Having no internet......

[conor_j]

......is seriously starting to bug me now!

Moved house a couple of weeks ago, and im having to go through the usual phoneline transfer thingy. Which is all well and good but the charming people at BT fed me the line 'yes its quick and easy and will take no longer than 2 weeks'. Now apart from the fact the words 'quick' and 'easy' dont really fit with a 2 week wait in my world, that was almost a month ago grrrrr!

sneaking a quick hour here and there in work just isnt cutting it for me, I had no idea I was so addicted lol

Anyhow rant over, thanks for your time, caffeine and nicotine now required.... Happy Conor will return shortly

[sureno]

Originally Posted by conor_j

......is seriously starting to bug me now!

Moved house a couple of weeks ago, and im having to go through the usual phoneline transfer thingy. Which is all well and good but the charming people at BT fed me the line 'yes its quick and easy and will take no longer than 2 weeks'. Now apart from the fact the words 'quick' and 'easy' dont really fit with a 2 week wait in my world, that was almost a month ago grrrrr!

sneaking a quick hour here and there in work just isnt cutting it for me, I had no idea I was so addicted lol

Anyhow rant over, thanks for your time, caffeine and nicotine now required.... Happy Conor will return shortly

looking forward to it CJ

[conor_j]

add to that now the battery in my vaio has decided it no longer wishes to work, handy that saying as the warranty has just expired!

im having a great day

[sureno]

Originally Posted by conor_j

add to that now the battery in my vaio has decided it no longer wishes to work, handy that saying as the warranty has just expired!

im having a great day

yeah my vaio batt is dead and they cost around £100

[conor_j]

ah well, I tend to use excuses like this to make purchases tho. could be macbook time sooner than I thought

[I_Am_Bic_Pentameter]

Did you not get a move date and plan ahead?

You can live without food and water but not the internet.

It's a cautionary tale, fellow posters.

[sureno]

Originally Posted by conor_j

ah well, I tend to use excuses like this to make purchases tho. could be macbook time sooner than I thought

Well if you intend on using it for music i hope you don't use firewire? its dropped FW on the MB and only FW800 on the MBP but you can use a 800-400 cable on the MBP's! maybe go for an older version 2nd hand somewhere, you will love it

[conor_j]

Originally Posted by I_Am_Bic_Pentameter

Did you not get a move date and plan ahead?

I did, rang to give 2 weeks notice before moving. Rang back after the 2 weeks and was told they had no record of me calling..... slightly miffed to say the least.

Ah well, hopefully be sorted soon

Originally Posted by sureno

Well if you intend on using it for music i hope you don't use firewire? its dropped FW on the MB and only FW800 on the MBP but you can use a 800-400 cable on the MBP's! maybe go for an older version 2nd hand somewhere, you will love it

yea was reading that earlier, I definatley need firewire like most people im sure, but im not so confident about buying second hand computer hardware, im always hit with reliability issues, im unlucky like that lol

perhaps get a new battery for the vaio and just retire it to ableton/tractor mixing alongside the cdj's and go mac pro for the production side of things

[sureno]

My MBP does Dj'ing and production, all good

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by sureno

yeah my vaio batt is dead and they cost around £100

What about your warranty surely that covers the battery cost...no

Originally Posted by conor_j"

I did, rang to give 2 weeks notice before moving. Rang back after the 2 weeks and was told they had no record of me calling..... slightly miffed to say the least.

Ah well, hopefully be sorted soon

Sounds like your problem is getting lost in their system.

I have had similar experiences and find that constantly putting pressure on them by calling, and even writing them if necessary can result in a more prompt reponse.

I think the longest downtime I have had is about 2 -3 days. But a 3 week or longer wait suggests something is seriously wrong internally at BT. I cannot see why it should take that long.

Hopefully you will be back up and running soon.

[sureno]

Originally Posted by Monarch

What about your warranty surely that covers the battery cost...no




Sounds like your problem is getting lost in their system.

I have had similar experiences and find that constantly putting pressure on them by calling, and even writing them if necessary can result in a more prompt reponse.

I think the longest downtime I have had is about 2 -3 days. But a 3 week or longer wait suggests something is seriously wrong internally at BT. I cannot see why it should take that long.

Hopefully you will be back up and running soon.

my warranty expired it is quite old now, just never got round to getting a new battery and when i did try talking to them it was a horrendous ordeal, i just use it for the internet now shame really as it has a blu ray drive

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by sureno

my warranty expired it is quite old now, just never got round to getting a new battery and when i did try talking to them it was a horrendous ordeal, i just use it for the internet now shame really as it has a blu ray drive

Ok...that explains the additional cost factor for you. Yeah the Blu ray drive you still have in it is nice and now that HD DVD is out of the picture Blu Ray is the dominant format so you should get plenty of mileage out of that drive when using Blu ray discs now and for some time into the future.

[trbguy]

There is no way to tell how long the battery has been in storage before you buy it. With lithium battery's the problem is that it starts to lower its performance once it comes out from production line. Average life for lithium battery is somewhere between 2-3 years once made. Only thing to do is put the battery in cold place with 2/3 of load left, as some do with rc-plane battery's. But anyway do not store your battery full, rather use 2/3. You shoud look if your battery has a manufacturing date printed somewhere. If it has been sitting on the self for a year or so before you bought it you can complain about it.