[vox] [fwd] zareason advice about laptops

[Kevin Schultz]

Thanks Bill. This is good general info.

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Bill Kendrick <nbs at sonic.net> wrote:

>
> Seen on SF-LUG's list:
>
> ----- Forwarded message from jim -----
>
> Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:41:10 -0700
> From: jim
> Subject: [sf-lug] zareason advice about laptops
>
>
>   lately i've become worried about my two-to-three year old
> zareason laptop and sent email to zareason asking if they
> could help me pick something from their current line as a
> replacement. earl malmrose replied with some very helpful
> information:
>
> "Thanks for checking in with us. Your laptop should have a good amount
> of life left in it. Something simple like a dead keyboard can easily
> (and affordably) be replaced. The primary weak spot on almost all
> laptops is the screen hinge. Keep an eye on that.
>
> "Another weak spot long-term is the hard drive. Fortunately most
> failures are gradual. If you have an up-to-date Ubuntu, the Disk
> Utility is really good at monitoring the hard drive health. When the
> hard drive is near failure, it will notify you. Don't ignore the
> warnings if they pop up.
>
> "And finally, backup backup backup. I swear by DropBox. Put all your
> important files in the DropBox folder, then whenever you connect to
> the Internet, it syncs/backups everything in the DropBox folder. No
> manual effort. Automatic. That's my kind of system. 2 to 3 GB of
> storage is free, or you can upgrade to 50 GB of storage for $10/mo. It
> even stores old versions/deleted files/etc. that can easily be
> retrieved like a month later.
>
> "SD cards and flash drives have virtually no wear levelling features.
> Don't depend on them lasting with frequent writes. Go ahead and use
> them for weekly or monthly backups.
>
> "--Earl Malmrose  www.zareason.com
>
> "We also have some forums started at  zareason.com/forums
> You can post questions there."
>
> JS: I'm using ubuntu 10.04; I didn't bother looking at
> the System > Administration > Disk Utility until after
> reading earl's email. Wow! I like it!
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
>
> --
> -bill!
> Sent from my computer
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