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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 6:43am |
Hi,
I have a dell inspiron laptop. I recently moved into rental accomodation which has no telephone line installed in the house, therefore i am unable to connect to the internet. Is there any other way to connect to the internet without using a telephone line from my laptop? If anyone has any information could you post it please.
My second question is, i am looking to purchase an external CD-R drive for my laptop, any views on the best one to buy?
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 8:31am |
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1) Most mobile phones allow GPRS which is internet for phones. Or the
newer phones can connect with a cable to your laptop to access the main
internet. Or you could use satellite broadband. You could also
invesigate wheather there is a community WiFi network in your area.
2)Find one you like and then do a search for reviews on it on google.
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 9:27am |
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You won't get great speed with an external unless you have USB2 or FireWire on your laptop, so check that first.
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 9:30am |
 Bluefrog wrote:
You won't get great speed with an external unless you have USB2 or FireWire on your laptop, so check that first. |
What about an internal CD-R, any ideas of a good one?
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 10:52am |
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Dell should have swappable CD-R for the front bays of the Inspiron .
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 11:46am |
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If you're going to go for internal, I'd go for a DVD writer. LG has well priced units, but I don't think there are many for laptops. If you build your own connections and case, you can probably swing it.
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Posted: 01 September 2004 at 12:05pm |
www.pcmag.com usually has comparison reviews. You might want to search there for "external"
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Posted: 06 September 2004 at 2:45am |
WHAT KIND OF APARTMENT HAS NO TELEPHONE LINE???
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