Posts by LostinSpace

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Laptops..PC ?

by Brummie in

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friends

whats your experience with laptop pcs?

need help, will buy one soon, anyone in uk know of any good deals or hints before buying one?

they cost to much to make a bad move.. will probably buy from dixons or pc world or some big name store just to be sure that its genuinely covered.

If all you want is a replacement for your home/work PC and want the added capability of a mobile solution, then why dont you look at buying a laptop with a decent "docking station" - basically you could have it set-up at home/work with a 15/17/21" monitor connected to the station, then depending on the model any peripherals that are not part of the laptop could be connected to the station aswell - but you always have the flexibility of being mobile.

Going to sound like a Dell/Compaq/Tosh salesman now - but they have cornered the market with "docking station's" - dont think Ive seen one for a Sony.

You mention that you only use Word/Office - then maybe all the addon's like a DVD drive/CD-Writer etc dont appeal - but you always have to look to the actual life of the laptop - space on HD - future enhancements to software - so Memory expansion etc.

There's no point in buying a laptop with DVD/CD-R(w) combo if youre not going to use it - money is better used to expand on Memory and size of HD - again its down to your personal requirements.

Think :

What am I going to be using laptop for

Is it a replacement for PC or just a mobile solution?

I think we can talk about this until the cows come home - but because it's such an expensive piece of equipment to buy - its better in the long run for you to really understand your requirements before venturing out with your Credit Card!

D

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Laptops..PC ?

by Brummie in

jw
friends

whats your experience with laptop pcs?

need help, will buy one soon, anyone in uk know of any good deals or hints before buying one?

they cost to much to make a bad move.. will probably buy from dixons or pc world or some big name store just to be sure that its genuinely covered.

LostinSpace

remember you have to be patient with the compaq auction site - the laptops are not always there - pop into the site every couple of days..

there are good deals on the deskops EVERY day there.

Good luck

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Laptops..PC ?

by Brummie in

jw
friends

whats your experience with laptop pcs?

need help, will buy one soon, anyone in uk know of any good deals or hints before buying one?

they cost to much to make a bad move.. will probably buy from dixons or pc world or some big name store just to be sure that its genuinely covered.

LostinSpace

Hi, Ive been in the Computer Industry for over 12 years now - and one of my roles has been to "build"

a Base Build Operating System for Laptops for large corporates in the UK. Ive had years of

experience with Compaq, HP, Dell, Toshiba, Sony and IBM.

They all have their Good and Bad points.

I agree with another comment made - DO NOT buy from PC World -they are an absolute disgrace

as to Customer Services etc - with added charges etc..the 0% Interest Free Options may look

ood - but if you look closely they are not worth the paper the contract's written on.

Up until last year I would of recommended either a Compaq/Tosh or a Dell - but at the moment

Dell sticks out as the front runner - Compaq did have a few bargains aswell

(dont know if you are aware, but HP now own Compaq - if you go to http://www.compaq.co.uk/auctions

you will find now and again they will have a batch of laptops there - going for a song...these have

been discontinued because of the name change from compaq to HP - I was lucky enough to get a 1600

laptop (DVD//CDR) 512MB RAM, 40GB HD for 489 - the warranty is still there aswell...they are not

always there...but worth looking at now and again. It all depends what you want the laptop for ...but Dell rocks at the moment - next day service call etc.

good warranty and decent DELL kit...not like some manufactureres now - they are just badged

products...ie. have a IBM badge on the front - but the iside you have other manufactureres hardware inside.

Hope that helps, if you give me an idea of what you are looking for - what you need as a necessity I'll get

u a list of a few for you to look at...and of course price....

