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I'm trying to build my own, like the early settlers.
I think my dad would have the same issue with the Peek that he has with BlackBerries -- otherwise, good idea! Now my stepmom is saying the hotspot thing shouldn't be such a big deal, as my dad tends to be in the same hotel a lot and can probably figure out how to connect there.
So my new plan is to buy him a Wind and install Leopard on it -- that way he gets the netbook price and portability he craves with the OS he (sort of) knows. And I get to tinker with x86 on a netbook, which I wanted to do anyway.
God help him if it ever stops working though.
Cool, I used Partition Doctor and recovered it, mostly. Lost allll my music.
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The saga concludes: my dad bought a Lenovo (maybe the S10?) at Circuit City for what he claims (on my answering machine) was a great price. He's already figured out how to get wifi at his hotel (paid), Kinko's (paid) and Panera Bread (free), so all's well that ends well I guess... Oh except he hasn't set up his email yet, and will never be able to figure that out on his own (luckily my stepbrother can help him).
Sounds like something developed on Tesla's experiments.
rapist coming, don't get raped.
I just bought this blu ray/HD-DVD rom for my HTPC for 95 bucks. Fairly good deal I think.
HD-DVDs are like five bucks these days.
Don't you already have one in your PS3?
try playing this trailer using the "watch in HD" link on the bottom right.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ohn9HQqTvU4
If its not choppy or anything, there shouldn't be any problems.
Edit: Oh, and you should have a DVI or HDMI outlet.
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If you have two or more gigs and its really choppy, I would say its probably something else.
Does anyone know an WinXP file manager thats better than Windows Explorer? I like Finder way more but even that isn't as good as Pathfinder.
Not if you have it on an mp3 player.
Well I did not have a ginormous mp3 player. I have a wee Zen stone that I use when I need to have portable music.
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Yes, xplorer2.
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minor quibble: it's not the Designed for Windows badge, it's the Certificate of Authenticity, which verifies that the PC has a legitimate Windows license. This protects consumers from unscrupulous PC vendors that may use pirated copies of Windows. Since Apple by definition includes a license for OS X with every Mac, it's not an issue for them - although if the Hackintosh market picks up beyond hobbyists, Apple may have to take similar steps.
I like the Adamo - it's an unashamedly premium product in a market that Dell has left to Sony and Apple up to now, and I think it has the design chops to compete on that level, while offering competitive performance and far superior connectivity (including eSATA and onboard 3G internet). Plus I bet if I need to fix one, I'll find a full service manual online, and I won't need to measure the screws with a caliper before I put them back in to make sure I'm putting them in the right place.
I'll give you eSATA and 3G, but those two features aside why wouldn't you just get the thinner, lighter, more powerful (and cheaper?) MacBook Air and BootCamp it if you want to run Windows? I never thought I'd see the day when Apple and Dell would be competing in the same market and Apple would be the less expensive choice.
They're definitely competitive units, with overlapping but slightly different design goals. It's actually a bit thinner although 1lb heavier than the Air. And I won't put those features aside - it makes a different set of design compromises than the Air, and I think they match up better with my needs. Onboard Ethernet, three USB ports, eSATA, 3G, etc. Slightly slower CPU than the Air, but the base model at $1999 includes a 128GB SSD, which pushes the Air to $2299. Intel chipset graphics instead of NVidia 9400, but a full HD screen (1366x768) rather than the Air's 1280x800 unit. Available Blu-Ray external disc, which the Air doesn't have.
Adamo is as much about mindshare for Dell as anything - I certainly don't think they're expecting to sell a ton of them, and I would much rather have a Mini 9 for $400 and keep the 2 grand in my bank account than have either the Air or the Adamo. I'm cheap, and I have a jaundiced view of paying for high-end laptops - but I still have lust in my heart. Either would be a nice machine for someone; however, if I won the lottery tomorrow and felt like indulging a taste for thin 13" laptops, I'd probably get a Lenovo X301.
Somebody buy me a lottery ticket?
Yeah, I saw an Air in the airport the other day (how apropos!) and I realized that if someone gave me one for free, I'd be really psyched to have it. But I would never spend my own money on it. Given the extreme port limitations, it does seem to be made exclusively for rich fashionistas, but maybe when USB 3.0 hits they can put that in and it'll be more versatile (assuming there will be USB 3.0 adapters for eSATA, FW and Ethernet). Oh wait, Apple is always the last to move to a new protocol (unless it's their baby, ie FireWire, which they've nearly disowned now).
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