If you use a 10-key a lot, why not use an external so you can go with a smaller laptop? Looks as if there are lots of options, including some that include a mouse...
Such as: http://www.provantage.com/scripts/search.dll?QUERY=USB+numeric+keypad&Submit.x=0&Submit.y=0 Art On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Rene Stephenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks, Peter. I was one of the daring few who jumped into the first version > of the then newly available laptop dual core Intel chipset. Unfortunately, > that chipset was discontinued after 6 weeks' production due to lack of > support for power save features. If I had been more cunning, I would have > negotiated a restock at the time. This idiosyncrasy has been the bane of my > laptop usage...well, that and the fact that the battery doesn't last more > than an hour or so. The video card is dedicated, but it also generates a TON > of heat, and there have been a host of problems cropping up with that heat at > the root of the issue. Plus, it doesn't help that it has been dropped and > slung onto the floorboard due to sudden stops in traffic a few times. :-\ > So, I think I'd have to rebuild from the motherboard and graphics card all > the way up. > > I am heavily reliant on 10-key, so I'm afraid that forces me into looking at > laptops with 17" screens...but I just hate having that size...almost a > luggable, really. > > I'm hearing Parallels and other solutions for Mac are the workaround for FM > dependency; and SPARC+Solaris is the non-PC environment for FM. I would be > fine without the Windows security updates. I keep auto-update disabled anyway > and let my IT guru selectively install the ones that are truly needed and > proven not to be a Pandora's box. (Color me paranoid, but I once lost too > much time with a Windows update that interfered with stuff right before a > deadline.) > > > Rene L. Stephenson > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Peter Gold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi, Rene: > > ... > If the only problems on your current laptop are lack of resources, or > messed-upness from long use installing/uninstalling/updating, etc, you > could consider a new hard drive, more RAM, and deactivating the > necessary applications, then reinstalling XP on the new drive, > copying, reinstalling, activating. If the machine's resources are > maxed out, then a new PC or MacTel with XP while it's still available > is a logical choice. > ... > _______________________________________________ -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