D

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Mum needs help - Part 2!

by LostinSpace in

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friends

thanks to all that responded to my post yesterday...it helped a lot..... http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=41622&site=3.

unfortunately my mother seems to have been to a meeting last night and was a complete stranger to me on the telephone last night - she has never been like that to me before - i was shocked - but i didnt "rock the boat" any more - i was calm and was compasionate, but mum was defensive and defending her beleifs and stating that i must of been mis-informed by someone about their religion.

to me this wasn't my mum - but she was just a puppet saying what she's been "told" to say by someone from kh - im adamant about that (i think i know her very well).. anyway, at least the conversation ended well, where i now have an opportunity to write (yes, you heard it) write my concerns in a letter and send it to her....my first thoughts were great...hopefully she'll be able to meet me halfway and see where im coming from...then it dawned on me..."what if she is being told what to say" - then my letter would be defended by another jw (or maybe herself.....).. this is where (hopefully) you guy's come in...where so i start?...i dont want to be over-informative in the letter - this would look like weird i think....... id like to write all the good stuff about my mum in the letter, be positive about our relationship, what we can build on etc etc, and just put a few thoughts here and there for her to ponder over about the wtbs and other issues like blood...which issues would you as exjw's put in there....remember the issue's that first made you think about the integrity of the whole org?...

LostinSpace

Hi,

Thanks to all that responded to my post yesterday...it helped a lot....

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=41622&site=3

Unfortunately my mother seems to have been to a meeting last night and was a complete stranger to me on the telephone last night - she has never been like that to me before - I was shocked - but i didnt "rock the boat" any more - I was calm and was compasionate, but mum was defensive and defending her beleifs and stating that i must of been mis-informed by someone about their religion. To me this wasn't my mum - but she was just a puppet saying what she's been "told" to say by someone from KH - Im adamant about that (i think i know her very well).

Anyway, at least the conversation ended well, where I now have an opportunity to WRITE (yes, you heard it) WRITE my concerns in a letter and send it to her....my first thoughts were great...hopefully she'll be able to meet me halfway and see where Im coming from...then it dawned on me..."what if she is being told what to say" - then my letter would be defended by another JW (or maybe herself.....).

This is where (hopefully) you guy's come in...where so I start?...I dont want to be over-informative in the letter - this would look like weird I think......

Id like to write all the good stuff about my mum in the letter, be positive about our relationship, what we can build on etc etc, and just put a few thoughts here and there for her to ponder over about the WTBS and other issues like Blood...which issues would you as exJW's put in there....remember the issue's that first made you think about the integrity of the whole org?..

As some of you mentioned yesterday....nice and easy....slowly...

Hope u can help...

D

PS. It's been refreshing reading all the posts this morning...yip Ive read nearly every single one, (sorry for "lurking"!!) and i look back at my days being dragged into the KH as a child and remember little things that have happened to me (and they seem to still happen even now around the world)...and I love the passion and enthusiasm that everyone seems to have - I beleive that you are all "free" and are now enjoying life to the full...heroes in your own litte way...

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Need to help my Mother

by LostinSpace in

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friends

im sure you have all heard the same sort of story day in day out on these forums'...but i need help.. my mother has been a jw for over 20 years now.

during my childhood i was taken to kh every week (my father wasn't/isn't a jw and was always working away).

during my school years i was "mentaly" abused by other children because of my mothers beleifs.

LostinSpace

Thanks Link for your wise words.

Must admit didnt think in that way.

I am making a lot of effort to reseach (there is a lot of info out there....where to start!!) the subject matter - so I can hoefully understand the structure of the whole organisation and then hopefully be in a position to understand what "makes mum tick" and take it from there....I know this won't be an easy road..but with the help of sites like these - you know you dont feel alone..

thanks

D

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Need to help my Mother

by LostinSpace in

jw
friends

im sure you have all heard the same sort of story day in day out on these forums'...but i need help.. my mother has been a jw for over 20 years now.

during my childhood i was taken to kh every week (my father wasn't/isn't a jw and was always working away).

during my school years i was "mentaly" abused by other children because of my mothers beleifs.

LostinSpace

Thanks Guest 77 for your words.

