... on a few headlines. They opened up separate browser windows. The first one was washingtonpost.com and the page read "Register now. It's free and It's Required." What a news. The second one was http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com and there was only one line. it said "The specified module could not be found." hmm... Looks like we got the winner... Or in the next few months this will be perfected...
another thing I have to note is that when I selected another country, it took forever to load/change window (obviously/. effects, but I gave up anyway) and this sloooowed down mozilla quite a bit. It looks coool, but does this have to be flash? Their approach is opposite of what google (and news.google) has been following (minimalism). time will tell which approach is suited by us.
Apple in the movie industry? I've never seen an Apple computer in a movie...
huh?? ProTools?Avid? Do they ring a bell? Particularly post-production sound is Apple's stronghold - you won't find Wintel machine if you're working on features. One of my buddies works at CGI shop (do works for studio features) and obviously they are using --believe it or not-- AfterEffects on G4s. It is surprising to me that AE, a consumer level software, is being used, but heh, it's working.
To the contrary to your comments, I haven't seen Wimdows on screen, while I've seen Macs in films. I think it's copyrights issue, while apple allows some productions to use their products in the film purely for promotional reasons. I've seen KDE on desktop in some films (yay!), but I can't remember which one.
I think it's a matter of time that these "assisting" robots become more human-like looking. Impression and confort is very different when you are touching plastic and real skin. IMHO, Japanese engineers should learn American engineering in designing "assisting" robots like these. It's warm inside, babe.
Off topic, but you might want to check out other models as well. They actually look quite good to me. Takara (japan's toy company) made these electric cars with the same product concept and spirit as their 20-year-old "choro-Q series.
I think they look awesome, though it's not really practical. If I live in a 10mil castle with golf course, I would buy one of these rather than ugly golf carts and drive around for a whole day in amusement. All men are boys after all.
It can be taught about 1000 words, follow directions, (something [jishiki?]) or dance.
Actually the word reads "ojigi," and it means "bowing (greeting)." So the whole sentence reads:
"[it] memorizes 1000 words of conversational vocabulary, and bows and dances by orders."
I found it amusing that Japanese engineers imprinted what is known as their stereotypical behavior (bowing) to the robot. You say, "Hey, Robot! Apologize!" and this robot will bow in front of you without knowing what he did wrong. What a nice pet.
Since 5.1 days, WordPerfect was always my choice for writing documents. While MS-Word stayed inside my harddrive for rare occasions of opening incompatible documents that WP couldn't open, I used WP extensively. Since I began using Linux, however, things changed quite a bit. Though I used WP8 for Linux in the beginning, I later moved to OpenOffice, which possesses greater interoperability. Now my day to day tool for writing has been replaced completely with OpenOffice.
I was extremely disappointed when Corel stopped developing WP for Linux. I still wonder if Corel will ever release open source version of WP and regain some market share in wordprocessing. Even if they do, however, it is probably too late to regain their position in the business. MS locked in customers with their products and expanded their business. On the other hand, WordPerfect's proprietary format choked its own neck. sigh...
Anybody here ever try to enforce a patent in Japan? Good luck
I have to be blunt: you don't seem to understand what you are talking about. It sort of make sense that your first name is Anonymous. Unlike Taiwan or China, Japanese patent laws are strictly enforced and if any infringement is found it will be judged by a court of law. It applies to foreign patent as well. On top of that, unlike US patenting procedures, Japanese patent office takes much more time in research of prior art and rejects many that are on the border line.
I don't have any link handy, but there has been a number of patent cases brought to a court by foregin (read: US) companies. One of my buddies, who used to work for a well-known Japanese electronics company beginning with "h," once told me that this Japanese company's newly established computer (desktop) devision knowingly copied DOS, and after it was discovered the company was tried, and ordered to pay hefty damage to MS, which lead the devision to shut down.
If Japan really is patent outlaw country, why do all the big companies (Sony, Panasonic, Toyota, Honda) own so many patents both in Japan and US? I'd appreciate it if you can explain to me, please.
I don't really have any link to back up my argument, but your knowledge in Japan's Patent laws and enforcement obviously is paper thin.
- installing Windows XP only takes me 30 minutes and everything works.
