Suzi,
You should just copy the files (from the Itunes directory on your computer) and not use the Itunes process. That's what I did when I moved computers.
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le nubian - Oct 18, 2009 3:08:47 pm PDT #11397 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
beekaytee - Oct 18, 2009 7:59:47 pm PDT #11398 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
There are a lot of new-ish netbooks out there now, which are pretty stripped down, and most importantly INEXPENSIVE. Howver, it sounds like she wants a bigger screen because of vision issues, right?
Theodosia, I think the bigger screen thing is mostly for the luxury of it. She seems to have pretty good eyesight...perhaps even better than mine!
I kept trying to get her to buy a $400 refurbed Toshiba that looked great to me, but she kept wandering over to the 1K machines that are roughly 3 to 4 times what she really needs.
ND, I like the Toshiba's too and, believe me, I pushed hard on the Apple issue. I can't imagine why she is entrenched when ease of use would be so much higher with a Mac.
I'll look for a Toshiba model to contrast with the Dell and let her decide.
Gudanov - Oct 19, 2009 5:27:10 am PDT #11399 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
My only laptop experience in Toshiba and it has worked well. I'd make sure to get Windows 7 on it, they've made some nice UI enhancements.
SuziQ - Oct 19, 2009 6:28:49 pm PDT #11400 of 25501
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
le nubian - thanks for the help. I have all my iTunes stuff on my new computer. Wheeeeeeeeee!
I also have a shiny new external hard drive and have backed up the old computer and have room for backing up the new one too!
le nubian - Oct 19, 2009 6:37:47 pm PDT #11401 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
awesome cakes! :-)
Theodosia - Oct 20, 2009 3:45:51 am PDT #11402 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Yay SuziQ! Tech to the rescue!
beekaytee - Oct 20, 2009 7:08:26 am PDT #11403 of 25501
Compassionately intolerant
Update: Thanks to encouragement from ND and Gud, I steered my friends to the Toshiba Satellite L550. I'm excited for my oldster friend to have something she can rely on.
Much obliged gentlemen.
Gudanov - Oct 20, 2009 7:19:23 am PDT #11404 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Glad to help in a small way. If they haven't bought it yet, be sure to wait a few days for Windows 7 to be the OS instead of Vista. You can get a free upgrade but it will likely be a pain to get and install.
Theodosia - Oct 20, 2009 7:31:20 am PDT #11405 of 25501
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
What's a good utility for DLing an online movie trailer (for a friend) that's an FLV and does not have an unobfuscated URL?
le nubian - Oct 20, 2009 7:57:00 am PDT #11406 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
firefox, downloadthemall extension.