I understand your feelings, I was going to just be my Mother's Son and let her "do her own thing" and not disturb her - but I couldnt live with my concience if I were to allow her to be manipulated by an Organisation that I know nothing about...example...if you were to be told that your Mother's Bank Manager was happily telling your mother than her mortgage was been paid and after 25 years she would own her own property, but in reality the Bank Manager was lying and she wouldnt have her property paid for then you as a son would have a duty to point these things out to her....I feel the same about what I have learned about the Organization during the past few days/weeks (I am still researching, looking for the correct things to say to my mother)..hence the cry for help on this site.

The more I think about my childhood - I can vividly remember that my mother has this dream that if she is a Good JW then she will be saved etc etc... I feel that the JW is that Bank Manager who is giving false dreams....and in the mentime has wrecked my family...My mother probably has a happy time whilst in the realms of the KH - but when she goes home to the village - she is an "outcast" - the last thing I want to do is take that away from mum - I want to help her.

I know the example above is a bit tame - but I am genuinly concerned for my mother - If I knew all the information i know now, then I would of done something sooner.

She is missing out on a life

thanks for your words.

D

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Need to help my Mother

by LostinSpace in

jw
friends

im sure you have all heard the same sort of story day in day out on these forums'...but i need help.. my mother has been a jw for over 20 years now.

during my childhood i was taken to kh every week (my father wasn't/isn't a jw and was always working away).

during my school years i was "mentaly" abused by other children because of my mothers beleifs.

LostinSpace

wow - I am overwhelmed that in a matter of a few mins Ive had a reply and someone actually speaking to me about it - Ive never been able to share any of this with anyone. Thanks - there might be a light at the end of that tunnel.

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Need to help my Mother

by LostinSpace in

jw
friends

im sure you have all heard the same sort of story day in day out on these forums'...but i need help.. my mother has been a jw for over 20 years now.

during my childhood i was taken to kh every week (my father wasn't/isn't a jw and was always working away).

during my school years i was "mentaly" abused by other children because of my mothers beleifs.

LostinSpace

Hi,

Im sure you have all heard the same sort of story day in day out on these forums'...but I need help.

My mother has been a JW for over 20 years now. During my childhood I was taken to KH every week (my father wasn't/isn't a JW and was always working away). During my school years I was "mentaly" abused by other children because of my mothers beleifs. I was tormented, spat at, kicked constantly...I kept this to myself.

I love my mother and until recently i respected that she had her beleifs and left it at that. I moved away from home the minute I could - and started a new life for myself. I used to hate going back to visit - because even as an adult I would still get the snigger's and the verbal abuse from other adults - it broke my heart as a child.

It was my decision not to tell my parents about the tormenters - things would of been 100 times worse if my mother would of gone into school.

A few nights ago I was walking around in my "new" town and noticed a young kid being tormented and attacked by other children - he was in obvious distress - I shouted at the other kids and for a second or two I was being called a "JW" again (I cant even say the word - It make me cringe) - I couldnt beleive it after all these years - all the bad memories came flooding back.

I decided there and then that I needed to do something - Ive left this so long, my mother who I love dearly is trapped within this organization - I didnt even know anything about the JW until I made some research on the net - I was shocked.

It gave me the strength to confront my mother - unfortunately I did this the "cowardly" way by phoning her (after I had drank some beer) - purely because Its been boiling iniside of me for all these years - It took a lot of courage from my point - last thing I want to do is hurt my mother.

I know deep down that if I approach my mother with genuine fact and have enough evidence to back me up - that she might beleive me. The most difficult aspect is the fact that she has lost all her "genuine" friends - and only has a social life around JW - telling her some hard facts and taking her "social" life away would be a devastating knock for her - but I cant let her be manipulated any longer.

I am over the moon that there is so much support out there with these discussion boards, but to be honest - there is maybe too much information - I need help and guidance on how I am going to present the TRUE facts to my mother.

I have spoken to her last night (sober) and It was very difficult - she was very defensive about JW, and I know I have a struggle on my hands - but shes worth the struggle.

Any help would be brillaint. Thanks

D