[AT] OT - Laptop recommendations - Update

Mon Jul 3 18:09:56 PDT 2006

For me I would back up my system and do another format of the software,
Window XP, Windows 2000 ECT. This will clear out any unwanted programs. If
this seems like a lot of work find a good computer shop in your area and go
to them and they can remove what you do not want in the computer and around
here the cost is around fifty dollars to do this. Another thing to consider
is to do a disc cleanup then Disc Defragment. You could go into the registry
but unless you know what you are doing you will cause more damage than good.
If you do the clean ups then in most programs go to Start then All Programs
then to Accessories then System Tools and it should be listed under this. If
memory serves me correctly this will apply to Windows 98, 2000 and XP. One
of the list members gave us the web address for Mozy Remote Backup to back
up our computers. I have this installed now and I just did a complete
reprogramming of my system and it did not take that long to reinstall every
thing.  

Lyle Myles

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Hi Charlie,
I'm actually replying on my new computer. It's been a while since I've had a
new one, and I'm amazed how much bundled CRAP comes installed on the system,
AOL,buy this,buy that ect. Does anyone know the best way to uninstall this
junk? My BIL had a new computer and he started uninstalling those unwanted
programs, but in some cases couldn't uninstall certain files, and he would
get error pop ups and such. The good folks at Best Buy offered to do it for
$129,telling me they would fine tune the registry but that's a little rich.
Thanks,
Mike

-- "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net> wrote:
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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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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