Reliability Specialist, 2 Year Degree in Electrical
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_engineering
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive_maintenance
No, I can't see through walls.
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/xq90/513/jamesirly5.jpg
I do look at squggly lines all day though,
Courtesy of Google:
http://reliabilityweb.com/ee-assets/my-uploads/art09/allied/flake_breaker_01.jpg
I have a Lenovo G580 I can sell cheap, you can put the extra $ into more ram if you want. Shoot me a PM if interested.
G580, Win7, B830 CPU, 1gb ram, 320gb hdd
Pricey, but IMHO would be worth it in the long run.
http://www.jegs.com/p/FAST/FAST-EZ-EFI-Self-Tuning-Fuel-Injection-Kits/1216664/10002/-1
F dinosaur fueling.
I think it has more to do with an aging infrastructure today than technology. Now the interconnects can be remotely managed but failures present more problems than anything else. 30+ years ago, power plants were still being built or they weren't "that old", now they are well past their expected service life with nothing new really being permitted. If you think power problems now are bad, wait a few years. It's going to get messy soon if we don't do something about the aging generation facilities and grid.
I got nearly the same one, though it's a "SnowJoe" brand. Paid all of like $79 for it shipped a few years ago and it's more than paid for itself many times over.
There is no graphics card, it uses intel video. I believe it's Intel HD Graphics 3000. Most laptops don't have a discreet video card unless they are higher end.
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/laptops/essential/b-series/b570/
http://www.lenovo.com/shop/americas/content/pdf/system_data/b570_tech_specs.pdf
There isn't really THAT much performance difference between an i3 and i5 to be honest:
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-2310M+%40+2.10GHz
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-2410M+%40+2.30GHz
Either way, it can be upgraded since I had an i5 in it at one time. I put the i3 back when I got my daughter a new laptop.