Jesse, you might want 2GB of memory, but it should be pretty easy to buy additional memory and install it yourself.
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Dana - Apr 13, 2008 5:42:33 am PDT #5631 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
brenda m - Apr 13, 2008 5:46:37 am PDT #5632 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
This kind of cracks me up:
This laptop delivers a striking design whose overall rectilinear shape is repeated in patterns throughout the system, from the cut-out speaker grill to the vents on the bottom casing.
It's Rectangular! !!!1!
dcp - Apr 13, 2008 5:50:03 am PDT #5633 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Jesse, 1Gb of RAM is the bare minimum for Vista, so the new laptop might still seem "a little poky."
Also, a 15-inch display in in the widescreen format will have less vertical space than your current 15-incher.
Gris - Apr 13, 2008 6:00:57 am PDT #5634 of 25501
Hey. New board.
Gris, Yahoo!Mail Classic is working fine for me, including the search feature.
Grr.... thanks, dcp. Maybe it's something weird with my network here or something.
Jesse - Apr 13, 2008 6:01:21 am PDT #5635 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
So, this Compaq has the 2GB of RAM (and some other stuff?) for $100 more than their list price on the cheap one. How hard/expensive is it to install that myself? I would definitely be down with fixing up a $500 computer to make it into a $700 computer, if that's the main difference.
Jesse, 1Gb of RAM is the bare minimum for Vista, so the new laptop might still seem "a little poky."
Ah, that's what I was worried about.
Jesse - Apr 13, 2008 6:05:20 am PDT #5636 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, seriously? [link] That looks pretty easy. Hmmm. Maybe I'll do this. (I hate when I start idly browsing and find something on sale -- I feel like I must get it now!)
Jessica - Apr 13, 2008 6:14:21 am PDT #5637 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Anyone have any tips for scanning from a networked Epson CX7400 (connected to an Airport Express) from a Mac?
I can print just fine, but the scan application won't even open unless I connect the printer directly to my computer. The Epson troubleshooting pages are utter crap.
FWIW, I was never able to solve this issue on our old HP printer, so I'm not terribly optimistic.
tommyrot - Apr 13, 2008 6:23:11 am PDT #5638 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
The last time I checked (years ago) scanning over a Windows network required special scanning server software (which was expensive). I have no idea if the same applies to a Mac network.
Anyway, let us know if you figure anything out, because I'm about to connect my HP printer/scanner to my Time Capsule....
Jessica - Apr 13, 2008 6:28:46 am PDT #5639 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
There is an option in the scanner software settings to select a networked printer, but naturally it can't see one when I tell it to do that.
Sean K - Apr 13, 2008 6:37:11 am PDT #5640 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Jess, are you trying to print through the Airport Express from a Leopard machine?
I had a similar problem trying to install the printer onto S's new laptop. First, I specifically needed to download new 10.5 drivers from the Brother web site (so maybe scanner drivers for print/scanner/fax machines don't play nice with Leopard). It sounds like Epson's site sucks ass, but check their downloads section to see if there's an update or driver just for 10.5.
Now, once I'd done that with S's laptop, I *still* had problems installing the printer -- the laptop just did not want to see the printer over the network, even though the installer gave the option to look for the printer over a network (wireless or otherwise). Eventually, I had to unplug the USB printer cable from the Airport and plug it directly into the laptop for the computer to see the printer and finish installation.
Now that installation is finished, the laptop sees the printer just fine over the Airport.
So, unfortunately, that's all very general advice, not specific to you, but I hope it helps.