JR re the dual layer dvd burner, a mate of mine bought a lappy with one in the other day for £750! !!!!! Youth of today, dont know they're born etc. In my day I had to etch dvd's by hand using a blunt piece of iron.... blather blather....
i'll be getting one soon. this time i mean it.
who quoted you david? i'll be getting one soon. this time i mean it.
think the main difference is that when they say the word "intel" on a TV advert they seem legally obliged to play that annoying intel jingle, which seems to be reason enough to buy AMD.
Box only: 2600ghz chip, 512 ram, 160gb HD, dvd-rw.I got quoted 265 bananas. sounds alreet but i'm not exactly in the loop when it comes to this typa ting. Hit me. :?:
cheers for the beta obe. i have heard mixing things re ebuyers customer service, so may prefer to get computer from a shop where you can waltz right in and get someone to look at it. I know ebuyer are also sheff based but heard they can be a bit not-rad.
forgot to say, if we were to get a new machine we'd want both that and the existing laptop onto us tinternet cable modem ting at the same time, and preferably be able to access drives from each machine between each other, so setting up some kinda local network. So what i'm asking is what would i physically need to achieve this (bar a shit load of cable), and how tricky is it to set up software wise? aso how does it work vis a vis firewalls etc?word.
How are you connected to broadband currently?...the best setup is a home wireless network with independent router. Is the laptop wireless? Not a problem if not, you just need a PCIMININININYY card (technical term there) as well. An all in one router/ADSL modem/firewall/wireless access point with a card 'free' will set you back £65. Bargain.http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/products/index.html?action=c2hvd19wcm9kdWN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=820663com box connects to phoneline, CAT5 (normal network cable) from PC to 3com box. You can connect all comp's wirelessly if you want to avoid trailing cables around the house, however it is easier to setup if at least one machine is wired to the box. BIG advantages over USB broadband modems etc:1) Mrs Obi can sit on sofa shopping on the interweb wirelessly whilst you use the PC.2) Router is connected to interweb directly, eg. Laptop connection is not effected if your PC is off/rebooted/locking up etc.3)Hardware firewall is a good idea, although I have software one running also.4)Although 802.whatever is sposed to be 'compatible', whatever you use, surprise surprise it's not. 3com cards LIKE 3com boxes. 3Com Box is easily configured from a web interface from the PC. Wireless encryption/security is easy to turn on. Both PC's are the same 'side' so the hardware firewall isn't a problem. If you have a software firewall eg. Zonealarm, you just have to grant access to the laptop and it will let it connect to the PCOnce all this is set up, WinXP makes a home network a doddle (sometimes!) so you can share files/drives/printers etc. But I'll leave that lesson for another day/beer....
He's wireless evangelising. Its a terrible side effect of installing an access point in your house. Other symptoms include accomplishing pointless IT tasks from the toilet .
is there anything you dont know??
obi: that ebuyer deal looks good - if i wanna upgrade to 1gb ram does that mean the comp is badass. and is it easy done. what about 2gb? basically if i'm buiying a comp i don't want to buy another for a LONG TIME.