You must be a very lucky guy. Wait and see what happens when you upgrade your PC with a bran'-spankin-new devices for which XP doesn't have driver available. If you don't have a driver disk and are not connected to the web, you are out of luck.
Quite honestly, I don't find Windows (any version) installation any easier than popular Linux distro installation. This is already a redundant topic on/. To me it takes more than 30 minutes and after installing OS, I have to install all the applications that I would use, and meantime I also have to solve version conflicts, if any. Not to mention, er, how many reboots do I need to do??? Windows installation is a pure pain in the ass.
From SuSE to Knoppix (installed, not live) I cannot get it working.
SuSE's FTP installation takes a while. If you enter FTP domain name instead of IP address, it won't work. Though I use SuSE and I love it, you might want to try Mand---e (formerly known as Mandrake) first. If it still doesn't work, go check out Installfest held by Linux user groups in your country.
If you're not going to do the real thing, why not just make a software replica?
1. just preference 2. educational purposes 3. more tangible interface than multi-tasking keyboard/mouse + monitor 4. hobbyist mentality 5. nostalgia to pre-PC era
there are ways to achieve the same result, and obviously some people prefer harder and more time-consuming way. Also for some people writing code may take more time than building a DIY kit. some people prefer to drive 67 mustang than 03 accord or mercedes. others ride a bicycle.
This "technology" will die sooner or later. Have anyone heard of "smell-o-rama?" Scratch smelly paper while watching a movie? In some theaters smell was delivered via air-conditioner/duct. This type of attempts have already made at least a few times in the film business and they all failed to survive. Who would bother buying smell cartridge for emailing?
Next variant of MyDoom virus will cause a smell of your armpits. How exciting our future can be. I'm so thrilled.
Napster is compatible only with Win---s XP and 2K. Not even with 98 or NT will you have access to it. Meanwhile HP -- iPod by HP; Linux by HP? Maybe HP wants to diversify their products and is aware that relying too much on one technology will limit their business. IMHO HP has better business sense than Roxio, who targeted Napster only to part of 94% desktop users.
I'm no Microsoft fanboy, but I really don't see what the big deal is with Windows Media Player.... Windows has shipped with a Media Player since Windows 3.1 at least, and nobody's complained about illegal bundling.
Me neither. And personally I can't wait for MS to fully implement DRM on Windows Media and not-so-open_standard media formats for digital media distribution that can not be watched without locked-in WMP proprietary codec. Media Player is and has been FREE, so in theory it's win-win situation for consumers.
Though I agree that Disney still is a powerful media conglomerate and as a brand name it sure has appeal to mass from kids to retired, animation from Disney has lost a lot of momentum compared to its heyday. Animated feature is no longer dominated by Disney, as 3D animation is becoming the mainstream in the film biz. This has been proven by success of animated feature from other studios, like Dreamworks and Fox. Meanwhile, in 2D animation world, there are some indication that Disney might have lost touch in animation business. Boxoffice success of Disney animation is no longer guaranteed unlike old days. While Disney is apparently aware of this trend, they are yet to come up with viable alternative to their ex-partner, Pixer.
Is 2D animation dead? I think not, and neither some studios. But from what we have seen in success of Pixer/Dis films, it is undeniable that Pixer has a better ground to compete in animation after this separation.
They are by no means trusted to the level of Disney in a family atmosphere.
Sure, WEtrustDisney for its purity. Disney is clean as long as it doesn't engrave their banner on top of crap they make under other brand name they own.
If Microsoft will ever release Kinoppix-like full-functional live CD version of Windows with a set of most frequently used apps, that will make many windows users' lives much easier. All viruses and worms that screw up your system by overwriting system configuration files/registry and by installing junk (e.g. spyware) on the hard disk will be history --as long as applications are allowed to run only from the CD-Rom. You can still keep custom icons and all junks (e.g. your mp3s and appz collection for file sharing) on hard disk, while everything in C:\Progra~1 and \Windows dirs will remain as they are supposed to be on a CD. Works just like XboX, I guess. Forget customization: security is more important than your custom wallpapers, don't you think?
Only and the biggest problem with Win-Live CD is that YOU CAN'T PATCH IT! and the fact is MS loves patching your PC. So after all, Win-Live is just another dream. How unfortunate.
Meanwhile, Windows live-CD will allow me to get rid of fat32 partition on my machine. no more dual-boot necessary....
