I think it is crazy that you could be charged $1 per MB of data over wireless. In Australia, if you're not careful in choosing your provider, you could be in for a very nasty surprise. I feel sorry for SMB owners who are not that technical and sign up for these outrageous prices.
For work I've got a HP 8510 p notebook and the fan noise it makes on idle is unbearable. It was annoying enough I was on a quest to find a solution. After many hours on the Internet I found the following site http://www.p35-forum.de/board/notebook-hardware-control/acpi-module/7332-acpi-modul-für-hp-8510p/ which talks about overriding the ACPI DSDT table.
After reading up a bit on the topic and learnt more than I ever wanted to about ACPI, I've managed to change the fan speed on my HP 8510 notebook. Now Vista SP1 x64 runs like my other notebook, quiet! Will have to see will it over heat or have any side effects.
I have no idea why HP releases notebook that are so noisy out of the factory. Their engineering department should be reeducated that noise should be minimal on the desktop in the office.
I just cannot believe the poor Optus is providing in Australia. I spent the last two days trying to organise 2 new phone numbers to be added on our existing account and after two days of talking to sale consultants, solution consultants and other call center staffs, I still cannot talk to someone that can take my order to setup 2 new phone numbers for our office. I thought in would be easy, how wrong was I.
It seems to me that in Australia, customer service for the small guys is really poor. You're not spending enough to be provided with a proper account manager, and you wanted service a little bit more complex than the standard SOHO offerings, then no one seems to be able to help you.
