I still covet a netbook. Asus is a decent brand, isn't it?
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Connie Neil - Jun 15, 2010 2:27:25 pm PDT #14149 of 25501
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Strix - Jun 15, 2010 2:29:08 pm PDT #14150 of 25501
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Microcenter has some decent deals, Connie. Dan got an emachine netbook, and it is fine. My laptop is an emachine, and it's dandy. I got it for $299 a couple of months ago.
dcp - Jun 15, 2010 2:31:57 pm PDT #14151 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
-t, it seems reasonable to think that the phone can be switched over to your account and retain both the stored information and even the same phone number, but only Verizon could tell you for sure.
Calli - Jun 15, 2010 2:34:10 pm PDT #14152 of 25501
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I like my Asus, Connie: [link]
Good battery life, travels well, fine for most web and .doc purposes. I wouldn't want to run Photoshop or Final Cut Pro on it, but I didn't buy it with that in mind.
-t - Jun 15, 2010 2:41:36 pm PDT #14153 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Thanks, dcp. I'll take it down to my local Verizon kiosk and see what they say.
Sean K - Jun 15, 2010 4:42:42 pm PDT #14154 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I wil hopefully be getting an iphone4 when I get back from Italy.
megan walker - Jun 15, 2010 4:44:11 pm PDT #14155 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
If you get any good pictures of food, let me know.
Maria - Jun 15, 2010 8:22:14 pm PDT #14156 of 25501
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Suppose I have a Droid with Verizon service (provided by a corporate account that will expire on the 22nd). If I were to add a line to my already existent Verizon account, could I put this phone onto it and not lose all the old messages etc. that it had from the old number?
-t, ask them to do a change of financial responsibility. The corporation will have to release the account to you, so it will probably mean a conference call. You can then keep the phone as well, assuming of cours the company is amenable to this.
meara - Jun 15, 2010 9:31:03 pm PDT #14157 of 25501
-t, if you still have the phone, and it's the actual voicemails (not, say, the "hi, this is bob, leave a message if you like carrots"), most carriers have an option to forward the message, I think. So even if corporate wouldn't let you keep the actual phone number...
-t - Jun 16, 2010 3:14:04 am PDT #14158 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good options I hadn't thought of! Thanks!