Before I ask this question, I just wanted to say I was deeply moved by Karen's post about Bill whom I never had a chance to know.
Anyway, I am in a situation that I have to make old HP Vectra P450MHz/ 512MB/USB1.0 work with Plextor PX-740UF to have DVD movie playback. It didn't come with DVD movie viewer so I downloaded VLC. It terribly stutters, both video and audio. Totally unusable. Question 1: Do you think buying USB2.0 PCI would solve this problem? Do I need to purchase WinDVD? Any other alternative for DVD movie player? Question 2: Having my wife's Thinkpad dead, I need to buy her a new one sometime soon. She likes new HP with huge display and more importantly 10 keypad, which is a nice feature. They are quite expensive for what I can afford. I have been away from PC market too long and I don't know who is running well these days after my favorite IBM is gone. Is Toshiba still doing well? I tried Sony in a store and I still don't like it. HP notebook is something I never considered a few years ago. Are they good? I am looking for advise from someone who has experiences with different kinds of notebook PCs. Thanks in advance. -- - Hiro Hiroaki Honshuku, A-NO-NE Music, Boston, MA <http://a-no-ne.com> <http://anonemusic.com> _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
