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On Friday 21 Oct 2005 20:13, paul sutton wrote: > Hi > > I am thinking about selling my laptop, the one with the blue lid, (IPC > TOPNOTE F) and noisy, the basic spec is > > celeton 900 > 128 mb ram > 56k modem > lan > usb 1.1 > > The case has 2 stress fractures, but it works fine, > PSU, and plug > 14" Screen (I think) > Ah :) The IPC/Archtec Topnote F :) I have the 1000Mhz version here. Mine is pretty worse for wear. The charging socket got damaged not long after I bought it ( from Staples). So it went back under the warranty - but the outfit who fixed it were total cowboys - they simply gave me another machine - from the scrap bin by the looks of it - with my own harddrive installed. A duff battery, scratched up case, no XP registration on the case ( not that I use that anyway) etc. The keyboard was not fitted correctly and the lid developed a stress fracture on the hinge sites after a few weeks. I complained to Archtec/IPC about the repair company - and fair dues, they no longer use this outfit for their repair jobs. They even offered me a new lid - but I didn't bother taking them up on it - the battery life is such that it will not charge at all - and now the power socket is loose again - move the laptop, and it cuts off. Shame really - they were pleasant enough lappies - for cheap models. The modems even work in Linux with a driver :) I did have discussions with the company about pre-installed Linux laptops - and they were interested at the time. I passed on information about the various modem options they had - they needed to use winmodems for cost - so I let them know the various models. I don't think it ever got further though. Only one of the guys in the company heirarchy seemed keen - but at least they did discuss Linux - and on their forum you could get Linux advice and assistance - which was good! Mark -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html