Lap top, buy in uk or philippines

[BoholoX]

I generally found electronics to be very expensive in the RP. After having my old Compaq stolen by a toe-rag in a burglary I bought a ASUS which I'm very happy with and is still fine for me even after 4 years (Win 7 HP). Although warranty is a valid point good luck it getting it fixed. My RP bought PS3 broke also and they wanted me to send it to HK for repair which would have cost more than the hard drive it needed that I fitted myself. Also my copy of Office 2007 is a 'for sale in the RP only' and although cheap wasn't entitled to the free upgrade to 2010 as advertised. Swings and roundabouts.

And I'm now sick of no pound sign and having to type 10.00GBP each time

[imagine]

I generally found electronics to be very expensive in the RP. After having my old Compaq stolen by a toe-rag in a burglary I bought a ASUS which I'm very happy with and is still fine for me even after 4 years (Win 7 HP). Although warranty is a valid point good luck it getting it fixed. My RP bought PS3 broke also and they wanted me to send it to HK for repair which would have cost more than the hard drive it needed that I fitted myself. Also my copy of Office 2007 is a 'for sale in the RP only' and although cheap wasn't entitled to the free upgrade to 2010 as advertised. Swings and roundabouts.

And I'm now sick of no pound sign and having to type 10.00GBP each time

this old lap top toshiba satellite is about 4 yrs old windows 7, iv been getting blue screen of death, and then difficult to restart after that happens, i dont have time to reset to factory settings, then see if its cured, i will do this in phil later, if it does't cure then it must be a hardwear fault, in which case i will not get repaired, so the new lap top is a just incase , just hope it doesnt jump out my suitcase on its way

my other old sony lap top i destroyed its hard drive just 2 weeks ago before dumping it, though it worked perfectly well it wasn't to me worth taking with me

[Dedworth]

And I'm now sick of no pound sign and having to type 10.00GBP each time

How do I deal with a keyboard with no pound sign?
If you have a foreign laptop, it might not have a pound sign by default. There are ways around that, however :-


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolog...ound-sign.html

You could also download KeyTweak

[raynaputi]

And I'm now sick of no pound sign and having to type 10.00GBP each time

Press Fn + NumLk (or F11)
Then press Alt + 156 (the numbers beside the letters JIO)
Just press Fn + NumLk again to go back to using the letters of the keyboard.