Re: [H] Opinions Please
Sounds like a nice rig though I am not up on the newer Dell models. Other than to say you might want to get some of the upgrade elsewhere I offer these thoughts: Get a second battery, run them together and you wont be deep-cycling one, they will degrade (wear out in the lifetime sense, not per charge) slower, and you have longer run time if you need it. Get a real SATA hard drive an IcyDock enclosure rather than a pre-made external. About $160 would net you 500GB 7200RPM, USB+eSATA, tray swap capable like the Barracuda IcyDock I put together. Don't install the Roxio since Nero or a shareware/freeware solution are better products. For that matter even Cyberlink PDVD I find not worth the hassle when Media Player Classic (and I assume VLC) suits the bill for free. If you are serious about wireless, get a Cisco card as the have more power better range IMO. I find nothing but issues with consumer grade cards signal strength but have not used the new Intel stuff. Beware if the Bluetooth stack is Widcomm you want to use a headset. Broadcom has decided in their infinite wisdom in stacks newer than v5.0.x to make all headsets use handsfree profile which is great for VoIP (so they say) but ruins the ability to headsets as wireless headphones for non-streaming audio. In other words, things like windows sound events get lost because the headset is in standby until a stream kicks in. Most of all, have fun! Wayne Johnson wrote: I just rec'd a small windfall I'm buying a Dell laptop because Dell will finance the thing. Please no Dell bashing but otherwise I'd like your opinion on the specs below. Latitude D830 Intel® Core 2 Duo T7700 (2.40GHz) 4M L2 Cache, 800Mhz Dual Core Genuine Windows® XP Professional, SP2, with media 15.4 inch Wide Screen WUXGA LCD Panel 2.0GB, DDR2-667 SDRAM, 2 DIMMS 80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM 8X DVD+/-RW w/Roxio and Cyberlink Power DVD 256MB NVIDIA® Quadro NVS 140M Intel® 4965 802.11a/g/n Dual-Band Mini Card Dell Wireless® 360 Bluetooth Module for Windows XP Standard Touchpad 9 Cell Primary Battery D/Port Advanced Port Replicator 90W A/C Adapter Western Digital 160GB Passport USB 2.0 Portable Hard Drive No Floppy Drive McAfee ® SecurityCenter 3 Years Subscription 3 yr Limited Hardware Warranty with Next Business Day On-Site Service 3 Year CompleteCare Accidental Damage Service Gold Technical Support, Latitude, 3 Years Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mailp=graduation+giftscs=bz
Re: [H] WinXP SP2 Repair Installation woes
I don't know about there being a separate admin just used for installing windows, I suspect that is not the case given my experience with Recovery Console. If you are not using EFS to protect files, you may be able to use one of the boot CD's made to overwrite passwords reset the admin password so you can get in. NTPasswd comes to mind but I have not looked for it in a few years. zaske wrote: Only 1 Windows install coincidently on Drive D I guess because the 80gig is PATA and my Windows install is on SATA. Wayne Johnson wrote: At 13:07 08-21-2007, zaske typed: That was the second thing I tried. After I tell it which Windows installation I want to log onto and hit enter with the password blank it kicks me back to the command prompt. What happens when you try pointing it to the other Windows installation? If you feel it's the wrong one you have plenty of chances to hit F3 to abort. Could it be that a password was used during the setup process that you forgot it ? WaViJo Forever Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/
Re: [H] Widescreens suck.......
Turn it sideways and use an external KB mouse! ;) I guess I'd have to agree with you somewhat since I think even 4:3 sucks for that reason. 3:4 or 9:16 would make more sense to me but I've yet to see a laptop with portrait mode pivot. JRS wrote: snip I almost always need more vertical space for docs, web pages, and less scrolling than I need more width. Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow
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RE: [H] Opinions Please
80GB Hard Drive, 9.5MM, 7200RPM IMHO I'd get a bigger drive. Definitely get a bigger HD. Only if you don't have to sacrifice spindle speed. I'd take a smaller 7.2k drive over a larger 5.4k drive any day of the week. Secondary storage has an absolutely huge impact on performance in mobiles, since it's frequently the least comparable part relative to a desktop system. Greg
Re: [H] Opinions Please
I am pretty sure that it should work. Compare the connector here: http://nxn.netgate.net/dellls.html to the one here http://www.powerbrixx.com/index.php?main_page=product_infoproducts_id=406 Wayne Johnson wrote: At 20:44 08-21-2007, Ben Ruset typed: All of the D series replicators work with all of the D series laptops, so you can find one a few years old for cheap. Are you saying that my 6yr old D series Replicator that I got with my Dell Latitude L400 should work with any D series laptops? Of course this is NOT what the CSR told me last night. I do know that the newer replicators have more ports not that I need them all anyway. WaViJo Forever
Re: X-SPAM [H] USB to Network printer server
You are right on the money with large documents! I tried 3 before getting one that worked 100%. The Belkin 2-Port USB print server is golden. I've printed complex 75 page documents with no hicups at all.http://www.buy.com/prod/lan-2-port-print-server/q/loc/101/10404626.htmlTake care,Julian-Original Message-From: "Hunter, Gary" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent 8/15/2007 11:25:34 PMTo: "The Hardware List" hardware@hardwaregroup.comSubject: X-SPAM [H] USB to Network printer server Hi, I’m after a convertor to convert my USB/Firewire Epson R1800 into a network printer. I see a lot of choices but some reviews mention that they corrupt large documents due to lack of memory which worries me as I will be printing large pictures regularly. Does anyone know of a good review site that does some side by side comparisons? Or does anyone have any first hand experience of these? Also if there is a good one that will also convert a USB hard drive into NAS that would be a nice bonus J Thanks, Gary Hunter Consulting Engineer - Core Services Galileo by Travelport T: (+1) 303 - 397 - 5035 M:(+1) 720 - 231 - 0965 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galileo International Limited. Registered Office: Axis One, Axis Park, 10 Hurricane Way, Langley, Berkshire, SL3 8AG Registered in England and Wales, No 1254977 The information in this electronic mail message is sender's business Confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee(s). Access to this Internet electronic mail message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it is prohibited and may be unlawful. The sender believes that this E-mail and any attachments were free of any virus, worm, Trojan horse, and/or malicious code when sent. This message and its attachments could have been infected during transmission. By reading the message and opening any attachments, the recipient accepts full responsibility for taking protective and remedial action about viruses and other defects. Travelport Inc. is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from this message or its attachments.
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FFL mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.hardwaregroup.com/mailman/listinfo/ffl Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:46 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] FFL I think just ask. We haven't started this year, but we need to (and soon!) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:01:14 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] FFL How does one subscribe to the FFL list? T Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM
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I will go in and pay the fee this eve and send everyone that replies to my personal email an invite. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:46 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] FFL I think just ask. We haven't started this year, but we need to (and soon!) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:01:14 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] FFL How does one subscribe to the FFL list? T Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM
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Mike Vick anyone? At 8/22/2007 05:43 PM, Mark Dodge wrote: I will go in and pay the fee this eve and send everyone that replies to my personal email an invite. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2007 7:46 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] FFL I think just ask. We haven't started this year, but we need to (and soon!) Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 09:01:14 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] FFL How does one subscribe to the FFL list? T Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 0.0.0/0 - Release Date: unknown 12:00 AM -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/965 - Release Date: 8/21/2007 4:02 PM
