[AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations - Update

[charlie hill]

Mike,

As far as I know there are 3 wireless network options that are readily 
available.  The old one and the one I have is 802.11 B.  It's kinda slow. 
Then there is 802.11 G and I think it's a lot faster but I haven't used it. 
There is another new one that I don't know the name of and I assume that is 
the way folks are going now.

There isn't all that much to setting it up.  You just buy the router and 
hook it up.  Mine has ports in the back to hard wire stuff that doesn't have 
a wireless LAN card.

I'll stop because there are others that know a heck of a lot more about it 
than I do.   I think you'll be happy with the Toshiba.  I'm not saying it is 
best but it should do a good job and their support is great.  Keep the box 
it came in so you will have a way to ship it if something does go wrong.

Charlie
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Well, my wife and I went shopping this afternoon and we found a Toshiba 
laptop that we liked, Centrino Duo, 1.5MG ram and a 120G HD, with Windows 
Media Center edition. It should serve us well for a long time. Now comes the 
task of trying to hook up a wireless network for both the new computer and a 
printer. Has anyone done that recently? Any advice? Thanks for all the help.
Regards, Mike

-- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
Mike I've never owned but one laptop, the one I'm typing on now, so I can't
actually say this is an informed opinion but I'm very happy with it.   It's
a Toshiba.  It's 3 or is it 4 years old now and I've never had a minutes
trouble with it except for a cooling fan that started acting up.  I replaced
it for about $15 bucks.

I store lots of pictures and recieve and send big files over the internet on
a regular basis.  Works great.

Charlie
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Subject: [AT] OT - Laptop reccomendations


I've been thinking about sidelining our desktop and switching to a laptop
instead. Ideally, I would like to install a wireless router so that my wife
and I are not tied to the desk if we want to surf the web or read email. My
question is, what type should I be looking for, and what features are
important? I know very little about the chip sets used in laptops, and how
they compare with the ones used in desktops. Here's what I would need the
laptop to do. Internet and email (wireless), Microsoft Office applications,
digital camera storage. Our desktop is a PIII 1GZ and it works just fine for
what we do. Any thoughts with regards to brands/features would be
appreciated.
Thanks,
Mike



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