my Ei Systems 3083 Laptop.
I had wanted a laptop for some time, and went equiped with £400 to my local PC World. I browsed through the hundreds of laptops with the help of some staff, all eager to sell me whatever they could. My choice was finally settled on a bulky, squared shaped laptop. I decided to buy it as it had a large amount of ram compared to the contrating laptops in my price range. Also because there was an offer on the machine, which meant, by applying for insurance, I could get the laptop, a £30 laptop case, 50 DVDR's and a spare battery for £350.
Once getting it home and setting it up I was excited to realise that the laptop came with a free memory stick. Only when I tried to connect to the internet did I realise that it was a USB network adapter! I had spent all this money, which I had saved for months, to be confronted with a bulky laptop with an ugly adapter sticking out the back. As well as looking ugly you have to be really careful you dont put the laptop down in the wrong way because otherwise the fragile adapter will snap.
When this did happen I had to ring a call centre in India to order a new one, and when the package arived it wasnt inside! It finally arrived about a month later and I have been steady with it ever since.
Other problems are that my laptop regularly overheats. If you leave it on for any more than an hour the laptop becomes to hot to touch on the bottom, honestly you could frie an egg on it. Im suprised nothing inside is damaged. After a few hours even the keys are too hot to touch!
My last complaint is that my left key has fallen of. Trying to play games on the laptop is difficult as the button continuously flicks out.
Besides all this I still own the laptop and it still works and I use it most days, I find if it stops the best tactic is just to hit it, hard.
I had wanted a laptop for some time, and went equiped with £400 to my local PC World. I browsed through the hundreds of laptops with the help of some staff, all eager to sell me whatever they could. My choice was finally settled on a bulky, squared shaped laptop. I decided to buy it as it had a large amount of ram compared to the contrating laptops in my price range. Also because there was an offer on the machine, which meant, by applying for insurance, I could get the laptop, a £30 laptop case, 50 DVDR's and a spare battery for £350.
Once getting it home and setting it up I was excited to realise that the laptop came with a free memory stick. Only when I tried to connect to the internet did I realise that it was a USB network adapter! I had spent all this money, which I had saved for months, to be confronted with a bulky laptop with an ugly adapter sticking out the back. As well as looking ugly you have to be really careful you dont put the laptop down in the wrong way because otherwise the fragile adapter will snap.
When this did happen I had to ring a call centre in India to order a new one, and when the package arived it wasnt inside! It finally arrived about a month later and I have been steady with it ever since.
Other problems are that my laptop regularly overheats. If you leave it on for any more than an hour the laptop becomes to hot to touch on the bottom, honestly you could frie an egg on it. Im suprised nothing inside is damaged. After a few hours even the keys are too hot to touch!
My last complaint is that my left key has fallen of. Trying to play games on the laptop is difficult as the button continuously flicks out.
Besides all this I still own the laptop and it still works and I use it most days, I find if it stops the best tactic is just to hit it, hard.
8 comments:
Bit stupid? Buying a laptop without a wireless thingymebob inside?
Blimey Ben...thats the sort of thing I would do!
I suppose its okay...maybe you should you know...start again?
Because your destined for failure!
im liking your method of fixing your laptop, seems to work with most things though:P good work ben. have a gold star... *
well written but comeon you could have got a better one anywhere else there is a little thing called the internet but i suppose you wont get to use it again cuz there is no wireless
i dont like the design either the bulky laptop looks a little cheep
well written and a funny style and you have described the problems well. Disapointing laptop.
your language and funny coments make this article intresting. your work is intresting to reed as well.
Good description , and you said your good at buying things :S were u joking ? anyways nice peice of writing!
Good, you have identified some significant design faults.
A great start to the AS course
Great notes Ben, you show a good understanding of the fundamental properties of the materials we have covered.
Well done
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