At 04:08 PM 4/8/03 -0600, you wrote:

>The Toshiba Satellite (my laptop) has the little "eraser" too
-- which I
>like, but I don't mind the touchpad either. I use the mouse a lot, but for
>actions I do all the time, I prefer the key combinations because that's
>where my hands already are... going to the mouse is sometimes a nuisance.

Toshiba also makes nice machines.

I keep going for the numeric keypad, which of course the laptop doesn't
have.  There is an add-on one that you can buy, but I'll just get used to
not having it, methinks.  The keyboard on the Thinkpad actually has larger
keys than my desktop does.  Taking some getting used to, but I like it.

>> I'm sending this from my old computer, because it's going to take me a
>> while to get all the files off of it,
>
>I had to send a ton of stuff to my laptop from my desktop -- I bought some
>software called Aloha Bob which was a *breeze* at transfering data. It
>didn't have as much configurability as I would have liked (I didn't need
>everything it ported) 

Does it just bulk-transfer EVERYTHING?  I don't want to do that.  I'm going
to upgrade some software; some I have on my desktop, I no longer want, and
some of the genealogy files, I'm just re-entering to do over and eliminate
mistakes and "cross-contamination" (between surname files, since I split
off each major surname from what was one big file that got TOO big).  So
I'm not sure that sounds like it's for me.

>but you can't beat it for ease of use, and I didn't
>have a single problem with anything after it was done. It saved me a TON of
>time. The cable you need comes with it too so that's good (and of long-term
>use) I think I paid 20 bucks for it, and it got a lot of good reviews from
>Tucows, epinions etc. Well worth the time to find it in your area (or by
>mail)

I might look into it, though.  We have a home network, but Keys had to
change out his hard drive.  He had to buy a new one because his old one
failed.  He was able to retrieve information off of it -- including all the
photos ever taken with our digital camera, which now also reside on two
CD-ROMs, one for him and one for me, as well as on his new hard drive!  And
we think the wire connecting his computer to the network is damaged, so
that has to be replaced.  That would be the easiest way for me to transfer
only what I want, just do it over the home LAN, but it's not functioning
right now.

>have fun with your new toy :) Before long you'll wonder how you ever lived
>without it :)

I already do!  Heeheehee.

Veloci--lug it around--raptor



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