I had always ranted to anyone who would listen about how many times one had to reboot Windows
Reboot is one of the biggest annoyances that made me switch to Linux. I can't tell you how many times Windows reboot interrupted my downloading ISO images from alt.binaries.vcd.xxx. Now I'm so glad I switched to Linux and understand why people are so fond of it.
Even if a good number of Windows users come to realize uselessness of IE after all years and begin switching, the story is not over yet. There still are very many sites that are readable only with IE, and for these sites Windows/IE is the standard, regardless of w3c. Not to mention WMP9 and DRM, Microsoft has planted enough propriatery lock-ins to the Internet in the last several years so that it is impossible to get rid of IE (and Win) over night. I hope none of commercial mp3 download sites using IE/WMP will become a success, as they are endorsing this business strategy.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic. At least I can wish that the world is better place than what I think it is.
Shouldn't it be Chinese Government and authorities that's to be blamed for violating human rights, before blaming world's richest man? Maybe MS should pull their business from the chinese region so that they won't be blamed. Market share won't fall thanks to piracy in China.
If you are a billionaire willing to burn some of your cash to save the world (of computing), make 100-million copies of Linux Live-CDs and distribute them for free just like AOL free CD. This will give more people an opportunity to see and find out what Linux is. Live CD is perfect for those who do not want to hard install, but want to see what Linux is and can do. If we have a free distribution system available, it will help Linux be recognized by those who don't have 'time and patience' to download ISO, burn CD and reboot. Linux's market presence will increase as a result of mass distribution.
Needless to say, if you are concerned, you are not obligated to $699 binary-only license per copy, as you are not a 'user' but distributor of Linux.
Are we talking about MS outsourcing jobs to India? Or Ford Model-T being built in Mexico? Or Walmart selling your underware made in China?
Obviously Darl's letter is distorting facts, as it has always been, to redirect your thoughts. Darl once told me Linus has WMD in his backyard. Let's send UN to Linus house.
If there are politicians that take Darl's voice seriously, they don't deserve to be in congress.
Music lawyers filed the newest cases against 'John Doe' defendants -- identified only by their numeric Internet protocol addresses -- and expected to work through the courts to learn their names and where they live.
This type of "I-dunno-but-U-figure-out-Urself-,-judge-!" tactics is already copyrighted by Darl. RIAA will receive a nice letter from ScO concerning potential lawsuit for infringement of their IP in a few days, probably before they lose one of their "I-dunno" cases this Friday. Maybe we should establish RIAA/SCO Survival Funds so we won't lose two of the most entertaining litigation clowns.
From the Register: OSDL says it isn't out to create a Microsoft Windows replacement.
... meaning, no pop-ups, no more browser hijack? (I sure will miss 'em)
I don't get it. though there are some things for ODSL/Linux vendors to learn from Windows, there are very many things that they would NOT want to learn or copy from design of the monopoly OS to replace it. Desktop Linux should not become a Widows replacement for god's sake.
Linux is superior to Windows in many aspects, while Windows has some advantages in desktop use over Linux. For business computing, security can be the primary concern. I don't say either OS is more secure than the other, but the history shows that Windows is more likely to become a target of vulnerability attacks by hackers/ spammer/ ad agencies, and that some attack attempts successfully created mess. Even though there are far more applications available in the market, Windows wouldn't be a choice of OS if I were to make decisions.
Let's face it, how difficult would it be for a person of "computer literate" (according to his/her resume) to learn how to maneuver KDE/Gnome? I don't think it would take a year. If applications are network-installed, employees on the terminal system won't have to worry about installation of application. Let the IT dept. take care of it.
If you have hundreds of Windows apps to run, use wine, codeweaver(also wine), or vmware. Running Windows on vmware/virtual PC gives you access to Windows apps and ease of security control under Linux at the same time. It's certainly better than getting hacked and filling your monitor with a bunch of pop up ads and crap because you are using Windows, or Windows replacement.
Don't make a replacement for the 'every-user-has-root-access-by-default' OS. Just let people learn and replace.
well, my frustration is that if this guy is willing to spend this much time and money on this modification, why did he not go as far as building the entire body of the car using glassfiber and other available material, rather than go easy and put a handwritten R2D2 sticker on the rear end of the car.
