on the keyboard

Edited by private34, 23 March 2013 - 07:20 AM.

[Casper]

Hi Casper,
Hey, haven't you heard the saying?
"Some people are never happy unless they're moaning"
I just like to have the odd Whinge now and again, it relieves the system.
There's a few more yet,

And wait till you see what I'm like when I'm really angry.......

Then I should be very happy