Everything Going Wrong At Once

[TelephoneAngel]

Not Really a rant, more a "shrugs shoulders and tries to make the best of it"

My laptop is on its last legs battery no longer charges at all and apparently can't be fixed and keeps freezing up and needing rebooting.

Anyone know anything about cheap netbooks?Any good for really basic web browsing etc?

Carpet has had ink spilled on it, can't be cleaned needs replacing


FridgeFreezer has broke down - been to look for a new one, anyone got any views about "America style sidebyside models" ?

otherwise, just *sigh*

[Cazzi]

Oh dear. Sounds like a normal week in my household

Not much good with fridge freezers, but a while ago I bought a nifty little netbook for under £200 from ebuyer.com. 160GB hard drive & 1GB RAM. Its nice & light & has a good 6hrs battery life even if all I do with it is watch videos
Its small, but great for browsing, Skype, as it has a built in web cam & mic & all the other basic stuff you'd use a laptop for. I've even got some small games on there too. The only thing it doesn't have is an optical drive but I haven't really needed one on there. But it has several usb ports & a card reader which is invaluable on trips!
I use it for when I go off visiting for a few days or if I'm curled up in the sofa being lazy or studying; or sleepless in bed to catch up on TV shows on.

[Jack]

I'd start with replacing the battery and go from there. If its power source isn't reliable that could explain most issues you may have.

[TelephoneAngel]

I'd start with replacing the battery and go from there. If its power source isn't reliable that could explain most issues you may have.

Hi Jack, we did replace the battery but it can't even charge a brand new battery which suggests there is some problem with the actual laptop.It would be useful to use it off the mains power, but as soon as I take it off mains there is not even two seconds before the flat battery light comes on and it shuts down.I have had it for a few years and I am not sure what their lifetimes are.

[Jack]

Ouch. Not sure, then. I don't deal with hardware much and much less with laptops. Good luck.

[blas]

Hey, it'll be ok. A month ago, in just 3 days, I had an eye infection, my kitchen sink backed up and wreaked of shit for several hours, the next day I broke a glass pitcher into a jillion pieces and I was already late for work, and I gashed myself across the forehead. Not to mention I also nearly fell down the stairs.

This stuff happens. And they all happen at once.