Wow. This discussion of laptop weight led me to check the weight on the laptop I'm looking at purchasing, and it's almost 7 lbs. S's is a nice, light 5 lbs.
Well, I was planning on picking up a backpack for it anyway.
You got all kinds of learnin' and you made me look the fool without tryin', and yet here I am with a gun to your head. That's 'cause I got people with me. People who trust each other, who do for each other, and ain't always lookin' for the advantage.
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Sean K - Apr 13, 2008 7:23:40 am PDT #5645 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
§ ita § - Apr 13, 2008 9:29:03 am PDT #5646 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
this [link] seems to suggest that it's the default directory for external media volumes
I don't think that's what they mean. I think they mean a directory where the mp3s are located, but I'm not sure how the mp3s are to get there in the first place--do I install something iTunish on the Linux box? Or do I just install Firefly and copy mp3s over and let everything do its job. If so, how can I sync my iPods?
Jesse - Apr 13, 2008 9:55:26 am PDT #5647 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, so there's this one: [link] with 2GB DDR2, Intel Pentium Dual Core, 250GB hard drive
The other one is $50 less, has 1GB RAM, AMD Athlon 64 X2 TK-57, 120 GB hard drive. Worth the $50?
Jessica - Apr 13, 2008 10:21:39 am PDT #5648 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'd definitely pay $50 for double the hard drive space and an extra GB of RAM.
Sean, I'm running Tiger, but updating the drivers is probably a good idea nonetheless. If I don't get this fixed it's not a huge deal because both computers can at least print the way it's set up now. And if DH really needs to scan something, he'll probably want to be sitting at my computer anyway, since it's the one next to the printer and has Photoshop installed. (He'll have to move the printer cable from the Airport to my USB hub, but eh, whatever.)
amych - Apr 13, 2008 10:24:15 am PDT #5649 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
ita, you can just copy mp3s over and let Firefly do its thing to scan the metadata. Or not copy them over, and let Firefly do its thing, if you mount the drives on the linux box.
An iTunish thing is only necessary for playback on the linux box, or for syncing -- although note that the new generation of iPods is said to not play nice with anything other than iTunes. We have old-as-dirt pods, and syncing works fine with them. I like Exaile for that part.
Jessica - Apr 13, 2008 10:45:23 am PDT #5650 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
So according to the Epson online interactive troubleshooting thing, the fact that I can fix this issue by rearranging the cabling means I don't have a problem. Gee, thanks Epson! Grrr.
Sean K - Apr 13, 2008 11:09:55 am PDT #5651 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
That sucks, Jess. The only reason I even cared about getting my all-in-one to work wirelessly from S's laptop was because she needs to not ever have to worry about error messages or unplugging and replugging cables. For just me, I don't care. For S, if Brother didn't have working drivers for Leopard, I think I would have been looking for a new printer (though we can't afford on right now).
Jesse - Apr 13, 2008 11:10:03 am PDT #5652 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Now I'm all confused again, and will probably not actually buy anything until the summer!
Dana - Apr 13, 2008 11:17:23 am PDT #5653 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse, more memory is more important to you than pretty much anything else, especially since you won't be using the machine for much. It's better to either spend a little more money to get 2GB of RAM vs. 1GB of RAM, or to buy memory and upgrade it yourself.
Tiny differences in processor speed will probably not affect you. I don't know how important the hard drive space is.
Jesse - Apr 13, 2008 11:45:32 am PDT #5654 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hard drive space is not that important. It's just, I started looking at other brands and other stores and got overwhelmed with the options. The stupidest reason to be overwhelmed? If I do get that one from Circuit City, I could apparently get a free printer, but then I have to remember to do the rebate form and figure out where to put the printer and how to arrange the cables and and and.