With an i5-460M it definitely won't be pokey.
I assume not. But, unless a computer is actually freezing, I've never had issues with speed. It's just not important to me (which is why I have the cheapest/slowest connection you can get from AT&T).
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megan walker - Jan 27, 2011 8:04:42 am PST #15979 of 25505
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2011 12:17:02 pm PST #15980 of 25505
brillig
A Bluetooth question: As far as I understand it, Bluetooth is a specific form of wireless communication between devices. My phone has Bluetooth, and it looks for devices that also have Bluetooth. If I were to get a generic Bluetooth dongle (snicker, lord, what a name) and plug it into the USB on my PC, will my phone be able to communicate with my PC?
Tom Scola - Jan 27, 2011 12:18:41 pm PST #15981 of 25505
hwæt
Yes, Connie, but you should check to see if you're computer already has bluetooth built in.
Connie Neil - Jan 27, 2011 12:21:17 pm PST #15982 of 25505
brillig
As old and as Frankensteined as it is, I would be surprised, but I'll look. If a laptop has wireless capability, is it likely to have Bluetooth?
Consuela - Jan 27, 2011 12:46:11 pm PST #15983 of 25505
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Oh, joy.
I was loving my T-Mobile MyTouch 4G, except I have apparently succumbed to a bug in Android 2.2.1: the "sync" function gets suspended, running the OS up so much that it burns through the battery in like five hours. (This is my attempt to translate the geek-speak I have found on some forums.)
The solution (absent a fix, which apparently isn't coming anytime soon) is to turn off background syncing, which means that every time I want to check my email, I have to sync everything manually. It's a minor annoyance, but it is an annoyance.
Mai diemond shooz, they iz too tite!
javachik - Jan 27, 2011 4:12:26 pm PST #15984 of 25505
Our wings are not tired.
megan, congrats on the new laptop!
Consuela that sucks. Did you figure out the dead-screen during phone calls thing at least?
Consuela - Jan 27, 2011 8:48:34 pm PST #15985 of 25505
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Did you figure out the dead-screen during phone calls thing at least?
Nope. It's done it once or twice since. No idea why.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2011 9:24:39 pm PST #15986 of 25505
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Nice laptop, meara! I just got one with a 500 gig hard drive. I'm enjoying all the space.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 27, 2011 9:31:29 pm PST #15987 of 25505
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
Toast.
I don't suppose anyone here has a Kindle/other e-reader and uses it with PDFs? I know you can drag-and-drop PDFs into it, and I'm wondering about ways to annotate them once they're there. I use the marvellous Mendeley to highlight and make notes with PDFs on my laptop. I'd be persuaded to get a Kindle if I could do something similar with a program for that.
meara - Jan 27, 2011 10:04:22 pm PST #15988 of 25505
Hmm. I have a kindle and know you can tag and make notes on books--but I haven't tried. I mostly just read fiction and have no need for such notes.