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Recently, Lenovo has completed moving the old IBM Thinkpad Support site (usually at the www-307.ibm.com domain) onto the support.lenovo.com domain....

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So far, the forum's branched out into Facebook, Twitter and Smartphones - what will we be up to next?

Keep an eye on the Forum Announcements board...

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Stinky laptop lock!

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Sat May 09, 2009 12:22 pm
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by emeraldgirl08 » Tue May 05, 2009 1:23 pm

I bought a laptop lock last week from a Thrift Store. It was in package and unopened. It was too sweet a deal to pass up so I snapped it up.

The...

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Sat May 09, 2009 12:22 pm
Find the best/coolest gadget for $8.00usd shipped .....

Last post by sparta.rising « Fri May 08, 2009 11:06 pm
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by SaberX » Thu May 07, 2009 7:53 am

A few of my friends last night were talking about e-bay and other online stores.About how you can find cheap gadgets or just about anything online...

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Fri May 08, 2009 11:06 pm
What REALLY brought the plane down on the Hudson River! PIC!

Last post by mattbiernat « Fri May 08, 2009 5:33 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:31 pm

What REALLY brought the plane down on the Hudson River!

Click on the pic for a better view

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Last post by mattbiernat
Fri May 08, 2009 5:33 pm
Down our way

Last post by killer « Fri May 08, 2009 2:08 pm
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by killer » Thu May 07, 2009 5:38 pm

The local BBC reporters have been busy in this quiet and unspoilt part of England and have produced video footage of a local eccentric who writes a...

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Fri May 08, 2009 2:08 pm
ugghhh flying again.

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by mattbiernat » Tue Apr 28, 2009 9:53 pm

anyone in here has a little fear of flying. for me it seems to be getting worst the more I fly. i am flying tonight two planes for a total of 10...

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Last post by killer
Wed May 06, 2009 5:20 pm
Which 12V car compressor/tire inflator to get?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Wed May 06, 2009 8:44 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Mon May 04, 2009 11:54 am

I'm fed up paying $0.75 every time I need some air in the car tires.
Can anyone recommend a reliable portable unit that works off the car's 12V...

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Wed May 06, 2009 8:44 am
Backup ideas needed

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Tue May 05, 2009 8:55 pm
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by iv76erson03 » Tue May 05, 2009 5:06 pm

Ya'll are clever folks, so I thought I'd toss this question out:

I had been using a 36 GB tape drive to back up my company's server. I do a nightly...

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Last post by RealBlackStuff
Tue May 05, 2009 8:55 pm
Your first thinkpad?

Last post by emeraldgirl08 « Tue May 05, 2009 8:01 pm
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by AlphaKilo470 » Tue Dec 14, 2004 7:44 pm
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Just got bored, so I decided to start a thread where you post what was your first ThinkPad and maybe any details you'd like to share.

My first...
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Tue May 05, 2009 8:01 pm
From 2011, CCs and PayPal will report eBay earnings to IRS

Last post by dorronto « Tue May 05, 2009 6:42 am
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by RealBlackStuff » Tue May 05, 2009 5:12 am

Big Brother will be REALLY watching you

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Tue May 05, 2009 6:42 am
Recommended hotel in Manhattan/NY and place(s) to see TP's?

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by Johan » Thu Apr 09, 2009 5:36 pm

Yipee!!! :banana: :banana: I am going to New York on vacation! For a full week; from May 2-9, and I am looking very, very much forward to it, wauw!!...

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Last post by Harryc
Mon May 04, 2009 1:07 pm
how do you share albums in Picasa?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Mon May 04, 2009 11:49 am
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by mattbiernat » Sun May 03, 2009 5:08 pm

i know that Picasa gives you an option to share one album at a time with your friends. but how do you share 120 albums with your friends or family?...

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Mon May 04, 2009 11:49 am
MP3 player to match ThinkPad....reccomendations? *PIC*

Last post by jronald « Fri May 01, 2009 3:48 pm
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by bobdsmith » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:08 am

Hey, I'm looking to buy an mp3 player to match my thinkpad. I was hoping for suggestions/reccomedations, as I dont have much experience with mp3...

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Fri May 01, 2009 3:48 pm
Please see Tim Cook's comments about Netbook

Last post by underclocker « Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:28 am
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by IBMlenovo123 » Thu Apr 23, 2009 5:22 pm

When I look at what is being sold in the netbook space today, I see cramped keyboards, terrible software, junky hardware and very small screens. It's...

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Last post by underclocker
Thu Apr 30, 2009 5:28 am
Odd choice for a home

Last post by killer « Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:10 pm
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by AlphaKilo470 » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:41 am

I left my Bic cigarette lighter on the back patio for a couple of hours the other day and right before I used it to light a smoke, I noticed a small...

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Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:10 pm
Anybody know what this is?

Last post by GomJabbar « Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:49 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:51 pm

Any idea what this is?

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Mon Apr 27, 2009 5:49 pm
Desktop Components, Europe accepts Paypal, sites?

