Best combination of being able to freehand notes/diagrams while still keeping the abilities of a laptop.
I used a IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad X41t in my recent foray back to school (several years ago) loved it!
DriveShield, which is what I used in my classroom lab. Allows you to manage the HD 'locks' from the network, as well as reboots, shutdowns, etc. Excellent product (Windows & Mac versions), excellent support (always very knowledgeable and friendly when needed), and mostly trouble-free. Only times I needed to call was to help recover licenses when client HDDs suddenly died for whatever reason.
I'm sure this compares very similarly to DeepFreeze, just I'm not as familiar with that product.
In my previous school's computer lab we had *old* removable drive trays. Every so often, the computer would refuse to recognize an inserted drive on boot. The solution? Take out the drive tray, do the ol' "Nintendo trick," reinsert drive tray and boot successfully! Everyone thought I was crazy, but it worked!;)
Except Miranda only supports the older TOC connection to AIM, not the newer OSCAR protocol. This means no buddy icons, only client-side buddylists, etc. I liked Miranda, but the current lack of OSCAR support pushed me to Gaim.
...or something else in this line/vein; of course just my $.02-
The 2200dn has some great features for a 'smallish' B/W laser: 19ppm, 600dpi, duplexer, 10/100 ethernet. Have had this printer for over 5 years without a problem. My spouse and I are teachers with a high 'hard-copy' need, and this has been a great workhorse for us.
In fact, it almost works "too well," since we're now getting the itch for a color laser. But since the 2200dn won't die, I don't have a 'good' excuse to look at a new one. We ended up borrowing a HP LaserJet 2500n, which unfortunately doesn't have a duplexer. Still keeping my eye out for an appropriate color laser though...
I use a leather backpack from Wilsons that is made for a laptop, but it certainly doesn't look like a laptop bag. The one I have isn't on the website anymore, but there is still an option listed there.
HP's new laser printers with duplexers actually spit the page out partway before reversing direction and pulling them back into the paper path. So the OP's "do not pull pages until job is done" is actually prudent.
We have one of these types of printers (HP LJ 4600DN) in my classroom, and when the kids pull pages of duplex jobs early (before they actually get spit into the finished tray), then Bad Things Happen(tm).
One of my HS Seniors just got one (two, actually, but one was a mistake) as an upcoming graduation/start of college present. He says it's a desktop replacement machine for him. I'm happy for the guy, but I wouldn't want to lug that beast around on a daily basis.
There were a few characters on the Peanuts comic that were named just numbers. You only ever saw "6" (little boy, friend of Linus), but his older siblings were 1-5.
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There are performance chips that do this now.
The chip in my Ford Lightning is a "dual program" chip -- one program for 'daily driver mode' and another program for 'Sunday dragstrip mode.' I activate either mode by using an electromechanical switch to toggle between each program. I've mounted my switch in a location that is easily accessable from the driver's seat, so I can change programs at will.
There are models available with 1, 2 or 4 possible programs "burned" on them (actually the chips are EEPROMS, so they're rewritable). My vendor of choice is PowerSurge Performance
Incidently, with the chip and other assorted "bolt-on" (read: easy) modifications, my truck is pushing over 400 horsepower and 12-second 1/4-mile times (no, not raced on the street; yes, only at the local dragstrip).
I too have an external (FW + USB2) drive that I like to keep quick backups on from my WinXP desktop and my MacOS X laptop. Unfortunately, while FAT32 works across platforms, it doesn't support any of the permissions, etc. that are native to each platform. One more thing to consider is that FAT32 doesn't support large files (>4GB per file).
What I've done so far is to use FAT32, but then use "disk images" on the MacOS X side to emulate the HFS+ file system (to keep permissions, etc.)
There is hope, though, as I read somwhere (can't remember where) that MacOS X has NTFS support planned in Jaguar. While, I don't think that will address the permissions issue across platforms, at least I can start making 4+ GB disk image files in MacOS X.
