any one need a Dec Rainbow?
Yes. Lucky for you, people may be in danger.
Buffy ,'Him'
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beth b - May 22, 2008 7:04:48 pm PDT #6347 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
beth b - May 22, 2008 7:14:18 pm PDT #6348 of 25501
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
NoiseDesign - May 22, 2008 9:06:10 pm PDT #6349 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
I need to retrieve it from San Diego but I still have a C/PM computer with an 8" floppy drive that is in a plywood case. It was still working last time I checked but that was quite a few years ago.
omnis_audis - May 22, 2008 9:49:36 pm PDT #6350 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
(yes, I actually still have this. Don't know why.)
OK, I don't have anything that old. But. I am purging. I will say, as I've been digging through old papers, I found the receipt for the Apple 5300c that I am getting ready to toss. Shocking! I paid $4,500 for it! Imagine what kind of laptop you could get for that much today! So ya, I think it's safe to say computer prices have come WAY down.
omnis_audis - May 22, 2008 11:16:17 pm PDT #6351 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
Omnis, try searching for BootCamp1.4.dmg maybe one of the torrent places (or, god forbid, a traditional site) has an active copy for download.Good call! I have downloaded it. Upon opening it, it promptly tells me "Boot Camp beta has expired. OK"
So I dial back the date on the clock to see if that trick works. It starts to! It installed the Boot Camp Ass't utility. But once I open that, it says something about my internal drive needs to be reformatted to one partion in Extended (Journaled)... which it already is.
:: head - desk ::
Not tonight.
Anyone have a clue, short of backing up everything and wiping the drive?
Sophia Brooks - May 23, 2008 3:18:16 am PDT #6352 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Um-
If I were looking for a really cheap laptop to have in my house, go on-line and perhaps use word and excel occasionally, would this do? Could I possibly find one cheaper?
Deena - May 23, 2008 3:30:45 am PDT #6353 of 25501
How are you me? You need to stop that. Only I can be me. ~Kara
It has Vista on it, so I think at only 2G of ram it will be really slow for you.
dcp - May 23, 2008 4:01:45 am PDT #6354 of 25501
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Sophia, I bought almost the same thing back in December for $900, and I'm pretty happy with it, even with only 2GB RAM. The most graphics-intensive thing I do with it is play DVDs and streaming video MS Flight Simulator, and it works fine for that.
The major differences between my P205 and the one shown in that ad is that mine has the Intel processors and a web cam. The AMD version at the time was priced at about $750, so the price you are seeing now is 1/3 off for the refurb. and the march of time.
You can probably get more machine for the money if you settle for a 15" screen. I wanted the 17" screen because the 15" screen with the wide aspect ratio has no more vertical room than my old 14" Sony. One penalty to the larger size is the weight -- more than 7 lbs. One advantage -- I like the full size keyboard, with the separate number pad.
Sophia Brooks - May 23, 2008 4:13:50 am PDT #6355 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Thank you. Really slow is sort of relative. I currently use my cell phone to access the internet at home!
Rick - May 23, 2008 4:25:57 am PDT #6356 of 25501
If I were looking for a really cheap laptop to have in my house, go on-line and perhaps use word and excel occasionally, would this do? Could I possibly find one cheaper?
Sophia, as I recall you work for a University. If so, make sure that you check on your school's deals with manufacturers. Often cheaper.