Just to close the loop I tried Netflix, full screen (okay, 10 at
native resolution, but still :), on the 10v this morning, and had no
problems even in the couple action sequences I found.
Anyway, figured I'd report back, better late than never. :)
-Tim
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Tim C
The IBM T-Series, which I deployed and used at IBM for many years was about
the most bulletproof laptops of it's time. The -p series (T4Xp or T6Xp
machines) have better graphics, but, in general, a workhorse.
You can buy them at the IBM Employee Purchase Program website,
Of John Reames
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 8:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need help selecting Windows laptop
I'll agree with the thinkpad comment, but I'll caveat it by saying to
go with (I think) a T4x or newer; all T30's and many of the T2x's were
prone to DIMM slot
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:28 PM, John Reames jwrea...@comcast.net wrote:
I'll agree with the thinkpad comment, but I'll caveat it by saying to go
with (I think) a T4x or newer; all T30's and many of the T2x's were prone to
DIMM slot failures.
I had a couple of T30s that fell prey to that
Thanks much for the info.
I use a Mini-ITX desktop to run Windows Media Center. It's about the
size of a toaster. Has a Zotac MB with Atom dual core CPU. That's
1.6Ghz with Nvidia Ion video. Plays Blu-Ray and HDTV smoothly at 1080.
I tested a single core Atom computer (FitPC2), but it stuttered
I bought a year or so ago an Acer Aspite One ZG5 for just under $ 200
(refurbished). Great little thing to have on the coffee table.
10 screen, Win XP Pro SP3, onboard wireless, 140 Gig HDD, 2 SD card slots,
3 USB ports, Ethernet and VGA ports,NO CD drives though. OS on HDD partition
for
Tiger Direct retail stores (such as those in NC) were re-branded
CompUSA stores over the last year or so.
They also own Circuit City's web site now, not sure how that is going to mix in.
-Tim
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 6:13 PM, Russ Williams rawil...@eatel.net wrote:
You thought right Kaleb.
My wife runs OSX10.5 on her Dell Mini 10v (oh, I mean, er... I do own
retail, and have thought about getting a sticker of an apple...). She
uses it for mail/youtube/browsing, and hasn't had any complaints
except that it takes a while for Word to start. 10 16:9 screen, and
she has a real monitor
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Maybe everyone else has had better luck with Dell than me. I have 2 Dells
(my son bought one
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On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Are those $299 netbook things any good?
I love the two netbooks in my house (Dell Vostro and Asus Eee) for web
browsing. They are as fast as anything
.
Greg
using a T40 with 2gb RAM and a 1.7 GHz Pentium M, XP Pro
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A cheap anything is a cheap anything...
I carried a Dell Inspiron 8500 (I think it was an 8500 anyway) for 3
years. It went back and forth across the country and Atlantic Canada a few
dozen times and never failed me except the time I broke a key
:48 PM
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She has solar panels that charge old 12V car batteries. Her current
Dell runs directly from the 11-14V off the batteries. She does have an
inverter if needed.
I'm not sure how far back I
I recently ordered a Dell netbook with a six-cell battery and Ubuntu, which
is scheduled to be delivered to me tomorrow. I'll get a standalone USB DVD
player/burner that I can use with either it or my Macs. It ran $354 plus tax
and shipping; the only options I got were the six-cell battery and
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From: dave walton walton.d...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, December 31, 2009 7:48 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
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She has solar panels that charge old 12V car batteries. Her current
Dell runs directly from the 11-14V
We have Dell desktops and HP Tablet PCs at work. I've run hardware repair
rate studies on both sets (4500 Dells, and 3800 HPs) after three years in
use. Conventional wisdom tells us that the portable PCs will have a higher
failure rate than those that sit on a desk. I found that the Dells fail
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need help selecting Windows laptop
Depends on the netbook.
They all seems to sport much the same spec. 1gig ram, 160gig drive,
10.1 screen. Where it counts is in number of cells in battery and if
it is a real CPU or the Atom
, 2009 7:36 PM
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Subject: [MBZ] Need help selecting Windows laptop
I'm responsible for keeping my mother-in-law's computer working. She
now has a Dell Inspiron 5100 that I got on eBay for $120. The only
problem is that she routinely screws it up and sends it back to me
To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com
Sent: Fri, January 1, 2010 12:35:49 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Need help selecting Windows laptop
A guy at work showed me a website which describes how to lock down Windows
so that changes can be made during any session but not kept; when you
reboot, it loads
I bought one of those 299 acers for one of my reps and its working great.
