I like the ruffles.

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Gudanov - Jan 26, 2011 7:35:03 am PST #15950 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I quite like the newer versions, but I'm not sure what feature changes there are. The UI is vastly different which I think the source of the unpopularity. I particularly like the navigation pane of Office 2010.

You can compromise between netbook size and notebook speed with something like this:

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Not as small as a netbook, not as powerful as a larger notebook, but should be fine for most tasks and still not real expensive.


megan walker - Jan 26, 2011 7:42:43 am PST #15951 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Not as small as a netbook, not as powerful as a larger notebook, but should be fine for most tasks and still not real expensive.

Oooh, I really like that one! And I could get a DVD/CD thing as an attachment (or whatever it's called) to burn and rip CDs, right?

And I could get it in red.

t /shallow


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2011 7:49:09 am PST #15952 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

Yeah you can get an external drive like this one:

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NoiseDesign - Jan 26, 2011 7:53:22 am PST #15953 of 25501
Our wings are not tired

I adore my 11" Macbook Air and you can get an external DVD drive for it as well.


Gudanov - Jan 26, 2011 8:01:20 am PST #15954 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping

I'm not trying to push a particular laptop or company, but I think it's worth going a step up from a netbook if it's affordable.


Ginger - Jan 26, 2011 8:01:28 am PST #15955 of 25501
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm running Office 2003 on Windows 7, if that's a concern. My only recurring problem with it is that Word keeps not remembering my settings. (Has anyone figured out a fix for this?)


§ ita § - Jan 26, 2011 8:03:54 am PST #15956 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Does anyone know of a site like photobucket that allows image hotlinking but with a less prudish TOS? They just yanked a really tame picture of mine, and I'm a little disgruntled.

I'd use flickr, except they have rules that if you hotlink you need to link back to them, and I don't want to.


Deena - Jan 26, 2011 8:05:19 am PST #15957 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara

ita, I could give you ftp access to a folder on one of my sites, if that would work for you.


Jessica - Jan 26, 2011 8:09:46 am PST #15958 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

I quite like the newer versions, but I'm not sure what feature changes there are. The UI is vastly different which I think the source of the unpopularity. I particularly like the navigation pane of Office 2010.

I agree - the navigation is very different from the classic Office look and feel, but once I got used to it it really was a faster cleaner experience.


le nubian - Jan 26, 2011 8:11:22 am PST #15959 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."

ND,

can you give me more information about why you like your macbook air?

I need to get a new Mac laptop in the next 6 months and I'm trying to decide what I will do. I have a 15" macbook pro and I like that it is a "full service" laptop. Do I need another 15" MBP (as heavy as that thing is) or should I get a 13" or go even smaller with a MBA?