RE: My UN-automated Home :-(

["Des Gibbons" <des@xxxxxxx>]

lol, april fool!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 08 March 2001 22:46
> To: des@xxxxxxx; ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
>
>
> Nope, no cheaper over here ... I think it's about £160 for the
standard
> capacity unit and £250 for the extra life one. Might try to get
one out of
> Sony under warranty as my Club VAIO membership says that my guarantee
> expires 01 Apr 2001.
>
> Phil
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rj@xxxxxxx [mailto:rj@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 08 March 2001 22:23
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> >
> >
> > you will die when you see what there charging for replacement
> > batteries for
> > these things, lets just hope there a little cheaper where you are
> > than here
> > in NZ.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, 9 March 2001 11:20
> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> >
> >
> > It seems that the battery in my PCG-C1F has finally died ... it
seems to
> > charge and reach all it's voltages but pull the power cord and
> > *POOF* ... it
> > goes down quicker than (insert your favourite "going
down" joke here).
> >
> > Is it's 14 months old then I guess I'm springing for a new
battery...
> >
> > Phil
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: rj@xxxxxxx [mailto:rj@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: 28 February 2001 21:30
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> > >
> > >
> > > they seem to of finally got the batteries sorted the newer
C1VM
> > has a 5.5
> > > hour battery (actually lasts around 4 hours), the disk in
your
> > > machine is a
> > > standard laptop hard drive, available from anywhere, they
have
> > 12 and 20gb
> > > drives available.
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Phillip Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> > > Sent: Thursday, 1 March 2001 10:13
> > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > A PCG-C1F ... the battery life is sooo bad that booting it
up
> from cold
> > > gives me a battery level of about 60% remaining when the
battery meter
> > > software is loaded. If I have my LAN/Modem card in then
battery
> > > life is down
> > > to about 10 minutes.
> > >
> > > It has always been bad ... never better than 25 - 30 minutes
if
> > I boot on
> > > mains and thenn pull the plug, maybe 40 if I got aggressive
> > with the spin
> > > down of the hard disc and processor slowdown and didn't do
> > anything which
> > > needed to spin the drive up again. The battery manager
> software says my
> > > battery is in good condition and at full power (11.10v,
17.20Wh
> > - same as
> > > it's always been - and 173 charge cycles), however the
battery manager
> > > software also estimates my battery as having a "time to
empty" of 2:45
> > > (Which I assume is hrs and minutes - not minutes and
seconds! *grin*).
> > >
> > > I know it's a tiny PC and I love it for what it is - which
to me is a
> > > superbly portable email environment - but as a working
> machine ... well,
> > > let's just say that the other VAIO's don't perform so badly
off
> > > their leads!
> > >
> > > Do you know what size (physically) the hard disc in the
PCG-C1F
> > > is? I'd love
> > > to get a bigger capacity hard disc in there if I could. 4 Gb
> is getting
> > > cramped nowadays!
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: rj@xxxxxxx [mailto:rj@xxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: 28 February 2001 20:14
> > > > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] My UN-automated Home :-(
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > what model vaio??? (I work for vaio technical here in
NZ)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
> >
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