I didn't see any mention of Support. You can get a nice AppleCare warranty extension, along with the helpful geniuses at the Apple Store retail locations. Try getting that kind of support with the ThinkPad...
I ended up going with the.mac service and am very satisfied, it was $69 for the first year, $99 after that. Looks like Microsoft is copying Apple yet again.
I've looked into getting a hosted Exchange account, and the cheapest out there was $20/month with ~$60 setup fees, that adds up to $300 for the first year. MS is giving you the full Exchange capabilities (Calendar, Public Folders, Contacts, Outlook Web Access, etc.) for $60/year. This will definitely generate a lot of cash for MS from one-person and small businesses.
Google should hook up with Novell and offer an Exchange replacement service for all the corporate customers out there who refuse to drop Outlook.
In my previous post, I mention VCRadio which is the windows software that costs $18 and will record anything you tell it to at any time. Also, for getting FM and AM stations on your computer, try Radio-Man which plugs into your RS-232 (serial) port. Radio-Man costs $15 and can be found at www.pimfg.com, go to Search Desc. on the lower left margin and type in "radio".
It is a non-free solution, but supports most of the radio pci/isa cards and external radio tuners.
I am not affiliated with this company, but I was doing research on this and found this to be one of the better solutions. I hope it works for your needs.
If any of you have repaired xray machines, you will know that there are a lot of relays involved. When you start the machine up you will hear the relays click when they engage. Apparently one xray company had the relays switch on and off at startup to play a song. I guess they used that as a diagnostic tool as well. It has been said that some of the older xray repair techs can go through a functions check and narrow down what's wrong just be listening for the sound of the relays clicking.
Summary: after all the initialization fees it costs $1.50/minute ($0.50/minute before Nov. 2001) or $0.99/minute if calling another iridium subscriber.
If you have enough people in your area interested in getting access, why don't you petition you local telco for DSL access OR local cable company for cable modem access. There are satellite modems out there to, check out starband.
If there is no local dial-up access, try to negotiate a flat-rate unlimited price for dialing up the nearest (long distance) ISP access #.
Buying and setting up all that equipment sounds like overkill to me; that is, unless you just want to get the experience.
If anyone gets CBC on their cable/sat. system, check out The Newsroom
The show is smart, funny, and gives you a mockumentary behind-the-scenes look at what news gets on the air and how the news gets presented to the viewers.
Bill Gates (played by Anthony Michael Hall) says, "You know success is a menace, it fools smart people into thinking that they can't lose." This was said after licensing DOS to IBM. blintz "my door is ajar"
You can get a 300 Mhz (cyrix) emachine tower for a measly $279, only $30 more than the price of the websurfer (after the "correction", or w/o the ISP). Of course you would still have to add the wireless keyboard and all. ..Although I would like to hook the thing up to my car and output it to one of those small B&W TVs for mp3, gps, etc.
This arti cle describes Larry Ellison's newest spinoff which is going to manufacture $200 Linux Net Computers. side note: here in Richmond, VA (corp. hq of Circuit City), they ran out of the i-opener and told me even their warehouse did not have them.
The Dilerito actually tastes good. They were selling them at the seven eleven near me for 2 or 3 bucks last year. I tried a few but switched back to ramen b/c it's so much cheaper.
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Good Point about the onsite service, but according to this link, their phone support blows compared to Apple's: http://www.breakitdownblog.com/ibm-lenovo-thinkpad-support-is-unbelievably-bad/
I didn't see any mention of Support. You can get a nice AppleCare warranty extension, along with the helpful geniuses at the Apple Store retail locations. Try getting that kind of support with the ThinkPad...
I ended up going with the .mac service and am very satisfied, it was $69 for the first year, $99 after that. Looks like Microsoft is copying Apple yet again.
I've looked into getting a hosted Exchange account, and the cheapest out there was $20/month with ~$60 setup fees, that adds up to $300 for the first year. MS is giving you the full Exchange capabilities (Calendar, Public Folders, Contacts, Outlook Web Access, etc.) for $60/year. This will definitely generate a lot of cash for MS from one-person and small businesses.
Google should hook up with Novell and offer an Exchange replacement service for all the corporate customers out there who refuse to drop Outlook.
In my previous post, I mention VCRadio which is the windows software that costs $18 and will record anything you tell it to at any time. Also, for getting FM and AM stations on your computer, try Radio-Man which plugs into your RS-232 (serial) port. Radio-Man costs $15 and can be found at www.pimfg.com, go to Search Desc. on the lower left margin and type in "radio".
VCRadio
It is a non-free solution, but supports most of the radio pci/isa cards and external radio tuners.
I am not affiliated with this company, but I was doing research on this and found this to be one of the better solutions. I hope it works for your needs.
If any of you have repaired xray machines, you will know that there are a lot of relays involved. When you start the machine up you will hear the relays click when they engage. Apparently one xray company had the relays switch on and off at startup to play a song. I guess they used that as a diagnostic tool as well. It has been said that some of the older xray repair techs can go through a functions check and narrow down what's wrong just be listening for the sound of the relays clicking.
Here's a link to an iridium service provider.
Summary: after all the initialization fees it costs $1.50/minute ($0.50/minute before Nov. 2001) or $0.99/minute if calling another iridium subscriber.
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Assuming you live in a rural area:
If you have enough people in your area interested in getting access, why don't you petition you local telco for DSL access OR local cable company for cable modem access. There are satellite modems out there to, check out starband.
If there is no local dial-up access, try to negotiate a flat-rate unlimited price for dialing up the nearest (long distance) ISP access #.
Buying and setting up all that equipment sounds like overkill to me; that is, unless you just want to get the experience.
i got mine from my frat., and it wasn't taken here.
According to Netcraft's FAQ, NT after SP4 does not display uptime information reliably.
If anyone gets CBC on their cable/sat. system, check out The Newsroom
The show is smart, funny, and gives you a mockumentary behind-the-scenes look at what news gets on the air and how the news gets presented to the viewers.
Bill Gates (played by Anthony Michael Hall) says, "You know success is a menace, it fools smart people into thinking that they can't lose." This was said after licensing DOS to IBM. blintz "my door is ajar"
You can get a 300 Mhz (cyrix) emachine tower for a measly $279, only $30 more than the price of the websurfer (after the "correction", or w/o the ISP). Of course you would still have to add the wireless keyboard and all. . .Although I would like to hook the thing up to my car and output it to one of those small B&W TVs for mp3, gps, etc.
Happened last year about this time.
This arti cle describes Larry Ellison's newest spinoff which is going to manufacture $200 Linux Net Computers. side note: here in Richmond, VA (corp. hq of Circuit City), they ran out of the i-opener and told me even their warehouse did not have them.
The Dilerito actually tastes good. They were selling them at the seven eleven near me for 2 or 3 bucks last year. I tried a few but switched back to ramen b/c it's so much cheaper.