You don't see the need for a GPS for urban areas, but you see the need for a PDA and software? What's the difference? They are both small devices that hold map data. I don't carry a PDA normally, so that is extra trouble for me. The GPS was designed for one thing and does it very well and easily.
The only difference between your setup and mine is that mine can tell me exactly where I'm at plus give me specific directions for the best path to follow.
That's fine, assuming I know I'm going there before I leave. But sometimes plans change. Plus, doing this for 20 house listings would take significant time.
Again, it's also nice to have the GPS tell me when to turn and how far away I am. Just some good peace of mind....
I assume you still handwrite all your messages to people. I prefer email since it's faster and easier....
The GPS is easier and faster than tracking back through a map. Plus it's nice to let it tell me that my next turn is 5 miles away...instead of having to watch every street sign and guess.
I have a Garmin GPS V and LOVE it. The turn-by-turn routing has been a huge help. We started looking to buy a house and would print out a ton of MLS listings. Without the GPS we'd have to spend a lot of time planning our route. With the GPS we just punch in the address of the next house and off we go. Very accurate.
Another vote for IBM. I'm currently on a T30 and had a T23 before this. I use my TP 24/7 and it never gets turned off. It gets a ton of use, not just sitting idle. It never crashes or dies. Should you have a hardware issue you'll have it back to you in 48 hours. They aren't the cheapest, but you get what you pay for.
I couldn't work without my notebook...and I'm not giving up this T30 for anything...but maybe a T40.:)
I agree with that. I went and rode a "good" bike for the first time the other day. Wow. What a difference. It really was more enjoyable. I plan on picking one up very soon.
Get a better scanner. I can't recommend Sybari's Antigen enough. It uses multiple virus scanner engines and has great filter support. It also opens up archive files and scans inside of them.
Your first job is to go sell that idea to a drug company. Just tell them everything will be fine after they spend millions developing that new drug only to have other companies make a copy when they release it!
They are improving. Right now I'm using a Compaq Evo 510 desktop. It's a P4 2.4 and is almost totally silent. I hear no fans or HD. They did a great job. It's also reasonably priced at $999 (when we bought them).
My Thinkpad T30 is light, fast, quiet, and very reliable. The options are out there. Notebooks like the one in the article are for those that want a portable desktop. It's popular to see notebooks as gaming rigs now. Definately not for me.... but would be handy for taking to a LAN party.
You can find them if you want to. Remember, I have to be able to get money to the seller. If the spam is illegal they can get search warrants and find out who owns that phone number/PO Box/whatever.
If you want THE BEST virus software for Exchange go get AntiGen by Sybari. It hands down beats Symantec and McAfee. No kidding. I've used them all for ages.
The people we've deployed Tablet PCs to love them. We're using the Compaq TC1000 with the removeable keyboard, so it's a great compromise. Along with wireless it's perfect for most managers that end up in meetings a lot. The only problem is the old battery life issue. They are better than notebooks, but not great yet.
Not as bad as it used to be....
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Most wireless hardware is a lot harder to crack than it used to be. Vendors got a lot smarter when implementing their IV selection algorithms. Go try and AirSnort a Cisco AP these days. I tried against my.b/.a Linksys AP running the latest firmware (that's the important part) and only got 19 weak IVs after two weeks and GBs, and GBs, and GBs of traffic going across it. I flooded the network so I could see lots and lots of packets.
That's fine for home use. I'm not so worried about my simple 128bit WEP now. For the office you can go pricey, but good, with something like Cisco LEAP...or you can buy any old AP and do VPN/SSH/Tunnel.
And what claims would that be? Putting D-Link firmware on my WAP11s? Google it. You make a simple change to the firmware so that it matches the Linksys Manufacturer ID and it works fine.
I have the Linksys dualband.a/.b access point. It is junk. After being on for about two days it drops the speed down to about 15KB/sec, or it just stops working at all. They have NEVER released a single firmware update for this AP since it was released.
Stay away from Linksys. I've since switched to D-Link and even put D-Link firmware on my Linksys WAP11s and they work so much better. I'm not constantly resetting them like I was before.
The Linksys NIC drivers are also bad. They promote Turbo mode on their.a gear but don't bother to tell you that it doesn't work under XP. The only spot they mention this is the last question on the FAQ included on the CD. D-Link had no problem supporting Turbo mode in XP on their cards.
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You don't see the need for a GPS for urban areas, but you see the need for a PDA and software? What's the difference? They are both small devices that hold map data. I don't carry a PDA normally, so that is extra trouble for me. The GPS was designed for one thing and does it very well and easily.
The only difference between your setup and mine is that mine can tell me exactly where I'm at plus give me specific directions for the best path to follow.
That's fine, assuming I know I'm going there before I leave. But sometimes plans change. Plus, doing this for 20 house listings would take significant time.
Again, it's also nice to have the GPS tell me when to turn and how far away I am. Just some good peace of mind....
I assume you still handwrite all your messages to people. I prefer email since it's faster and easier....
