Dorsetmike
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As I mentioned last week I have 2 PCs now controlled by one KB, Monitor and mouse, I can switch between the two either from the keyboard or from the switch box. The PCs are almost identical, one has an extra gig of RAM, the other a bit more hard drive space.
Both have the display set at 1920x1080 yet one fills the 23" screen, the other has a 3cm gap on the left and 4cm on the right.
Luckily the one with the full screen width is the one I use for music apps, like having a PDF score and a Finalé page open side by side, or Grand Orgue with either Finalé or Midiocre
I also have two almost identical laptops same model, again the amount of RAM and Hard drive space being the main differences, one has a CD drive the other a DVD. My original one has a tendency to shut down as and when it thinks fit, anything from a few seconds o a couple of hours & mains or battery power: the other was bought from Ebay for "spares or repair" the reported fault was that it would not join a network nor access the web; sorted that, reinstalled the network drivers and set up the network afresh. Swapped the larger hard drive into it and found 2GB RAM doing a bird imitation (going cheap) so upgraded that, keep fingers crossed, also got a wireless USB dongle working, so now I'll be able to read in bed!?
Battery charge life on both seems to be about 1 hour (both new batteries), is that typical for 7 or 8 year old laptops? Any ideas on sudden shut down? If I can fix that then I'll have two good (ish) ones.
Both have the display set at 1920x1080 yet one fills the 23" screen, the other has a 3cm gap on the left and 4cm on the right.
Luckily the one with the full screen width is the one I use for music apps, like having a PDF score and a Finalé page open side by side, or Grand Orgue with either Finalé or Midiocre
I also have two almost identical laptops same model, again the amount of RAM and Hard drive space being the main differences, one has a CD drive the other a DVD. My original one has a tendency to shut down as and when it thinks fit, anything from a few seconds o a couple of hours & mains or battery power: the other was bought from Ebay for "spares or repair" the reported fault was that it would not join a network nor access the web; sorted that, reinstalled the network drivers and set up the network afresh. Swapped the larger hard drive into it and found 2GB RAM doing a bird imitation (going cheap) so upgraded that, keep fingers crossed, also got a wireless USB dongle working, so now I'll be able to read in bed!?
Battery charge life on both seems to be about 1 hour (both new batteries), is that typical for 7 or 8 year old laptops? Any ideas on sudden shut down? If I can fix that then I'll have two good (ish) ones.