Yeah, ND, I'm a big fan of the 17" screen, too. It is fab, and I don't mind the extra weight. Well worth it for my functions.
Oh, I like it fine, it's just not portable.
Jayne: Yeah, that was some pretty risky sittin' you did there. Wash: That's right, of course, 'cause they wouldn't arrest me if we got boarded, I'm just the pilot. I can always say I was flying the ship by accident.
'Serenity'
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Vortex - Oct 15, 2008 5:32:12 am PDT #7887 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Typo Boy - Oct 15, 2008 6:06:11 am PDT #7888 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Yeah, I have a 17 inch screen laptop which is my main computer. It works great as a portable desktop. If I'm going to be traveling to a local clients, no problem to take in the trunk, and set up there. But dragging it on a train or plane? Please. That's why I got my inexpensive little 2.3 pounder the size of a hardback book. Don't need functionality that heavy on the road. It is a breeze to carry, and it will fit comfortable on the fold down tray of a coach airline seat. (I won't fit that seat comfortably, but my computer will.)
Connie Neil - Oct 15, 2008 9:43:11 am PDT #7889 of 25501
brillig
How easy is it to get XP on a new laptop these days? I've heard that Microsoft is absolutely going to stop offering XP (or that may have just been supporting or something). Is it something you need to have installed after you buy the laptop?
Typo Boy - Oct 15, 2008 9:46:22 am PDT #7890 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
In the U.S. MS makes it hard to get with computers above a certain size or power. But a lot of distributors still have license/disc sets from before June when it was till completeluy available. And outside the U.S. terms may be different.
Connie Neil - Oct 15, 2008 9:47:54 am PDT #7891 of 25501
brillig
Is buying a laptop online a good idea? Who do the Tech-istas recommend?
tommyrot - Oct 15, 2008 9:51:32 am PDT #7892 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.
I thought Microsoft had made another 6-month extension of XP's life.
Part of the issue is these cheap netbooks generally don't have the power for Vista, right? So MS will lose even more sales to Linux if they don't let XP be an option for these laptops.
Gudanov - Oct 15, 2008 9:53:50 am PDT #7893 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
My concern would be with SATA drivers, do recent version of XP have SATA support on install?
That said, my cheap laptop has Vista and has worked just fine even with 1GB of memory.
Jessica - Oct 15, 2008 9:54:44 am PDT #7894 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I know Dell will still give you the option to downgrade to XP - I imagine most of the other big names are too, at least for now.
Vortex - Oct 15, 2008 11:07:08 am PDT #7895 of 25501
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Hivemind, I'm using Google maps. I don't want directions, i just want to plot multiple points on the map. Can I do that without the annoying purple lines?
Jon B. - Oct 15, 2008 11:13:56 am PDT #7896 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Yeah -- create a new map, right click on it and select "Add a placemark".