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Disposable CRAP!
#8894970
08/03/23 10:00 PM
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Joined: Aug 2009
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BigPig
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I burn through laptops in about 18 months. Latest one was $1600 and no longer works. I save my real estate files to email so I can always access them, but man what a beating it is to be without a computer for a few days while Best Buy orders one and then attempts to transfer files from the old one onto the new one. And we leave for vacation tomorrow so I’ll be using the hotel computer
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8894983
08/03/23 10:13 PM
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Joined: Feb 2012
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Mickey Moose
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...I’ll be using the hotel computer. I absolutely would not. Good luck.
My botnet is bigger than yours.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8894990
08/03/23 10:17 PM
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Joined: Aug 2021
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DukeCigars
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I do a backup on an external solid state drive about every quarter. I’ve been through far too many crashes and data losses to not do so. Makes it real easy to transfer files! But yea laptops and a lot of electronics are just disposable. Been fortunate with the current laptop, but also when it was 8 months old it needed a ton of work for whatever reason. Stupid technology.
Car guy. Serial entrepreneur. Terrible golfer.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8894997
08/03/23 10:24 PM
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Joined: Sep 2007
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oldoak2000
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895001
08/03/23 10:30 PM
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Joined: May 2009
Posts: 1,871
Grit
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I'd use my phone before I would use a hotel computer.
Garrett
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895004
08/03/23 10:31 PM
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Joined: Nov 2005
Posts: 1,855
huntingag01
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why not store your files on onedrive or google drive?
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895010
08/03/23 10:37 PM
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Joined: Aug 2012
Posts: 15,620
TexFlip
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My wife just got a new real estate laptop, her last one was from 2016 and she dropped it out of the case and kilt it.
Just to make sure that it is done thoroughly, I go both ways.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895019
08/03/23 10:43 PM
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Joined: Jul 2012
Posts: 15,942
603Country
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I keep my desktop data regularly and automatically moved to a SSD sat drive. And I’m presently moving all the photos from the iPad to another SSD storage. I had a situation some years ago when my desktop hard drive began dying and I could not get all the data transferred to a Sat drive. Thank goodness the geek Squad recovered all my data, but that scared me.
Sorry about your laptop…
Not my monkeys, not my circus...
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: Mickey Moose]
#8895040
08/03/23 11:11 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 26,329
KRoyal
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...I’ll be using the hotel computer. I absolutely would not. Good luck. This and how the hell are you so hard on laptops?
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895052
08/03/23 11:25 PM
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Joined: Oct 2014
Posts: 12,420
Duck_Hunter
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I don’t understand how you go through a computer so quickly. Are you buying $400 netbooks? Get a Lenovo SSD or something. They’re always on sale, like 20-50% off, and I’ve had no complaints out of mine in two years. Still going strong. It was like $1,000 with the discount and they do them all the time.
I just turned it on . I was looking bird dogs in the butt this morning.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895056
08/03/23 11:29 PM
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Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 1,545
jimbob
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Have had the same Dell work laptop for 6 years. Never an issue. Uhoh
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895057
08/03/23 11:29 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 12,656
ntxtrapper
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With laptops you get exactly what you pay for.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895059
08/03/23 11:38 PM
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Joined: Oct 2009
Posts: 12,291
wp75169
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Very happy with my Max Book Pro. It wasn’t cheap though and if you’re an Apple hater then it’s of no use to you.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895062
08/03/23 11:43 PM
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posts: 6,159
tlk
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You can't fix stupid
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: huntingag01]
#8895075
08/04/23 12:09 AM
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Joined: Dec 2009
Posts: 9,951
The Dude Abides
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why not store your files on onedrive or google drive?
Or DropBox? Get a cloud based business account. Store nothing on your PC.
I am still looking for the perfect apron, one with reinforced knee areas would be perfect.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895084
08/04/23 12:22 AM
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Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 11,658
GusWayne
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My daughter got me a Mac a few years ago for Fathers Day
I still ain’t used to it but 2 years later it’s still kicking
You tried one?
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: KRoyal]
#8895091
08/04/23 12:39 AM
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Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 29,177
TXHOGSLAYER
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...I’ll be using the hotel computer. I absolutely would not. Good luck. This and how the hell are you so hard on laptops? The man could break an anvil.
LETS GO BRANDON
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895106
08/04/23 01:16 AM
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Joined: Feb 2019
Posts: 1,471
Poppa
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sitting here in my shop trying to figure out the first laptop ive ever owned. and its setting on a desk? oxymoron or just one moron? glad i dont have to rely on my computer skills
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895107
08/04/23 01:20 AM
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Joined: Apr 2007
Posts: 60,843
BOBO the Clown
kind of a big deal
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kind of a big deal
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onedrive its so simple trex can do it
Bottom line, never trust a man whose uncle was eaten by cannibals.-Sen Joni Ernst
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895116
08/04/23 01:31 AM
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Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,909
topwater13
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I gave Mojo72 a shot on here and bought one of his HP laptops. So far so good. Price was less than half. This is a better computer that my company pays $3k for via our third party IT thiefs.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895129
08/04/23 01:52 AM
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Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 6,103
angus1956
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I used an external hard drive in my home office, always had duplicate files. No problems.
Never had a laptop die except for batteries.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: topwater13]
#8895163
08/04/23 02:58 AM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 26,329
KRoyal
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I gave Mojo72 a shot on here and bought one of his HP laptops. So far so good. Price was less than half. This is a better computer that my company pays $3k for via our third party IT thiefs. If your company is paying 3K per laptop they’re stupid.
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895169
08/04/23 03:07 AM
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Joined: Jul 2015
Posts: 23,227
Bee'z
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BP please call Kyle for all your computer needs. I know you are hard on stuff but GD even I do not go through computers like this...
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: BigPig]
#8895194
08/04/23 04:24 AM
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Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 34,396
Buzzsaw
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Good time for a dumb buzz question. To "back up your files", do you just insert a thumb drive and follow the prompts? Will it save all your photos?
SPACE FOR RENT
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Re: Disposable CRAP!
[Re: Bee'z]
#8895198
08/04/23 04:33 AM
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Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 22,829
BigPig
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BP please call Kyle for all your computer needs. I know you are hard on stuff but GD even I do not go through computers like this... I used his recommendation for the last 2. Operation wise they are great, durability is a different story.
Wade Dews, REALTOR ® Rendon Realty, LLC Frontline Real Estate Team www.RendonRealty.comWadeDews@gmail.com 214-356-2410 Up to 1% for closing costs for First Responders & Veterans Proudly partnered with Assist The Officer Foundation https://atodallas.org/
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