Hey, I've not hijacked a thread in a while... I had a very silly accident and smashed the screen of my old HP laptop (used mostly for web surfing). I too am looking into minis for a replacement.
Is there some sort of gizmo that might let me pull the DVD drive out of the laptop and attach it via USB? Thanks, and sorry for the hijack! -- Richard D. McClary Systems Administrator, Information Technology Group ASPCA® 1717 S. Philo Rd, Ste 36 Urbana, IL 61802 richardmccl...@aspca.org P: 217-337-9761 C: 217-417-1182 F: 217-337-9761 www.aspca.org The information contained in this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is from The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals® (ASPCA ®) and is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of the contents of this e-mail, and any attachments hereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify me by reply email and permanently delete the original and any copy of this e-mail and any printout thereof. Sherry Abercrombie <saber...@gmail.com> wrote on 08/14/2009 09:36:52 AM: > I've got an Asus EEE PC netbook for personal use. Love it. Pros: > size, weight, portability are awesome, great for general surfing, > email, note taking in meetings etc. Cons: Keyboard size is small, > any install of additional applications will require a USB key or USB > based CD/DVD drive because it's not built in, not a real issue to > me, but worth noting. Would not be a good piece of equipement for > users that need to do a lot of word processing/spreadsheet work. > > FYI, I choose not to get the EEE PC that has the solid state drive > in it because of the size limitations there still. I have a > "regular" 160GB harddrive....personal preferance, YMMV. Also > personal preference is that I must have a mouse to use with it, but, > I have to have a mouse to use with my laptop also because I do not > like touchpads at all. > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:17 AM, Rod Trent <rodtr...@myitforum.com> wrote: > The Dell's are getting the best reviews. Plus, if you watch > Twitter, they're always posting rebate codes. > > > My wife is wanting one but until I get a pay increase that is out of > the question. The Dell's we have seen look nice but that is all I can say. > > Jon > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Steven M. Caesare <scaes...@caesare.com > > wrote: > My wife has an Asus EEE PC netbook for personal use. > > Loves it for light duty surfing/email/media. Shoves it in her purse > for a trip. > > -sc > > From: Carol Fee [mailto:c...@massbar.org] > Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:09 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Mini Notebooks > > Very general question - anyone have any experience with any of these > either for personal or business ( limited functionality required ) use ? TIA > > > > Carol Fee > Network Administrator > 617-338-0623 > c...@massbar.org > > [image removed] > Massachusetts Bar Association > 20 West Street > Boston, MA 02111-1204 > (617) 338-0500 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Sherry Abercrombie > > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." > Arthur C. Clarke > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