More importantly, why Honda(as it looks like --maybe I'm wrong...!)??? There must be a better choice for the base car....
SilentPCreview.com has reviews for "silent" PC parts(cases, CPU fans, power supplies, etc), and you can probably get some idea from them if you want to build a quiet system. I don't live in recording studio, so I don't think I would ever need this one to create 0db environment. My neighbors are obnoxiously noisy already, so what's the point?
Besides I've been using a laptop primarily and it's quiet enough (...duh) even without water cooling thingy. Laptop these days are not so expensive, you can get a good one for $1400 and less. Of course if you need to build a server, laptop won't work, but for 'home' use, laptop works good enough and is quiet.
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... on a few headlines. They opened up separate browser windows. The first one was washingtonpost.com and the page read "Register now. It's free and It's Required." What a news. The second one was http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com and there was only one line. it said "The specified module could not be found." hmm... Looks like we got the winner... Or in the next few months this will be perfected...
/. effects, but I gave up anyway) and this sloooowed down mozilla quite a bit. It looks coool, but does this have to be flash? Their approach is opposite of what google (and news.google) has been following (minimalism). time will tell which approach is suited by us.
another thing I have to note is that when I selected another country, it took forever to load/change window (obviously
To the contrary to your comments, I haven't seen Wimdows on screen, while I've seen Macs in films. I think it's copyrights issue, while apple allows some productions to use their products in the film purely for promotional reasons. I've seen KDE on desktop in some films (yay!), but I can't remember which one.
I think it's a matter of time that these "assisting" robots become more human-like looking. Impression and confort is very different when you are touching plastic and real skin. IMHO, Japanese engineers should learn American engineering in designing "assisting" robots like these. It's warm inside, babe.
Off topic, but you might want to check out other models as well. They actually look quite good to me. Takara (japan's toy company) made these electric cars with the same product concept and spirit as their 20-year-old "choro-Q series.
I think they look awesome, though it's not really practical. If I live in a 10mil castle with golf course, I would buy one of these rather than ugly golf carts and drive around for a whole day in amusement. All men are boys after all.
Actually the word reads "ojigi," and it means "bowing (greeting)." So the whole sentence reads: I found it amusing that Japanese engineers imprinted what is known as their stereotypical behavior (bowing) to the robot. You say, "Hey, Robot! Apologize!" and this robot will bow in front of you without knowing what he did wrong. What a nice pet.
Since 5.1 days, WordPerfect was always my choice for writing documents. While MS-Word stayed inside my harddrive for rare occasions of opening incompatible documents that WP couldn't open, I used WP extensively. Since I began using Linux, however, things changed quite a bit. Though I used WP8 for Linux in the beginning, I later moved to OpenOffice, which possesses greater interoperability. Now my day to day tool for writing has been replaced completely with OpenOffice.
I was extremely disappointed when Corel stopped developing WP for Linux. I still wonder if Corel will ever release open source version of WP and regain some market share in wordprocessing. Even if they do, however, it is probably too late to regain their position in the business. MS locked in customers with their products and expanded their business. On the other hand, WordPerfect's proprietary format choked its own neck. sigh...
I don't have any link handy, but there has been a number of patent cases brought to a court by foregin (read: US) companies. One of my buddies, who used to work for a well-known Japanese electronics company beginning with "h," once told me that this Japanese company's newly established computer (desktop) devision knowingly copied DOS, and after it was discovered the company was tried, and ordered to pay hefty damage to MS, which lead the devision to shut down.
If Japan really is patent outlaw country, why do all the big companies (Sony, Panasonic, Toyota, Honda) own so many patents both in Japan and US? I'd appreciate it if you can explain to me, please.
I don't really have any link to back up my argument, but your knowledge in Japan's Patent laws and enforcement obviously is paper thin.
Quite honestly, I don't find Windows (any version) installation any easier than popular Linux distro installation. This is already a redundant topic on
SuSE's FTP installation takes a while. If you enter FTP domain name instead of IP address, it won't work. Though I use SuSE and I love it, you might want to try Mand---e (formerly known as Mandrake) first. If it still doesn't work, go check out Installfest held by Linux user groups in your country.
