I love my ASUS netbook. I agree with the recommendation to try out as many keyboards and configurations as possible. I couldn't have coped with a smaller keyboard.
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Dana - Nov 23, 2009 5:41:05 am PST #11771 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Deena - Nov 23, 2009 6:08:10 am PST #11772 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
Sure, ehab, feel free! Vortex, you could always call dibs on one, right?
§ ita § - Nov 23, 2009 6:09:52 am PST #11773 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can I get one, Deena?
Vortex - Nov 23, 2009 6:18:40 am PST #11774 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Sure, ehab, feel free! Vortex, you could always call dibs on one, right?
Is that okay? If so, I'm calling dibs! :) I'll try when I get home and hope that there's still one left1
ehab - Nov 23, 2009 6:18:43 am PST #11775 of 25501
...all my words have been taken by my work. - Mala
Thanks Deena. I wonder how it knows how many are used? Perhaps they're keeping track centrally. There was no obvious counter when I plugged the key in.
Tom Scola - Nov 23, 2009 7:15:36 am PST #11776 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
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Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2009 10:57:27 am PST #11777 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
On the subject of Black Friday deals and external hard drives, Target will have this Western Digital Elements 1 TB USB 2.0 Desktop External Hard Drive for $60, which sounds like a great deal, so I am sure there is something wrong with it. It's way bigger than I need, but it seems the prices for external hard drives vary wildly anyway, so if I'm going to pay $60, I might as well get more storage out of it. Currently, I'm using my old 80 GB internal hard drive that I put in a case, but it can't handle all my video, so I know I need something bigger, and...this is bigger. It seems like it's pretty slow, but I'm already used to that. And Western Digital is good with hard drives, I hear.
Gudanov - Nov 23, 2009 10:59:54 am PST #11778 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
I actually have one of those and it's worked fine for over a year. I haven't noticed it being particularly slow.
Polter-Cow - Nov 23, 2009 11:02:35 am PST #11779 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Thanks, Gud. I was going off one commenter's note that it took 20-30 minutes for 50 GB. I don't know how fast or slow that is. Now that I think about it, that may be faster than my current setup, which seems to take almost that long for half the data.
Dana - Nov 23, 2009 11:47:13 am PST #11780 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.