Good News / Bad News

[ECSNorway]

"I'm a little confused on this whole good/bad thing, Egon."

"Imagine every particle in your body spontaneously exploding outward at the speed of light."

"Okay, that would be bad."

So.

Good news: I'm taking a week's vacation in sunny Florida. My parents bought a condo in Venice, FL, and I'll be enjoying their hospitality on the
beach.

Yes, I do mean ON the beach.

Bad news: The laptop I'm taking with me can't run CoX, so, no ninja for a week.

Good news: My job is secure despite the fact that we're losing the account I have been servicing since starting there.

Bad news: they're restricting internet access. Severely. To the point where I may not be able to get, well, anywhere, including my email, from the office.

Meh.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[ECSNorway]

More bad news: My laptop screen cracked itself rather badly while in transit. Sigh.

Any suggestions on ways to repair/replace, or would it be cheaper these days to just buy new?
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Dragonflight]

Ebay it. You can usually find replacement parts, and even total screen replacements for a fraction of the cost. Then if you have any skill at it, you could
swap out the screen, or get someone with some skill at it to do it. Usually you can find the instructions on how to do it on the manufacturer's website.

Usually it's a matter of partially disassembling the plastic cover around the hinge joint, removing the keyboard, disconnecting a few really thin plugs
onto the motherboard, and removing the screws that hold the screen to the mainboard section.

Adding the replacement screen is just doing all this in reverse.
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Those who fear the darkness have never seen what the light can do.

[ECSNorway]

Yeah.

Was kinda hoping I could find someplace near where I'm on vacation to do it..

OTOH, I have a chance to persuade Dad to throw in for a new MacBook. The question is, if I do, would the base model run CoH well enough.

2.0ghz CPU, 2 gigs of RAM, and a GeForce 9400M gpu...
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[Sweno]

well I was running CoX in bootcamp off of my 3 year old macbook pro (2 GHz Core Duo, 2 GB Ram, Radeon X1600) which makes the new Macbooks point at laugh at my
laptop in the cpu/graphics department. And I was able to consistently do 'performance' without problems.

So I can guarantee that it will run under bootcamp, and probably better with the new client that is being released.
-Terry
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
TF2: Spy

[Ankhani]

If ya can wait til the new year, you can see the Specs req'd on the Mac Client for CoH, if you want to go for a new lappy.

If you're a tinkering type, look about on Ebay and places for a FRU (Field Replaceable Unit) Screen for your current one.

...I'd play with replacing the screen regardless of if you get a new lappy, but I like to tinker with stuff. Especially when there's something broken
already.
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."

>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI

[ECSNorway]

Well, we lucked into a bit of a sale. And Dad decided to pay for the whole thing. Toshiba Satellite L300, 2-ghz dual-core processor, 4 gig RAM, and a fairly
modest graphics card. Under $600.

Only drawback is, it comes with Vista.
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.

[robkelk]

Well, we lucked into a bit of a sale. And Dad decided to pay for the whole thing. Toshiba Satellite L300, 2-ghz dual-core processor, 4 gig RAM, and a fairly modest graphics card. Under $600.

Sweet!

Only drawback is, it comes with Vista.

http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download]That's not an insurmountable problem... (Should I add a smiley here?)
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012

[Rev Dark]

Most current Vista licenses currently allow rollback to XP - if the laptop drivers are supported, you should be in like Flynn.

[Black Aeronaut]

UGH!!! Norway, you got a problem. That being that Toshiba is one of the most notorious companies out there for not providing XP compatible drivers for Vista
laptops.