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Posted on 03-05-09 08:32:26 PM

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I knew you were gone, but I forgot how long it's been.

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Posted on 03-05-09 08:32:40 PM

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Nice. What kind?

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Posted on 03-05-09 08:33:00 PM

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Congrats!! Now don't go blowing this one up... ____________________

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Posted on 03-05-09 08:41:43 PM

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Originally posted by Pyrohno
I knew you were gone, but I forgot how long it's been.

Me too. A while. Too long.

Originally posted by Tina
Nice. What kind?

Nothing too fancy. A fairly inexpensive Dell laptop.

Originally posted by Anya
Congrats!! Now don't go blowing this one up...

I'll try not to...

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Posted on 03-05-09 09:26:00 PM

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Hurrr who are you?

Laptop eh? :\ Ehhhhh...

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Posted on 03-06-09 12:38:45 PM

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Originally posted by Nao
Hurrr who are you?

Laptop eh? :\ Ehhhhh...

What's wrong with a laptop, eh?

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Posted on 03-10-09 04:04:13 AM

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Great to see you back, NSNick. Originally posted by Nao Laptop eh? :\ Ehhhhh... Laptops are great for posting. And damn near everything else, really. Anybody got an idea what I can do with an ancient original-model Sony Viao laptop? ____________________

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Posted on 03-10-09 12:29:46 PM

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I need to get a new laptop. Both of mine need to be plugged in in order to work. ____________________

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Posted on 03-10-09 01:36:56 PM

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Laptops are limited in mod-ability from the get-go.

This I do not like. I require a computer to be able to hover six inches off the ground at my request. A laptop is, thus, incapable of my bidding.

Seriously, laptops suck for upgrading peripherals.

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Posted on 03-10-09 01:52:01 PM

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Generally it's just the cheaper laptops that you can't upgrade much

I know this one has a few upgradable modules in it... HD, RAM, Wireless, Bluetooth, second HD bay, etc.

Plus, when the power goes off for a minute or two you don't lose all your work

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Posted on 03-10-09 02:21:48 PM (last edited by neotransotaku at 03-10-09 11:23 AM)

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Originally posted by SquashMonster
Anybody got an idea what I can do with an ancient original-model Sony Viao laptop?

Install gentoo and run a small web server out of it. Or, install gentoo and use it as a proxy between your windows machine and the internet. Outgoing port filtering is awesome.

Oh, Hi! NsNick! =D

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Posted on 03-10-09 02:24:17 PM

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1) I am far toooo lazy to worry about upgrading-- I rode my last computer for 5 years into the ground without doing shit.
2) So far, I am very pleasantly surprised by the battery life.

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Posted on 03-10-09 04:06:28 PM (last edited by Spontaneous Madness at 03-10-09 01:06 PM)

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Don't care for laptops so much... :/ Not so upgradable. Portable as hell though, that's a plus. Oh yeah, welcome back. ____________________

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Posted on 03-10-09 04:12:43 PM

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Originally posted by neotransotaku your windows machine Nope. So, what would the advantages of using it as a proxy be? ____________________

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Posted on 03-10-09 09:27:27 PM

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I use my desktop for running anything requiring power and use the laptop for light stuff around the house or when travelling or whatever. It runs zsnes and most things well enough. By the way it's one of those little EEEs; the EPC1002HA.

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Posted on 03-11-09 02:05:44 AM

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I have a main computer, that's decent for most things. The laptop I have in my room... well no one would ever steal it. That's for sure. It's a Compaq LTE Lite 4/25E. A 486 processor with 8 megabytes of RAM. The baterry sucks which means it always needs to be plugged in. The power adapter stays TAPED onto the laptop since there is no port on the end of the plug. Basically the coresponding wires are stuck in the correct power slots and taped there. I installed Windows 95 B on there via floppy disks which consumed much of my time, and bought a Xircom Pocket Ethernet Adapter III since there are no ethernet ports on this. Then I put IE 5 and Windows Messenger 5.0 on there which took a long time to do correctly. I fixed it up to show some of my family members that old stuff can still be useful and fun.

So basically I use it for Internet and Messenger and DOS games.

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Posted on 03-11-09 04:42:13 AM

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My computer is some shiny thing from Korea. I don't feel like looking up the specifics right now, but it's really fast.

On laptops, I don't want a laptop. The portability is nice, but I'd rather have something with a mouse and full keyboard instead of a touchpad and no number pad.

What I really want is a PC power supply with a built-in battery or a battery connector.

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