2. educational purposes
3. more tangible interface than multi-tasking keyboard/mouse + monitor
4. hobbyist mentality
5. nostalgia to pre-PC era
there are ways to achieve the same result, and obviously some people prefer harder and more time-consuming way. Also for some people writing code may take more time than building a DIY kit. some people prefer to drive 67 mustang than 03 accord or mercedes. others ride a bicycle.
This "technology" will die sooner or later. Have anyone heard of "smell-o-rama?" Scratch smelly paper while watching a movie? In some theaters smell was delivered via air-conditioner/duct. This type of attempts have already made at least a few times in the film business and they all failed to survive. Who would bother buying smell cartridge for emailing?
Next variant of MyDoom virus will cause a smell of your armpits. How exciting our future can be. I'm so thrilled.
Napster is compatible only with Win---s XP and 2K. Not even with 98 or NT will you have access to it. Meanwhile HP -- iPod by HP; Linux by HP? Maybe HP wants to diversify their products and is aware that relying too much on one technology will limit their business. IMHO HP has better business sense than Roxio, who targeted Napster only to part of 94% desktop users.
I'm no Microsoft fanboy, but I really don't see what the big deal is with Windows Media Player. ... Windows has shipped with a Media Player since Windows 3.1 at least, and nobody's complained about illegal bundling.
Me neither. And personally I can't wait for MS to fully implement DRM on Windows Media and not-so-open_standard media formats for digital media distribution that can not be watched without locked-in WMP proprietary codec. Media Player is and has been FREE, so in theory it's win-win situation for consumers.
Really, you can trust me on this.
Powerbook, if you can afford it?
:p
Since I don't have extra $$$ to burn (and I'm not a mac user), I use Thinkpad and am happy with it. I'm running SuSE on it.
Though I agree that Disney still is a powerful media conglomerate and as a brand name it sure has appeal to mass from kids to retired, animation from Disney has lost a lot of momentum compared to its heyday. Animated feature is no longer dominated by Disney, as 3D animation is becoming the mainstream in the film biz. This has been proven by success of animated feature from other studios, like Dreamworks and Fox. Meanwhile, in 2D animation world, there are some indication that Disney might have lost touch in animation business. Boxoffice success of Disney animation is no longer guaranteed unlike old days. While Disney is apparently aware of this trend, they are yet to come up with viable alternative to their ex-partner, Pixer.
Is 2D animation dead? I think not, and neither some studios. But from what we have seen in success of Pixer/Dis films, it is undeniable that Pixer has a better ground to compete in animation after this separation.
They are by no means trusted to the level of Disney in a family atmosphere.
Sure, WE trust Disney for its purity. Disney is clean as long as it doesn't engrave their banner on top of crap they make under other brand name they own.
Cheers.
If Microsoft will ever release Kinoppix-like full-functional live CD version of Windows with a set of most frequently used apps, that will make many windows users' lives much easier. All viruses and worms that screw up your system by overwriting system configuration files/registry and by installing junk (e.g. spyware) on the hard disk will be history --as long as applications are allowed to run only from the CD-Rom. You can still keep custom icons and all junks (e.g. your mp3s and appz collection for file sharing) on hard disk, while everything in C:\Progra~1 and \Windows dirs will remain as they are supposed to be on a CD. Works just like XboX, I guess. Forget customization: security is more important than your custom wallpapers, don't you think?
Only and the biggest problem with Win-Live CD is that YOU CAN'T PATCH IT! and the fact is MS loves patching your PC. So after all, Win-Live is just another dream. How unfortunate.
Meanwhile, Windows live-CD will allow me to get rid of fat32 partition on my machine. no more dual-boot necessary....
I had always ranted to anyone who would listen about how many times one had to reboot Windows
Reboot is one of the biggest annoyances that made me switch to Linux. I can't tell you how many times Windows reboot interrupted my downloading ISO images from alt.binaries.vcd.xxx. Now I'm so glad I switched to Linux and understand why people are so fond of it.
Even if a good number of Windows users come to realize uselessness of IE after all years and begin switching, the story is not over yet. There still are very many sites that are readable only with IE, and for these sites Windows/IE is the standard, regardless of w3c. Not to mention WMP9 and DRM, Microsoft has planted enough propriatery lock-ins to the Internet in the last several years so that it is impossible to get rid of IE (and Win) over night. I hope none of commercial mp3 download sites using IE/WMP will become a success, as they are endorsing this business strategy.
