Remember that big honking new machine I have at work? Well we needed to find something to copy 14GB of data to DVD today, and I noticed that the Roxio Creator Plus -Dell Edition that came with it actually had an option to do disc spanning, so I clicked it. Then I went and added…
I was doing a video capture through the firewire port of my new work machine this morning when I remembered that I hadn’t blog about it yet. Given all the resource-demanding work I’ll be doing, stuff like video capture/editing, drive imaging, etc., I really needed a beefed-up machine for it. So we spec’d out a…
There’s one less laptop in our pool this week, at least for now. It seems this particular laptop was a victim of a miracle. It was in a padded laptop case, just stuck in a car, and somehow the front of it (all the way across the base) got cracked and the touchpad doesn’t work. It’s truly…
They seem to be at least trying to engage bloggers and participate in the conversations about their products that are going on. I got this email today: Good Morning Mike, I am writing in regards to your post http://www.mikemcbrideonline.com/2006/08/dell-recall.html. I am more than happy to answer any questions regarding your Dell affected battery(s). If you have…
So how many of the laptops you support have had their batteries recalled? We have 12 pool laptops and it looks like 6 of them will need to be replaced. Dell’s site reported that it would take about 2 weeks to get the replacements, but I imagine it might really take loner given the size…
Yes, since I’m responsible for the “pool” laptops that are available to our attorneys for use outside of the office, and since they’re all Dells, I spent a good part of my Monday checking for laptop battery recalls. Yippee for me! I’ve gotten through about half the laptops we have and haven’t found one yet…