Laptop Advice

[desertangel]

Whatever kind of laptop you get, please ensure that you do not get one with the type of battery that has been known to catch fire and had recalls on them. Those were Dell, Toshiba.... um, which other ones. You can Google that to find out.

Also, I would suggest you opt for one with a higher end processor and more than the normal amount of RAM if you are going to be doing anything with music and video files, which most of us here are/do. I made the mistake of buying one on the lower end to save $$$ and have suffered for it.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by desertangel

Whatever kind of laptop you get, please ensure that you do not get one with the type of battery that has been known to catch fire and had recalls on them. Those were Dell, Toshiba.... um, which other ones. You can Google that to find out.

Also, I would suggest you opt for one with a higher end processor and more than the normal amount of RAM if you are going to be doing anything with music and video files, which most of us here are/do. I made the mistake of buying one on the lower end to save $$$ and have suffered for it.

I got an HP. It has LightScribe and I am trying to burn a label on the CD and I have no idea if it is working or not. The directions don't even tell you how to use the darn thing. Anyone have a clue how to use it?

[WelshWitchPMD]

I got the LightScribe to work and it is so cool! I now have a photo of Lindsey on one of my photo CDs.

[desertangel]

Originally Posted by WelshWitchPMD

I got the LightScribe to work and it is so cool! I now have a photo of Lindsey on one of my photo CDs.

I found this, but you already figgered it out:

http://www.lightscribe.com/gettingst...ex.aspx?id=276

Looks like you need to have a special CD burner to do this? Does it also require special CDs? I had know idea this technology existed. There's a chance I could be laptop shopping after I do my taxes next year. I would definitely be interested in something like this. Hhmmm... wonder what else is new out there that I don't know about.

Anyone else know of any other cool gadgets they're putting on laptops these days? I need to know these things when I decide to go shopping too!!

[desertangel]

Originally Posted by WelshWitchPMD

Can you believe that I am just hooking up the laptop now? Now I have a question about travel? If I am in a hotel that has high speed internet connectiion do I need a special modem or can I use the same one that I use for dial-up? Also does the X-ray machine damage blank CDs?

Sorry I didn't realize you had already bought one. Guess I should have read the whole thread.

You need to use your laptop's Ethernet network port for high speed connections. Did your laptop come with a cable that looks like it's for the phone but is bigger on the ends? That would hook in to your Ethernet network port on the back of your laptop, then into the hotel's high speed modem. Looks like a dial up phone port but bigger.

[WelshWitchPMD]

Originally Posted by desertangel

I found this, but you already figgered it out:

http://www.lightscribe.com/gettingst...ex.aspx?id=276

Looks like you need to have a special CD burner to do this? Does it also require special CDs? I had know idea this technology existed. There's a chance I could be laptop shopping after I do my taxes next year. I would definitely be interested in something like this. Hhmmm... wonder what else is new out there that I don't know about.

Anyone else know of any other cool gadgets they're putting on laptops these days? I need to know these things when I decide to go shopping too!!

HP and Compaq are the only PCs and laptops which have the LightScribe techology. It took about 20 minutes to complete the process. When I come home this evening I will try to take a photo of the CD that I made. Yes, you need a special type of CD or DVD and they say LightScribe right on the package.