Maybe I'm too pessimistic. At least I can wish that the world is better place than what I think it is.
Shouldn't it be Chinese Government and authorities that's to be blamed for violating human rights, before blaming world's richest man? Maybe MS should pull their business from the chinese region so that they won't be blamed. Market share won't fall thanks to piracy in China.
Bill Gates is unquestionably a great and accomplished man.
sure, and Sir Gates is a criminal by a court of law.
If you are a billionaire willing to burn some of your cash to save the world (of computing), make 100-million copies of Linux Live-CDs and distribute them for free just like AOL free CD. This will give more people an opportunity to see and find out what Linux is. Live CD is perfect for those who do not want to hard install, but want to see what Linux is and can do. If we have a free distribution system available, it will help Linux be recognized by those who don't have 'time and patience' to download ISO, burn CD and reboot. Linux's market presence will increase as a result of mass distribution.
Needless to say, if you are concerned, you are not obligated to $699 binary-only license per copy, as you are not a 'user' but distributor of Linux.
Are we talking about MS outsourcing jobs to India? Or Ford Model-T being built in Mexico? Or Walmart selling your underware made in China?
Obviously Darl's letter is distorting facts, as it has always been, to redirect your thoughts. Darl once told me Linus has WMD in his backyard. Let's send UN to Linus house.
If there are politicians that take Darl's voice seriously, they don't deserve to be in congress.
Music lawyers filed the newest cases against 'John Doe' defendants -- identified only by their numeric Internet protocol addresses -- and expected to work through the courts to learn their names and where they live.
This type of "I-dunno-but-U-figure-out-Urself-,-judge-!" tactics is already copyrighted by Darl. RIAA will receive a nice letter from ScO concerning potential lawsuit for infringement of their IP in a few days, probably before they lose one of their "I-dunno" cases this Friday. Maybe we should establish RIAA/SCO Survival Funds so we won't lose two of the most entertaining litigation clowns.
From the Register:
... meaning, no pop-ups, no more browser hijack? (I sure will miss 'em)
OSDL says it isn't out to create a Microsoft Windows replacement.
I don't get it. though there are some things for ODSL/Linux vendors to learn from Windows, there are very many things that they would NOT want to learn or copy from design of the monopoly OS to replace it. Desktop Linux should not become a Widows replacement for god's sake.
Linux is superior to Windows in many aspects, while Windows has some advantages in desktop use over Linux. For business computing, security can be the primary concern. I don't say either OS is more secure than the other, but the history shows that Windows is more likely to become a target of vulnerability attacks by hackers/ spammer/ ad agencies, and that some attack attempts successfully created mess. Even though there are far more applications available in the market, Windows wouldn't be a choice of OS if I were to make decisions.
Let's face it, how difficult would it be for a person of "computer literate" (according to his/her resume) to learn how to maneuver KDE/Gnome? I don't think it would take a year. If applications are network-installed, employees on the terminal system won't have to worry about installation of application. Let the IT dept. take care of it.
If you have hundreds of Windows apps to run, use wine, codeweaver(also wine), or vmware. Running Windows on vmware/virtual PC gives you access to Windows apps and ease of security control under Linux at the same time. It's certainly better than getting hacked and filling your monitor with a bunch of pop up ads and crap because you are using Windows, or Windows replacement.
Don't make a replacement for the 'every-user-has-root-access-by-default' OS. Just let people learn and replace.
well, my frustration is that if this guy is willing to spend this much time and money on this modification, why did he not go as far as building the entire body of the car using glassfiber and other available material, rather than go easy and put a handwritten R2D2 sticker on the rear end of the car.
More importantly, why Honda(as it looks like --maybe I'm wrong...!)??? There must be a better choice for the base car....
SilentPCreview.com has reviews for "silent" PC parts(cases, CPU fans, power supplies, etc), and you can probably get some idea from them if you want to build a quiet system. I don't live in recording studio, so I don't think I would ever need this one to create 0db environment. My neighbors are obnoxiously noisy already, so what's the point?
Besides I've been using a laptop primarily and it's quiet enough (...duh) even without water cooling thingy. Laptop these days are not so expensive, you can get a good one for $1400 and less. Of course if you need to build a server, laptop won't work, but for 'home' use, laptop works good enough and is quiet.