Comments on: The prodigal son returns

By: How to finally say goodbye « Motho ke motho ka botho

How to finally say goodbye « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 12 Dec 2010 12:34:20 +0000

[...] they try to talk you out of a repair, or seem uninterested in your darling K6-2. Or if they try to pull a switcheroo on you, or suggest you look into another [...]

By: At long last « Motho ke motho ka botho

At long last « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:22:39 +0000

[...] first is to note that the hand-me-down desktop system I inherited when I gave the rehabilitated Thinkpad a new home … is more or less in perfect working condition. I’ve done one or [...]

By: One out, one in « Motho ke motho ka botho

One out, one in « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:29:26 +0000

[...] All the stress, waiting, deliberation and expenditure surrounding the once-blinded, now substituted Thinkpad laptop I got for free a year ago has finally come to a culmination, and I am pleased to [...]

By: Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho

Pictures at an exhibition « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 23:39:44 +0000

[...] Projects « The prodigal son returns [...]

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:05:42 +0000

I thought this was going to be a total repair shop horror story at first, but it came out not so bad!

By: Tony

Tony — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:57:49 +0000

I think you came out good. I’ve seen where the tech accidently dropped a unit in for repair and built a replacement unit from the parts bin. If this is the case, the replacement is usually build to a higher specification if at possible. This is the way the tech says “I’m sorry!” Yes – believe it or not, there are some honest and worthwhile technicians!

If the unit sent in for repair had been new, then a new unit or a cash refund is called for.

I’ve seen the factory try to pass damaged units back to the customer by saying it was the customer’s fault. I recommend the customer to look at the original repair ticket and see if there were any remarks about damages when the unit was originally turned in for repair.

You got a good deal.

By: fuxter

fuxter — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 07:32:31 +0000

oh, i forgot to mention. when i got one of my eee-pc’s harddrive broken for the second time(!) they installed me some harddisk from another eee-pc with WinXP on it! when i said “i didn’n have any WinXP when i was giving it to you”, he said, “well, you know…”. i quickly ensured him that i will erase it since i don’t need it, and he was happy not to bother with it. i still got winxp image somewhere.
yeap, as you might know, ‘in today’s Russia…’

By: Mulenmar

Mulenmar — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:23:02 +0000

Oh, man that’s sad. 8~(

Well, look at it this way: more memory, better torrenting, right?

As for Windows 2000, since it’s a fresh install of what is supposedly the second-best OS Meechosucks made, perhaps you could do a side-by-side benchmarking comparision of performance and resource usage for the same capabilities. ::biggrin::

By: fuxter

fuxter — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 11:28:21 +0000

what a sad story! i really tend to attach to my own things.so globally you got two pieces of hardware as a gift, but the first one is again in dumpster. i’m gonna miss it. you could have the small ibm family already. this little kid feels alone over there…

By: Sam Weston

Sam Weston — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:59:48 +0000

I’m thinking that the repair guy saw the cost of a new screen and realised that if he went on ebay he could get a laptop in good condition and still make a profit with no work.