Mitch Haley wrote:
Are those $299 netbook things any good?
I wish my Zenith MiniSport hadn't died on me. It was small, the
battery ran forever, and it had DOS firmware, could boot up in 15
seconds. Not capable of
The one i bought for my rep has the Atom, tell me about that? I will
say the original 3 cell battery that came with it did not last very long
before needing to be charged. I bought the upgraded 6 or 8 cell for it
and it lasts a long time. Next time I buy one, I will spend a few
dollars more
I thought they went out of business?
LarryT wrote:
Just got a sales notice saying CompUSA has Netbooks starting at $249.
LarryT
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Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
The one i bought for my rep has the Atom, tell me about that?
The Atom is a low-power CPU developed by Intel for portable devices
where battery life is a higher concern than raw performance. They tend
to have about half the performance of a Celeron
Atom is a partially crippled chip. More akin to the early pentium
and 486 than the newer architecture. Not really bad, just half the
ability of a Centrino or mobile CPU used in laptops. Really designed
more for smartphone usage. Got picked up for low cost netbook and
laptop usage
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Are those $299 netbook things any good?
I love the two netbooks in my house (Dell Vostro and Asus Eee) for web
browsing. They are as fast as anything else with a lightweight Linux
distro (Mint, Puppy, etc.). Forget about
I second Alex's recommendation. I have doubts that the Atom based machines
are going to be good at presenting video, plus you need the external DVD
drive if it isn't on-line media. IIRC, the Thinkpads are mostly commercial
qualtity hardware, which will stand up longer.
Anyone of you with a
I know that acer with the atom ran pretty quick for what we are using it
for (vehicle data collection, photo processing and uploads) Probably
would be no good for serious computing though.
Allan Streib wrote:
Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net writes:
The one i bought for my rep has
You thought right Kaleb.
Tiger Direct (IIRC) bought out most of the inventory and the name.
Internet Store Front Only.
Russ W.
Kaleb C. Striplin wrote:
I thought they went out of business?
LarryT wrote:
Just got a sales notice saying CompUSA has Netbooks starting at $249.
LarryT
I'm responsible for keeping my mother-in-law's computer working. She
now has a Dell Inspiron 5100 that I got on eBay for $120. The only
problem is that she routinely screws it up and sends it back to me to
get it going again. She lives in Hawaii (don't get excited, her
house has no electricity or
How does she run the laptop without electricity in her house? Does she mail it
back to you to be recharged??
I'd say any entry-level Dell would probably be good enough.
Allan
On Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:36 -0500, dave walton walton.d...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm responsible for keeping my
She has solar panels that charge old 12V car batteries. Her current
Dell runs directly from the 11-14V off the batteries. She does have an
inverter if needed.
I'm not sure how far back I can go with the Dell's before the video gets choppy.
-Dave Walton
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:41 PM, Allan
DSL come in over copper phone wires. Not that hard for them to do, as
phone service is mandated by federal law.
How does she charge the laptop? Solar array?
Newer $350 laptops should be fine doing everything you outline. Will
have win7, dvd, and ability to get netflix
clay
On Dec 31,
Are those $299 netbook things any good?
I wish my Zenith MiniSport hadn't died on me. It was small, the battery ran
forever, and it had DOS firmware, could boot up in 15 seconds. Not capable of
running a modern web browser though.
That 'silicon hard drive' in my old Zenith gave me an idea
My wife has a WalMart netbook -- I got stupid once, handed her $300 cash,
and said, Go buy yourself one. There is more to the story than that, but
that is enough of the story.
I really want one for myself. I can almost type on hers, but it is a case of
really big hands on a really small set of
Depends on the netbook.
They all seems to sport much the same spec. 1gig ram, 160gig drive,
10.1 screen. Where it counts is in number of cells in battery and
if it is a real CPU or the Atom. No DVD, unless you have external
USB. They do work wonderfully for surfing web, mail, hulu,
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