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:42 am
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by ibmfreak » Mon Apr 20, 2009 4:17 am

Hello

I need to upgrade desktop components. I am looking for cheap webshop that accepts Paypal. Any ideas where....

thanks

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Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:42 am
Best way to accept money for a laptop?

Last post by Hugh Chardon « Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:25 pm
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by postdiction » Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:22 pm

Hi, I did not know where to ask this question so I figured here would be the best place.

So the situation is that one of my friends needs to sell...

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Last post by Hugh Chardon
Sat Apr 25, 2009 10:25 pm
Medical Alert!

Last post by RealBlackStuff « Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:45 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:41 am

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand,...

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Sat Apr 25, 2009 8:45 pm
Plz help me with picasa

Last post by mattbiernat « Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:40 pm
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by mattbiernat » Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:55 pm

Ok So I uploaded 190 pictures from Picasa to my Picasa web album. On the disk 190 pictures takes space of about 800mb but online 190 pictures takes...

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Fri Apr 24, 2009 1:40 pm
eBay countdown clock doesn't work???

Last post by spt60 « Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:29 pm
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by spt60 » Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:23 pm

Hi, for some reason I cannot get the End Time clock in eBay to countdown by itself anymore in all browsers. It used to only work in IE but not...

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Last post by spt60
Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:29 pm
SO MANY SHOOTING

Last post by dsvochak « Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:40 pm
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by IBMlenovo123 » Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:15 pm
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One in Binghamton NY, (14 dead including the shooter)
One is Pittsburg PA, (3 cops dead)
One in Washington, (Father killed 5 children)

WHAT THE...
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Last post by dsvochak
Mon Apr 20, 2009 3:40 pm
Most laptops will be 16:9 by 2012…thoughts?

Last post by pianowizard « Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:45 am
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by pianowizard » Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:02 pm
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I just came across this article, “Transition to 16:9 PC monitor panels inevitable” . At least 70% of the members of this forum seem to prefer 4:3...
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 12:45 am
Rooting into the BIOS

Last post by Tõnis « Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:25 am
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by GomJabbar » Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:15 am

Saw this news link posted on another forum.

New Bios attack renders anti-virus useless

FYI, the ThinkPad BIOS menu has an option to not allow the...

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Last post by Tõnis
Sun Apr 19, 2009 11:25 am
expresscard tuner on T61?

Last post by t140568 « Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:21 pm
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by agarza » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:27 pm

I'm planning connecting my ps2 to my laptop, is there a suggested adapters to this endeavour

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Thu Apr 16, 2009 5:21 pm
What logo do you like the most?

Last post by draco2527 « Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:20 pm
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by Anno » Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:30 pm

The old colourful I B M Thinkpad one - or - The new stainless steel one with the red dot over the i in Th i nkpad

Let the people talk :D

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Last post by draco2527
Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:20 pm
Golf: Masters Frustration

Last post by fuscob « Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:22 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:13 pm

Trying to watch the Masters in Augusta.
Instead of showing us the actual golf, why do we have to listen to all these crappy commentators?
Are there...

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Last post by fuscob
Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:22 pm
Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers

Last post by i-SnipeZ « Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:03 pm
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by GomJabbar » Mon Apr 13, 2009 5:56 am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's...

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Wed Apr 15, 2009 10:03 pm
Obama Pledges to Fight Pirate Population * Bad For Environme

Last post by beGi « Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:40 pm
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by Kyocera » Mon Apr 13, 2009 2:26 pm

This is bad news for Global Warming, where is Al Gore now when we need him :??: .

Everyone knows that an increasing Pirate Population will...

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Last post by beGi
Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:40 pm
I HOPE YOUR TAX IS READY!

Last post by dsvochak « Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:43 pm
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by IBMlenovo123 » Tue Apr 14, 2009 5:15 pm

Tomorrow is the deadline, I hope yours is in! I got mine back already both Federal and State.

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Last post by dsvochak
Wed Apr 15, 2009 3:43 pm
I think my dog's on drugs

Last post by beGi « Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:05 am
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by AlphaKilo470 » Wed Apr 15, 2009 2:54 am

My dog, an 80lb mutt, was on and off having this weird coughing fit. What makes it weird is that when I'm sitting at my computer, he starts coughing...

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Last post by beGi
Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:05 am
Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (XP) - freebies

Last post by GomJabbar « Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:56 am
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by GomJabbar » Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:02 am

I was using Windows Update in XP this morning (Custom option). One of the updates that was offered was the Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool....

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Last post by GomJabbar
Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:56 am
business start-up

Last post by spt60 « Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:42 pm
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by spt60 » Sat Apr 04, 2009 10:40 am

Hi everyone,

I'm a CS student and about to graduate at the end of the semester. I'm looking to start a part-time web development business (making...

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Last post by spt60
Sun Apr 05, 2009 4:42 pm
could you tell me some interesting websites?

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by redvoilin » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:52 am

I have been looking for some interesting websites.could you tell me some sites you always visit or hot sites?

