Posts by buddypepper

20cm Macro?

I was sold until the 20cm macro focus....hardly macro. I've got a G7right now, which can get to 1cm.

Got one.

I've had one since about early March (Canada)....After you've used this laptop for a while, you'll find yourself poking at all other laptop screens.

As much as some might think that touchscreen laptops are a waste, at least 80% of the time, it's far faster to just tap a button on-screen than find the trackpad, move the mouse to the right spot, and click. And for web browsing, you can't beat it (scrolling, moving back / forward, changing tabs, etc).

It's an expensive beast (it is pretty beefy, especially with the extra large battery - not shown in the Reg pics), but it's a solid replacement for my desktop.

Works on my old Palm 700P...

As dead as Palm is, at least I can run my SlingPlayer on it!

mic - not mike

It's a mic (short for microphone - not mikerophone).....unless the mic is named mike, I suppose.

@James

I can't run my new hardware on Win2k - It's not a 64bit OS (i've got 4gb of ram, win2k would only see 2 of that - plus a 64bit cpu, which w2k wouldn't make full use of either). My reasons for switching to Vista were that simple. I wanted an OS that would let me use my hardware to the fullest. It does that. I use XP at home, but I have to say that I think I prefer Vista. As for being a resource hog, maybe (about 50% of my ram's tied up just with the OS), but I don't notice it....and I've tried disabling Aero, and it doesn't lower the resource usage any (to speak of).

Compared to XP, Vista seems to be just as stable, if not more so (even without SP1)....only it's got lots of little things in it that make day to day usage just a little easier.

Ok, enough...

Enough with the Vista bashing. I've had it. I hate M$ as much as the next guy, but Vista does have it's uses. If you've got lots of ram, then you've got to have it. If you want to run Windoze apps and you want to use your fancy 64bit cpu to the fullest, then you've got to have it. Let's all be honest about it.....

I still use 2000 a fair bit, and XP a bit too. I've also used Vista enough to see that if you've got the hardware for it, it's really fast - even with Aero on. Put that hardware in XP or 2000, and you won't see that sort of speed.

Ok - flame on.

Umm...

How is that even possible? When you get drunk, you are feeling the effects of dehydration. You get dehydrated from drinking only beer...How is it possible that beer can rehydrate you, if that's the case?