> I just bought a 160 Gig external firewire -- it is faster > than the laptop's 40 gig internal drive -- will firewire > work on an intel box or do I need to get something else?
Firewire works fine under Windows 2000, as long as your machine has a Firewire port. Most new high-end laptops have them. There are add-on Firewire cards for desktops and laptops. I use a Firewire DVD+RW burner on two machines here - one Mac, one PC, and it works nicely with both. > I'd rather avoid a proprietary language -- especially if > the owner is Microsoft-- if I am going to do this, I want > to have the maximum exposure to accept profitable development > opportunities and be at the smallest risk that my investment > of $ and time can be held hostage by a software or hardware > manufacturer -- that's the major reason to make the change. I wouldn't worry too much about .NET going anywhere in the near future. Besides, Java is proprietary too, in many respects - it's largely controlled by Sun, never mind what they tell you about the "Java Community Process". Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
