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From: Ben Shimmin on 30 Mar 2010 08:29
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>:
> On 2010-03-30, Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:
>> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>:
>>> On 2010-03-30, Tim Hodgson <thnews(a)poboxmolar.com.invalid> wrote:
>>>> Although you could say that if you've never claimed on the warrantee
>>>> (warranty?),
>>>
>>> I can nevr get that word right...
>>
>> It's easy. The warrantee is the person you give a warranty to.
>>
>> And (nowadays) `guarantee' is always correct (noun or verb).
>
> They're both words that I have a blind spot for. But thanks anyway.

If you write `guarantee' and `warranty' you will basically always be
correct (unless you're a lawyer, you're pretty unlikely ever to need
to say `warrantee').

People are forever telling me off for saying things are `easy' or (my
personal favourite) `trivial'!

b.

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From: Richard Tobin on 30 Mar 2010 08:37
In article <slrnhr3rkd.nk6.bas(a)rialto.bas.me.uk>,
Ben Shimmin <bas(a)llamaselector.com> wrote:

>If you write `guarantee' and `warranty' you will basically always be
>correct

Other similar pairs are

guard and ward
guile and wile
guise and wise

-- Richard
From: Chris Ridd on 30 Mar 2010 09:43
On 2010-03-30 11:41:18 +0100, Jim said:

> On 2010-03-30, Chris Ridd <chrisridd(a)mac.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 3. Is it worthwhile, in the light of the temperature problem to
>>> buy the advanced warranty from Apple when the 12 month warranty is due
>>> to expire?
>>
>> Dunno. Actually my MBP's going to be a year old soonish, and I need to
>> decide whether the 2yr warrantee from John Lewis is good enough for me,
>> or if I want to buy AppleCare.
>
> I've tended to get the extended warrantee on laptops, but not on desktops or
> towers. So far this hasn't come back to bite me, but there's always a first
> time.

In this case though, my warranty (:-) is already for 2 years courtesy
of John Lewis. Applecare would only effectively cover me for one
additional year.

--
Chris

From: Peter James on 30 Mar 2010 11:38
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> snipped
> Have you got iStat Pro? It's free, and would give you more specific info
> on temperatures etc.
The temperatures as shown by iSat Pro on my iMac 21" are below. The
first quoted figure is after 1 hours useage browsing the web, mail,
Usenet etc. The second quoted figure is after 1 hours useage playing
WoW. The difference seems staggering. Should I be worried.

Ambient 61
The temperatures as shown by iSat Pro on my iMac 21" are below. The
first quoted figure is after 1 hours use browsing the web, mail, Usenet
etc. The second quoted figure is after 1 hours use playing WoW. All
figures are in degrees fahrenheit. MacSoup seems to be unable to use
the symbol for degrees. The difference seems staggering. Should I be
worried?

Ambient 61 68
CPU 86 115
GPU diode 109 172
GPU Heat sink 108 167
Memory controller 104 153
Northbridge 117 153
Optical drive 91 120
Power supply 113 147
Hard drive 86 111

Fans speed
CPU fan 1198 rpm 1200 rpm
Hard drive 1099 rpm 1099 rpm
Optical drive 999rpm rpm 999

Peter

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From: eastender on 30 Mar 2010 12:36
In article <1jg6dix.cbgvdc1g0tc74N%pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com>,
pfjames2000(a)googlemail.com (Peter James) wrote:

The difference seems staggering. Should I be
> worried?

These machines are designed to run very hot - although I would have
thought your fans would have kicked in a bit.

E.
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