The GPS is easier and faster than tracking back through a map. Plus it's nice to let it tell me that my next turn is 5 miles away...instead of having to watch every street sign and guess.
I have a Garmin GPS V and LOVE it. The turn-by-turn routing has been a huge help. We started looking to buy a house and would print out a ton of MLS listings. Without the GPS we'd have to spend a lot of time planning our route. With the GPS we just punch in the address of the next house and off we go. Very accurate.
Another vote for IBM. I'm currently on a T30 and had a T23 before this. I use my TP 24/7 and it never gets turned off. It gets a ton of use, not just sitting idle. It never crashes or dies. Should you have a hardware issue you'll have it back to you in 48 hours. They aren't the cheapest, but you get what you pay for.
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I couldn't work without my notebook...and I'm not giving up this T30 for anything...but maybe a T40.
They don't want you to hack their boxes and add cool features. They want you to buy their next product which will include those features.
I agree with that. I went and rode a "good" bike for the first time the other day. Wow. What a difference. It really was more enjoyable. I plan on picking one up very soon.
Well, since almost everyone in the Tour has the best equipment the difference is the rider, isn't it? Therefore it is back down to the rider.
Good technology will only get you so far.
Get a better scanner. I can't recommend Sybari's Antigen enough. It uses multiple virus scanner engines and has great filter support. It also opens up archive files and scans inside of them.
Your first job is to go sell that idea to a drug company. Just tell them everything will be fine after they spend millions developing that new drug only to have other companies make a copy when they release it!
R&D? Why bother.
They are improving. Right now I'm using a Compaq Evo 510 desktop. It's a P4 2.4 and is almost totally silent. I hear no fans or HD. They did a great job. It's also reasonably priced at $999 (when we bought them).
My Thinkpad T30 is light, fast, quiet, and very reliable. The options are out there. Notebooks like the one in the article are for those that want a portable desktop. It's popular to see notebooks as gaming rigs now. Definately not for me.... but would be handy for taking to a LAN party.
You can find them if you want to. Remember, I have to be able to get money to the seller. If the spam is illegal they can get search warrants and find out who owns that phone number/PO Box/whatever.
You think most people have a domain controller at home? The main difference Pro has over Home is joining a domain. It's all XP underneath.
You'll just have to update your firmware.
If you want THE BEST virus software for Exchange go get AntiGen by Sybari. It hands down beats Symantec and McAfee. No kidding. I've used them all for ages.
Also, filter executable attachments.
I won't get in to the whole discussion, as another reply already did.
If you wanted an EXE you could just let me know. They don't get deleted, just in to quarantine.
No there aren't. Fix your system. There aren't magic worms that can bypass a hardened system.
If your ocmpany got hit go ask your network admin why they aren't blocking ANY executable email attachment. Then go ask their boss.
IT'S NOT HARD PEOPLE.
The patch for this was out 2 years ago. No excuse.
.exe file. You should block that. No excuse.
The virus comes in as a
AV dat files have been updated already. No excuse.
We've been filtering this all day.... It's not that hard to protect yourself.
The people we've deployed Tablet PCs to love them. We're using the Compaq TC1000 with the removeable keyboard, so it's a great compromise. Along with wireless it's perfect for most managers that end up in meetings a lot. The only problem is the old battery life issue. They are better than notebooks, but not great yet.
Most wireless hardware is a lot harder to crack than it used to be. Vendors got a lot smarter when implementing their IV selection algorithms. Go try and AirSnort a Cisco AP these days. I tried against my .b/.a Linksys AP running the latest firmware (that's the important part) and only got 19 weak IVs after two weeks and GBs, and GBs, and GBs of traffic going across it. I flooded the network so I could see lots and lots of packets.
That's fine for home use. I'm not so worried about my simple 128bit WEP now. For the office you can go pricey, but good, with something like Cisco LEAP...or you can buy any old AP and do VPN/SSH/Tunnel.
It's a limit of the "consumer" level chipsets. Server chipsets can do a lot more memory than that.
And what claims would that be? Putting D-Link firmware on my WAP11s? Google it. You make a simple change to the firmware so that it matches the Linksys Manufacturer ID and it works fine.
Heh... Sounds like hard drives. NO! DON'T BUY WESTERN DIGITAL! What? WD is great. Maxtor sucks, man! etc.
I have the Linksys dualband .a/.b access point. It is junk. After being on for about two days it drops the speed down to about 15KB/sec, or it just stops working at all. They have NEVER released a single firmware update for this AP since it was released.
.a gear but don't bother to tell you that it doesn't work under XP. The only spot they mention this is the last question on the FAQ included on the CD. D-Link had no problem supporting Turbo mode in XP on their cards.
Stay away from Linksys. I've since switched to D-Link and even put D-Link firmware on my Linksys WAP11s and they work so much better. I'm not constantly resetting them like I was before.
The Linksys NIC drivers are also bad. They promote Turbo mode on their