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Sat Apr 04, 2009 11:52 am
Is there someone out there who buys dead T40 batteries? (6c)

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by tgrevers » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:41 am

I have amassed a number of dead T40 6 cell batteries. Is there someone out there who buys these, or should I send them to our company battery...

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Last post by tgrevers
Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:41 am
Highly critical security flaw in IBM eGatherer ActiveX

Last post by Puppy « Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:32 am

by Puppy » Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:32 am

IBM Access Support ActiveX Control GetXMLValue() Buffer Overflow

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Wed Apr 01, 2009 11:32 am
Tragic updates from lenovo!

Last post by tylerwylie « Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:50 am
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by AdaSch » Tue Mar 03, 2009 6:15 am

Hi,

I again do update from lenovo and i am again mad

power manager don't work with ati power play, very slow start, cleartype font, stupid...

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Last post by tylerwylie
Wed Apr 01, 2009 12:50 am
recommendations for server backup software

Last post by Marin85 « Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:19 pm
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by spuddog » Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:29 pm

Hey, I friend was having trouble with the OS partition on thier server (win2003). Before we started thought we would back it up. none of my backup...

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Last post by Marin85
Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:19 pm
Neat little earthquake in San Jose 4.3 mag 3-30-09

Last post by killer « Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:07 am
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by rkawakami » Mon Mar 30, 2009 12:46 pm

Yes, us people here on the Left Coast are still here. The state of California has not fallen off into the Pacific. A preliminary 4.4 just rumbled...

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Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:07 am
New stuff for 10-15% of the new-price? SCAM? Probably!

Last post by rkawakami « Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:57 pm
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by RealBlackStuff » Thu Mar 26, 2009 1:57 pm

Just stumbled upon this most interesting website:
It's an auction-side with a bit of a gambling twist, very interesting!

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Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:57 pm
New worm can infect home modem/routers

Last post by loyukfai « Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:22 pm
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by beGi » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:20 am

The title says all, more info here:

So CHANGE your default admin name/password...

And this is probably only the beginning...

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Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:22 pm
Do you have a Facebook profile?

Last post by killer « Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:45 pm
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by pianowizard » Sat Oct 20, 2007 11:13 am
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Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:45 pm
Sad video.

Last post by AlphaKilo470 « Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:57 am
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by Gamernotnerd » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:30 am

WORKING Thinkpad blown apart by some bored kid. :(

PS: Can anyone give me the model number? I want to see prices on eBay.

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Last post by AlphaKilo470
Fri Mar 27, 2009 7:57 am
What will be your future native Operative System?

Last post by yak « Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:03 am
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by propellen » Sun May 20, 2007 10:16 am

Hi,

What are you planning to do when Microsoft quits working on Windows XP ?
Hopefully Windows VISTA is like Windows ME, atleast conserning the...

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Last post by yak
Fri Mar 27, 2009 4:03 am
Crash testing

Last post by threedaysrest « Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:54 pm
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by Anno » Tue Mar 24, 2009 10:56 am

Just stumbled upon this YouTube video, think this clearly demonstrates the pros of having a well built computer :!: :thumbs-UP:

Pretty amazing

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Last post by threedaysrest
Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:54 pm
Unicomp in financial trouble?

Last post by threedaysrest « Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:43 pm
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by threedaysrest » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:26 am

Let's hope not, for they are one of the last resources for what remains of the Model M. However, the Model M Wikipedia article has a blurb about...

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Last post by threedaysrest
Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:43 pm
Sony Netbook to complement my X300?

Last post by archer6 « Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:38 am
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by jamess » Sun Mar 22, 2009 3:46 pm

I am thinking of buying a netbook. I need it only occasionally, going somewhere weight is of utmost importance - mountains that is. I have solar...

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Last post by archer6
Mon Mar 23, 2009 4:38 am
Recommend me some games that can run on my T42

Last post by Speeder.dk « Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:51 am
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by nut cracker » Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:09 am

Hi

I'm not very familiar with computer games and need some recommendations. I've only got Call of Duty 2 now and it's great. Anything similar, or...

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Last post by Speeder.dk
Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:51 am
A Microsoft Monopoly: Mini reviews of several Microsoft OS's

Last post by Harryc « Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:12 pm
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by i-SnipeZ » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:49 pm

Microsoft owns over 75% of the computer market and has for 10+ years. Lately thats started to decline but its still an incredible number. Microsoft...

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Last post by Harryc
Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:12 pm
fan, cooling fan, heatsink or any other word?

Last post by TheRedFox « Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:28 am
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by Dimitri_P » Thu Mar 19, 2009 4:41 pm

doing a small market research.

If you were to look for a fan for your particular thinkpad model;

besides model number and/or exact fru; what words...

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Last post by TheRedFox
Sat Mar 21, 2009 10:28 am
Office Outlook 2007 encoding problem

Last post by Marin85 « Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:14 am
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by Marin85 » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:27 pm

Hi,
I have M$ Office Outlook 2007 installed. Today I received an email from a friend of mine that is supposedly written in Russian, but all I read...

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Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:14 am

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