a few years a go I bought a Winbook laptop. Boy, I never knew. I’ve owned god only knows how many PC’s and laptops in my life. I’ve built my own PC’s so far as to make a case from Aluminum angle-iron and plexiglass. (Asking for static shock anyone?). and have NEVER had a machine that acted like this. The laptop, a A710, top-of-the line when I got it, just sometimes wouldn’t come on. Meaning that no matter what the battery chargge state, power supply connected state, it would reboot at any given point from initiation of POST through a fully loaded OS (Windows XP SP2). at some random point in that period it would sometimes just restart. And when it did so, it could take any of a dozens of retrys before it would ewither load or I would give up. If it successfully loaded and stay on for at least 45 minutes, it would stay on until at least the next full reboot. Seem the problem was worst in very dry months, especially from September through january, but could happen at any time. I sent it in within the first 6 months, just to get it back with a replaced hard drive, and the same problems, as well as a note that my “screen was dirty”. within a week of getting it back, same problem… set it in twice more, and got it back each time with either a wiped or replaced drive, and the same problem. Decided to leave it on and soldier on. Left it on from December 2007 through June 2008 24/7. after that time, of course the CPU fan was getting loud so sent it in again. they of course replaced the CPU fan. it came back to MicroCenter, who could not get it to boot (wow, just like me) and they sent it right back. SO… this is the fifth time in the shop for the same root problem.. at some point doesn’t this become a lemon? I’ve talked to Microcenter who has assured me that if the problem is not resolved this time, they will replace it with a laptop of comparable vale but I have a feeling we will differ on what a comparable laptop is, with them thrying to stick me with a eePC likely. so. let’s detail what I had that I thought was important when I bought it…
17 inch screen
dedicated video with dual-monitor support.
10/100/1000 MB NIC (all my docs are on a NAS)
64-bit compatible processor.
(That’s pretty much it…) gimme that and I’m cool
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