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DarkerLine
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62 52 53 53 wrote: So, you'd take your laptop to the bathroom, and take it with you to the cafeteria, and to the front of the room to pick up a paper, and...
And anyway, I don't want to have anything with Spyware. That's a blatant invasion of privacy, and I wouldn't let anyone do that just so I could have a laptop.
You said everything I was going to say.
Quote: 3) My school is such that the laptop would get stolen if I left it somewhere for 1 minute."
Carrying something around is not about leaving it so it can be stolen.
I would look really silly running laps with a laptop in PE class. |
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shadowing
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| O.K. I will stop mentioning Toshiba. However, I'll mention one more thing mentioning laptops: DO NOT get Dell!!! And yes, I prefer simple instead of hard questions. Can anyone tell the differences between 89 and 89 T. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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If you can't tell for yourself then you have some serious problems.
I mean, just look at it for one. Other than that, preloaded apps, three times the memory, and the nifty USB port. |
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shadowing
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2004 09:01:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I meant besides those obvious things. Hey can the usb port be able to access a hard drive, or a dvd burner and be able to use them? |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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| I highly doubt it. That would require TI to add some code to the OS that would enable those devices to actually work with the calculator. |
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shadowing
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| Posted: 14 Jan 2004 09:09:30 pm Post subject: |
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| However, maybe someone else would find a way. Maybe they could make a program to do it. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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Alright, think of the size then? The driver itself would probably be small, but why on earth would you want to connect a hard drive to your calculator? And for a DVD burner or something like that, just how big would the program need to be to actually use such a thing? You'd only be able to burn two megs worth of stuff on it anyway. Waste of a DVD/CD.
Now, if TI had put an SD card slot or something like that in their calculator then that'd be something. |
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Arcane Wizard
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62 52 53 53 wrote: And anyway, I don't want to have anything with Spyware. That's a blatant invasion of privacy, and I wouldn't let anyone do that just so I could have a laptop.
9 out of 10 says your comp is already swarming with it.
And, most of the times, you install spyware yourself so you can't blame anybody but yourself then. It's your own fault you don't know what the software you install does.
Quote: I would look really silly running laps with a laptop in PE class. What are you running around for? Aren't you supposed to sit down in class?
Besides, do you want to take a laptop to school or not? You can, it's a fact, you just don't want to because you're afraid it'll be stolen or you look silly.
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Adm.Wiggin
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shadowing wrote: DO NOT get Dell!!!
i resent that statement.
i would rather have Dell than any other brand of computer on the market.
Toshiba's are ssssllllloooooowwwwwwww. |
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Toksyuryel
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| As far as commercial laptops go, Dell is the way to go. But you're screwed if you ever want to upgrade it. I say build your own. Or get someone to build it for you. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2004 12:08:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Amen to that. |
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Arcane Wizard
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JACstudios_ceo wrote: But you're screwed if you ever want to upgrade it.
How's that? |
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Toksyuryel
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2004 04:13:42 pm Post subject: |
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| Dells use proprietary(sp?) hardware and have strange case designs making them difficult to open and harder to make any better. |
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62 52 53 53
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Actually I A) have a program to get rid of spyware  periodically delete any cookies I don't recognize C) search all EULAs for terms such as "spyware" D) keep track of what tasks my computer runs in the background. |
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Jeremiah Walgren
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2004 05:12:13 pm Post subject: |
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| That would certainly be a nice program to have. Where'd you get it? |
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shadowing
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2004 06:43:25 pm Post subject: |
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| See, that's why I hate Dell. You can't upgrade. Anyway anyone know how to build a laptop? |
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DarkerLine
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Arcane Wizard wrote: 9 out of 10 says your comp is already swarming with it.
Not if it's new.
Quote: And, most of the times, you install spyware yourself so you can't blame anybody but yourself then. It's your own fault you don't know what the software you install does.
I don't install much software.
Quote: Quote: I would look really silly running laps with a laptop in PE class. What are you running around for? Aren't you supposed to sit down in class?
PE stands for Physical Education. Actually the class is called "Healthful Living I". Unfortunately it is a required course.
Quote: Besides, do you want to take a laptop to school or not? You can, it's a fact, you just don't want to because you're afraid it'll be stolen or you look silly.
Or I will be uncomfortable doing it. I already have 3 books to carry around in school. The point I wanted to make is a calculator can be easily put in your pocket, whereas a laptop can't. |
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shadowing
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| Posted: 15 Jan 2004 11:25:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Amen to that. Anyway, will the USB port and time interface be easy to access in ASM games for the 89 T? |
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Arcane Wizard
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Quote: Anyway anyone know how to build a laptop?
Get a case, shove all the hardware in it, attach everything, done.
Quote: Quote: Quote: I would look really silly running laps with a laptop in PE class. What are you running around for? Aren't you supposed to sit down in class?
Don't you have lockers?
Quote: I already have 3 books to carry around in school. 3 whole books! Wow.
Quote: The point I wanted to make is a calculator can be easily put in your pocket, whereas a laptop can't.
True, but I think I'd prefer to have a laptop with me since I can keep an eye on it easily, and my class is pretty cool so it's only a very small risk that it get's stolen, and I can easily carry it around in my backpack.
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Toksyuryel
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Arcane Wizard wrote: Quote: I already have 3 books to carry around in school. 3 whole books! Wow.
Actually, 3 books is quite a bit. Those things are huge. That plus binders and work you were too lazy to put away can really add up. I know how heavy that can get, too. I weighed my backpack and it actually weighs 25lbs. (no joke). If your school is really the way you say it is, I think I should move there myself. |
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