It's tax refund season, and I'm thinking it would be lovely to have a laptop that will play DVDs. I don't want a screaming machine that I can launch the space shuttle with, I just want a machine with enough oomph to play Stargate Atlantis while perched on a stool next to the bathtub, probably plugged into the wall socket. What kind of performance baselines am I looking at for this?
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
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Connie Neil - Jan 17, 2008 6:40:21 am PST #4383 of 25501
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§ ita § - Jan 17, 2008 6:52:50 am PST #4384 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What does single link mean here? Is this a cable I could use to connect my Mini/Powerbook to my HD TV?
Jon B. - Jan 17, 2008 7:06:29 am PST #4385 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Is this a cable I could use to connect my Mini/Powerbook to my HD TV?
Yes, I use a similar cable to connect my Mini to my TV. You'll need a separate audio cable though, as the DVI only carries video.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2008 7:13:36 am PST #4386 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Cool. Thanks. I'm suspicious of something that cheap, but happy.
Other things I'll need-wireless keyboard and mouse. What reccomendations do you guys have? Go Apple? Microsoft?
I'm trying to decide if a mouse is even a good idea--but if I were to go trackpad, it'd need to be one like on the powerbook with the two-finger scroll. I think I've given up on the trackball. The only other solution that doesn't require a flat smooth surface is an airmouse, pretty much, and I haven't heard good things about those.
Tom Scola - Jan 17, 2008 7:18:49 am PST #4387 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
§ ita § - Jan 17, 2008 7:25:51 am PST #4388 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Not having a Wii, and wanting the possibility of typing a fair amount of text, I don't think that's my solution.
sumi - Jan 17, 2008 9:22:38 am PST #4389 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Went to lunch with a friend and told her about the tivo/vcr thing and she says that not only is all tv going to be digital come 2009 it's also all going to be HD?
Is that right? Or is she misunderstanding?
And me, with my newish non-hd ready tv - what do I need to do?
Laga - Jan 17, 2008 9:25:57 am PST #4390 of 25501
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
And me, with my newish non-hd ready tv
I read this as non-Jewish and wondered how the heck you know what religion your TV is.
amych - Jan 17, 2008 9:27:08 am PST #4391 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I read this as non-Jewish and wondered how the heck you know what religion your TV is.
Easy - you check out what it's doing on Friday nights.
Jessica - Jan 17, 2008 9:27:19 am PST #4392 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
She's wrong (or, more likely, misinformed).
I've heard reports of Best Buy, Circuit City, etc employees using the digital switchover to push HDTVs on people, but digital and HD are NOT the same thing. If you have a color TV w/ a remote control, the chances of it not being able to receive a digital signal are slim to none.