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Best combination of being able to freehand notes/diagrams while still keeping the abilities of a laptop. I used a IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad X41t in my recent foray back to school (several years ago) loved it!
DriveShield, which is what I used in my classroom lab. Allows you to manage the HD 'locks' from the network, as well as reboots, shutdowns, etc. Excellent product (Windows & Mac versions), excellent support (always very knowledgeable and friendly when needed), and mostly trouble-free. Only times I needed to call was to help recover licenses when client HDDs suddenly died for whatever reason. I'm sure this compares very similarly to DeepFreeze, just I'm not as familiar with that product.
In my previous school's computer lab we had *old* removable drive trays. Every so often, the computer would refuse to recognize an inserted drive on boot. The solution? Take out the drive tray, do the ol' "Nintendo trick," reinsert drive tray and boot successfully! Everyone thought I was crazy, but it worked! ;)
OMG, my bro/sis-in-laws live there... and they're a cooky kind of bunch...
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Except Miranda only supports the older TOC connection to AIM, not the newer OSCAR protocol. This means no buddy icons, only client-side buddylists, etc. I liked Miranda, but the current lack of OSCAR support pushed me to Gaim.
...or something else in this line/vein; of course just my $.02-
The 2200dn has some great features for a 'smallish' B/W laser: 19ppm, 600dpi, duplexer, 10/100 ethernet. Have had this printer for over 5 years without a problem. My spouse and I are teachers with a high 'hard-copy' need, and this has been a great workhorse for us.
In fact, it almost works "too well," since we're now getting the itch for a color laser. But since the 2200dn won't die, I don't have a 'good' excuse to look at a new one. We ended up borrowing a HP LaserJet 2500n, which unfortunately doesn't have a duplexer. Still keeping my eye out for an appropriate color laser though...
I use a leather backpack from Wilsons that is made for a laptop, but it certainly doesn't look like a laptop bag. The one I have isn't on the website anymore, but there is still an option listed there.
We have one of these types of printers (HP LJ 4600DN) in my classroom, and when the kids pull pages of duplex jobs early (before they actually get spit into the finished tray), then Bad Things Happen(tm).
One of my HS Seniors just got one (two, actually, but one was a mistake) as an upcoming graduation/start of college present. He says it's a desktop replacement machine for him. I'm happy for the guy, but I wouldn't want to lug that beast around on a daily basis.
There were a few characters on the Peanuts comic that were named just numbers. You only ever saw "6" (little boy, friend of Linus), but his older siblings were 1-5.
There are performance chips that do this now.
The chip in my Ford Lightning is a "dual program" chip -- one program for 'daily driver mode' and another program for 'Sunday dragstrip mode.' I activate either mode by using an electromechanical switch to toggle between each program. I've mounted my switch in a location that is easily accessable from the driver's seat, so I can change programs at will.
There are models available with 1, 2 or 4 possible programs "burned" on them (actually the chips are EEPROMS, so they're rewritable). My vendor of choice is PowerSurge Performance
Incidently, with the chip and other assorted "bolt-on" (read: easy) modifications, my truck is pushing over 400 horsepower and 12-second 1/4-mile times (no, not raced on the street; yes, only at the local dragstrip).
Oops, you're right. I meant that NTFS support is planned for Panther (next release), not Jaguar (current release).
I too have an external (FW + USB2) drive that I like to keep quick backups on from my WinXP desktop and my MacOS X laptop. Unfortunately, while FAT32 works across platforms, it doesn't support any of the permissions, etc. that are native to each platform. One more thing to consider is that FAT32 doesn't support large files (>4GB per file).
What I've done so far is to use FAT32, but then use "disk images" on the MacOS X side to emulate the HFS+ file system (to keep permissions, etc.)
There is hope, though, as I read somwhere (can't remember where) that MacOS X has NTFS support planned in Jaguar. While, I don't think that will address the permissions issue across platforms, at least I can start making 4+ GB disk image files in MacOS X.
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