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Which puter?
Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:42am

Ok, I got it narrowed down to these 3. Which would you choose if you were me? I use my puter mainly for pictures and video, plus the net.

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Which one of these is best?

Thanks for any help!!!!

mel

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echo CH.com Alumnus Offline Chronic and still alive --- I Win! Posts: 4544 Overland Park, KS Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #1 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:45am I am of no value in this. I use whatever the corporation puts on my lap.
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #2 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:54am echo wrote on Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:45am: I am of no value in this. I use whatever the corporation puts on my lap. Well thanks Mark, that helps a lot.
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fubar Ex Member	Re: Which puter? Reply #3 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 11:02am Link #2, hands down. #1 has AMD 64 bit, which is cool if you're a gamer, but not any big deal for everything else. #2 has dual core Pentium, very nice. #3 has a Pentium M. Those are OK on power consumption, but slow. -Shawn
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Re: Which puter?
Reply #4 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 11:05am

Melissa wrote on Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:54am:

echo wrote on Aug 19^th, 2008 at 10:45am:

I am of no value in this. I use whatever the corporation puts on my lap.

Well thanks Mark, that helps a lot. Grin

You're welcome sis. Glad I could be there for you when you're in need. That's what brothers do do. Mine is a Dell Latitude D610, my
Treo is a 755P, I use a tracker ball, my shorts are white, shirt size is 17 - 34/35, pants 34x31, and progressive bifocals. Favorite color is sky blue pink.

Love ya, Mark

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Brew Ex Member	Re: Which puter? Reply #5 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 11:05am Oh, Monty! I'll - take - door - number - two-three-one-three-two-one-three-Wait! I didn't go yet!
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echo CH.com Alumnus Offline Chronic and still alive --- I Win! Posts: 4544 Overland Park, KS Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #6 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 11:29am Pick the gray one, the color should go with anything.
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Ray CH.com Alumnus Offline Ray Posts: 1996 Columbus, Ohio Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #7 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 12:04pm #2 sounds like a good piece of hardware, but read the warranty well before buying it. I would ask if you could "downgrade" to windows XP instead of Vista. Best of luck to you! Ray
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #9 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 1:24pm WEll, I asked Beeyull to help me out too, and he found me a Gateway at Best Buy that are on sale right now for $549.00. He's such a peach! Thanks for your input!!
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Brew Ex Member	Re: Which puter? Reply #10 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 1:30pm "Oh, Monty. I'll take door number 4." "I'm sorry, that's not one of the choices. But thanks for playing."
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #11 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 1:58pm Quote: "Oh, Monty. I'll take door number 4." "I'm sorry, that's not one of the choices. But thanks for playing."
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Charlie CH.com Alumnus Offline Happy to be here Posts: 18971 Jamestown, NY Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #12 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 5:53pm Here ya go Mel. Get one like this: Multimedia File Viewing and Clickable Links are available for Registered Members only!! You need to or Charlie
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deltadarlin CH.com Alumnus Offline I love YaBB 1G - SP1! Posts: 3823 Downsville LA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #13 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 7:55pm Mel, I have the Toshiba Satellite P205D-S7438 notebook and I love it! I like the 17.5 inch screen. It's really not that heavy either. Oooh,my tv dinner is ready! 'darlin
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #14 - Aug 21^st, 2008 at 3:54pm Well, here she is, my new puter! And I love it!!
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #15 - Aug 21^st, 2008 at 5:02pm oh yeah, and it has a built in webcam, something i never had before!! Ava says HIIII everybody!!!
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Re: Which puter?
Reply #17 - Aug 21^st, 2008 at 5:25pm

Those built-in web cams can be a problem... recently there was a guy arrested who had installed a program that would secretly take pictures on his ex-girlfriend's computer and send them to his email account. Bad boy. There are virii out there that can detect your camera and do the same thing. Best to tape over it and 'open' it when you want to use it. Sadly, the same virii also can turn on your mic without you knowing it, making your computer the perfect bugging device that sends audio to the bad guys without you ever knowing it. It's a scary world these days. I'm not saying this happens every day, just that it happens.

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Re: Which puter?
Reply #18 - Aug 21^st, 2008 at 5:36pm

andrewjb wrote on Aug 21^st, 2008 at 5:21pm:

, all well and good then, but which one is it ? andrew.

Oh, sorry Andrew, it's not in the initial list of 3 I posted, instead it's the one that Bill found for me. It's a Gateway M-Series

FU- now you got me paranoid! Sad

Guess I'll have to find a piece of window cling, cut it and stick it on there...

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Kirk CH.com Alumnus Offline VINIMUS, VIDIMUS, DOLAVIMUS Posts: 2393 Harts Lake, WA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #19 - Aug 22^nd, 2008 at 12:08am I would have picked No. 1 for other reasons. But it looks like you got a perfectly servicable machine anyway. Make sure you turn off your Mic and Webcam in your hardware Manager, unless you're using them. To keep the creeps out. After all you have Microsoft and no security.
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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #20 - Aug 22^nd, 2008 at 10:19am Thanks Kirk. I disabled the webcam in the Device Manager but I don't know what to look for to disable the mic?
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Re: Which puter?
Reply #21 - Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 2:43am

Mel,
Did you get a set of restore disc's with your new Gateway? Their biggest problem in the past has been no back up disc came with their systems and if your computer gets a virus or crashes you have to pay several hundred dollars for a set of restore disc's.
For a windows based system, they are as good as any, should have gone with a Mac! They are bullet proof and come with everything you will ever need right out of the box, they never get viruses,ever! John

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Reply #22 - Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 9:15am

Sailpappy wrote on Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 2:43am:

Mel,
Did you get a set of restore disc's with your new Gateway? Their biggest problem in the past has been no back up disc came with their systems and if your computer gets a virus or crashes you have to pay several hundred dollars for a set of restore disc's.
For a windows based system, they are as good as any, should have gone with a Mac! They are bullet proof and come with everything you will ever need right out of the box, they never get viruses,ever! John

No John, I did not get a set of restore discs. I usually don't keep lots of files on my puter anyway, I am too busy burning my pictures and home movies to do so, plus I always back up my hubbys files to disc after he gets a new side job.

Anyway, little late to get a Mac, besides, I cannot afford one.

Thanks for everyones help!

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Reply #23 - Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 12:49pm

Sorry to burst your bubble John. But a Mac is a second class clone of the BSD Unix OS. And yes it gets Virii and Trojans. Two new ones this month. And they still haven't patched the DNS exploit. Or the Appletalk expliots. As well as the Apple Script exploit problems that have come up recently.
Remember Apple is a hardware company. Not a software company. they just took FreeBSD, stripped some stuff out to suit themselves and put the Mac GUI on the front of it. Mac users have been mesmerized by Steve Jobs and his walled lotus eating garden for years.
Remember Microsoft lusers learned how to use a two button mouse first.
Mel, I think you can Mute your mic using the volumn controls. There should be an icon for it on the lower right of your screen. If not, hunt it down like the dog that it is.

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Melissa CH.com Moderator CH.com Alumnus Offline Don't give up! Posts: 7238 Central WI, USA Gender:	Re: Which puter? Reply #24 - Aug 23^rd, 2008 at 12:59pm Thanks Kirk. I went in through the control panel and disabled it.
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