His requirements are:
- Not the Nano (I could list all the reasons, but it's basically an anti-Apple prejudice)
- as small as possible
- doesn't have to play downloaded/copy-protected music
- decent battery life
- USB 2.0 compatible
Bar maid! Bring me stronger ale! And some plump, succulent babies to eat!
Olaf the Troll ,'Showtime'
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Volans - Oct 19, 2005 4:54:45 am PDT #5185 of 10003
move out and draw fire
Sean K - Oct 19, 2005 7:30:47 am PDT #5186 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Grrrrr.....
Okay, ND and I updated the software on this geriatric G3 as much as possible before I took possession of it, and I think it broke the damned thing. My browser keeps regularly crashing for no reason, even when it's not being all that overloaded.
And now the new extreme annoyance -- it has taken up randomly deciding that any mouse click anywhere on screen is to be interpreted as a back button command.
NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2005 9:34:18 am PDT #5187 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
That's unfortunate. It might be the keyboard Sean. Swap to the other keyboard. I think an option click is a back command in many browsers. If the keyboard is flaky it could be causing problems.
P.M. Marc - Oct 19, 2005 10:41:28 am PDT #5188 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Sean, are you still using Firefox?
Remember the part where I said it was unstable? Seriously, you may want to just use Safari or Opera on that machine. My machine, which is fairly modern compared to yours, still has to deal with regular Firefox barfing.
NoiseDesign - Oct 19, 2005 10:51:45 am PDT #5189 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
That machine is kinda like trying to websurf with the mental capacity of gramps from The Simpsons.
le nubian - Oct 19, 2005 1:21:36 pm PDT #5190 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2005 1:24:37 pm PDT #5191 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have a Vaio right now, and let me say -- their TV tuner and recording software sucks. The integration of it with other apps is pretty good, but the equivalent to the intelligence of a season pass didn't exist when I bought the box a year and a half ago.
le nubian - Oct 19, 2005 1:29:49 pm PDT #5192 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
interesting. thanks for the information. I had no idea such animals existed.
§ ita § - Oct 19, 2005 1:31:11 pm PDT #5193 of 10003
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Mine's not dedicated like the one in the article, but I did get it because of the integrated tuner and recording software. I ended up using it much less than I'd expected as a "media centre." It's just a computer, except when Lost is up against VM and I don't feel like torrenting.
However ... I wonder if TiVo can read what the Vaio records ... that'd change things...
dw - Oct 19, 2005 2:56:38 pm PDT #5194 of 10003
Silence means security silence means approval
Anyone know how I can convert a video on a DVD-R into a streamable file (e.g. WMV)? I have a set of 30-second PSAs they want posted on the school's website, but they only gave me a DVD.