How much is a netbook capable of without the net?
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§ ita § - Jul 25, 2008 8:08:23 am PDT #7203 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2008 8:12:41 am PDT #7204 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
The particular system I'm ordering will have XP on it (mostly because I need XP to VPN to work).
Most of the ones with Linux come with some sort of basic office suite. What sort of thing were you looking to do?
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2008 8:15:38 am PDT #7205 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Oh, not for me. Just wondering about how thin client the non-desktop part of the market was trending. Are we going to avoid paying for MS Office by using Google Docs, or are we going to do it with Open Office?
Tom Scola - Jul 25, 2008 8:19:16 am PDT #7206 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
It depends, I guess, on how much people will trust Google with their stuff. Google Docs is blocked for me from work, for example.
§ ita § - Jul 25, 2008 8:30:38 am PDT #7207 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
It seems the natural way to go from one of the stripped down machines, but even before it comes to trusting Google, one has to trust their internet connection. I've heard the netbook touted as the next big innovation, but I just don't buy it yet. I'm still a relative Luddite who's attached to her flash drive. I'd just run OpenOffice off that.
DCJensen - Jul 26, 2008 6:30:45 am PDT #7208 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
I did something stupid.
I decided I needed a Mac partition on my FreeAgent 750 GB drive.
No problem, it's all Fat32 right now, right?
So I hooked it up to one of my old PCs, and made a 50 GB partition with Partition Magic 8.
What I did not take into account was that the old PC is only a Pentium III, and has USB 1.1.
After 16 hours or so, the "moving data" section is up to 3%.
God help me if there's a power outage or a cable gets disconnected in the next 20 days.
Back up the data? of course I didn't.
[Headdesk]
t /Pakled
omnis_audis - Jul 26, 2008 11:11:29 am PDT #7209 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
is there a audio or video quality difference between HDMI & component? I received the HDMI cable in the mail, only to discover stupid cable installer gave me a box that doesn't have HDMI connections. I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of dealing with bad Time Warner or not to try and swap boxes.
Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2008 11:25:43 am PDT #7210 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
is there a audio or video quality difference between HDMI & component?
In theory? Yes. In reality? It's probably not very perceivable.
I received the HDMI cable in the mail, only to discover stupid cable installer gave me a box that doesn't have HDMI connections. I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of dealing with bad Time Warner or not to try and swap boxes.
It's very likely that you don't have an HD cable box, then. What is the model number?
omnis_audis - Jul 26, 2008 11:34:08 am PDT #7211 of 25501
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
DCT6200/2005 from motorola. It says "HDTV capable" on the front.
Tom Scola - Jul 26, 2008 11:38:06 am PDT #7212 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I'm wondering if it's worth the hassle of dealing with bad Time Warner or not to try and swap boxes.
It probably wouldn't be worth dealing with TW if HDMI did give you better picture quality.