I was looking at netbooks, then I discovered that Windows Starter "helpfully" keeps you from modifying the Folder and Search Options. So you have to pay even more to have a version of Windows without training wheels. Heck, you pay more for the training wheels, Starter is like a Big Wheel tricycle.
What should I do, then? Send her a gift? Sacrifice? … Unholy fruit basket?
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Connie Neil - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:26 am PST #16226 of 25501
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le nubian - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:41 am PST #16227 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
java,
I also have an external keyboard for my ipad when I need to spend time focused writing and not near a multitasking environment. It makes reading and annotating pdfs work like clockwork.
flea - Mar 09, 2011 8:21:47 am PST #16228 of 25501
information libertarian
I have an 18-moth-old HP Mini that has been great. I don't lug it around with me much, but it works fine for what I do, which is web stuff for the most part, no gaming, yes Youtube. It was about $330.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 8:23:36 am PST #16229 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the amount of wasted space on the portion where the keyboard is annoyed me
I don't have significantly different space on my MacBook versus my work ThinkPad. Speakers, keyboard, speakers. Larger touchpad because there are no buttons, but the dead space either side of the touchpad is the same on my Windows PC.
Gudanov - Mar 09, 2011 8:27:07 am PST #16230 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
There's something like this:
Not that expensive, dual-core processor better than what you find in a netbook, about the size of a netbook, 4GB of RAM, and a full version of Windows 7.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 8:27:33 am PST #16231 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I also have an external keyboard for my ipad when I need to spend time focused writing and not near a multitasking environment. It makes reading and annotating pdfs work like clockwork.
Yeah, I've seen those and have been intrigued. But when I really need to do stuff like that, I can do it on the laptop. I forgot to say that I also have a work laptop that I use every day. I just don't pull out the home laptop as often.
javachik - Mar 09, 2011 8:28:42 am PST #16232 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
Was it ita who was asking about home theatre systems? Amazon's deal of the day looks pretty good!: [link]
Liese S. - Mar 09, 2011 8:30:26 am PST #16233 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
For that price range, you can get some decent full strength laptops refurbished from Sony. (I know because of the obsessive trolling I've been doing of that site before my purchase)
I can't link directly to the computers, but this should get you to the appropriate search: [link]
The best of which is probably a 13.1" screen, dual core 2.66 Ghz, 320Gb (7200rpm) hard drive, 4 gigs of RAM & a large capacity battery. Originally $1,999.99, refurb price $599.
Liese S. - Mar 09, 2011 8:32:32 am PST #16234 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, Gud's link is smaller. Right now there aren't under 13" screens on the Sony refurb site, but there are from time to time.
§ ita § - Mar 09, 2011 8:35:34 am PST #16235 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Thanks, java. But I don't shop Amazon. I'll probably go back to the TV store where I got my Samsung last weekend. They were really nice, and had great prices. They're opposite a Best Buy, so I guess they need to work hard. But same day free delivery and installation? Oh, hells yes.