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Topic: 2 quick questions
Posted By: Amateur
Subject: 2 quick questions
Date Posted: 01 September 2004 at 6:43am
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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 By: huwnet
Date 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. |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date 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. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: Amateur
Date Posted: 01 September 2004 at 9:30am
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What about an internal CD-R, any ideas of a good one? |
Bluefrog wrote:Posted By: ljamal
Date Posted: 01 September 2004 at 10:52am
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Dell should have swappable CD-R for the front bays of the Inspiron . ------------- L. Jamal Walton http://www.ljamal.com/" rel="nofollow - L. Jamal Inc : Web/ Print Design and ASP Programming |
Posted By: Bluefrog
Date 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. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 01 September 2004 at 12:05pm
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http://www.pcmag.com - www.pcmag.com usually has comparison reviews. You might want to search there for "external" ------------- 
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Posted By: pmormr
Date Posted: 06 September 2004 at 2:45am
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WHAT KIND OF APARTMENT HAS NO TELEPHONE LINE??? ------------- Paul A Morgan http://www.pmorganphoto.com/" rel="nofollow - http://www.pmorganphoto.com/ |
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 06 September 2004 at 7:59am
| Maybe he can't access the phone line because it is a)rented or b) he can't afford it. |
Posted By: dpyers
Date Posted: 06 September 2004 at 10:10am
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In some places it takes weeks/months to get a phone line installed/activated. New apartment/condo builders often build 500 unit buildings but forget to tell the phone, gas, and electric companies. Then they act surprised when there's not enough faciities in the area to supply the building. -------------
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