From: "Adam Flinton" 

Nah I don't want internal bus'es no more. RAMCPUVID bus OK
but beyond that.....

Do you rely on the internal speaker of your pc or do you plug headphones /
external speakers in?

Adam

"Robert Comer"  wrote in message
news:3e21cbed$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > It's not a laptop it's a semi-portable PC.
>
> Then a different form factor would probably be more desirable, perhaps
> something a tad bigger that would house more disk/expansion options.  If
you
> have all the devices external, that sucker then turns into in fixed
station
> and if you're going to do that, why not get a fixed station device to
begin
> with. (it's far cheaper and better expansion options.)
>
> >I rarely if ever use my laptop
> > purely on the battery.
>
> I rarely ever use mine any other way, and all it has internally is a HD,
no
> CD, no floppy.
>
> >Even when I'm in the car using it as my music player (via a pretend
> > tape thing) I have it running off a convertor which plugs into my cig
> > lighter.
>
> I never use mine as a music player, so I really wouldn't get into the
> situation where I'd need that.
>
> - Bob Comer
>
>
>
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e21c49d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > It's not a laptop it's a semi-portable PC. I rarely if ever use my
laptop
> > purely on the battery. Sometimes on the train but mostly It's plugged in
> > somehow. Even when I'm in the car using it as my music player (via a
> pretend
> > tape thing) I have it running off a convertor which plugs into my cig
> > lighter.
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> > news:3e216f87$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > I have no problem with a PC where the expansion possibilities are
all
> > > > external.
> > >
> > > I do when the purpose of a laptop is mobility.
> > >
> > > - Bob Comer
> > >
> > >
> > > "Adam Flinton" 
wrote in message
> > > news:3e2153f5{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > I have no problem with a PC where the expansion possibilities are
all
> > > > external.
> > > >
> > > > The fact that this looks like / can act like a Laptop is a form
factor
> > > thing
> > > > more than anything else.
> > > >
> > > > These beasties would do me (esp with the firewire &
4 USB2 ports for
> > > hdd'es
> > > > etc).
> > > >
> > > > I suspect the fw is fw400....I wonder if/when they'll
be moving to
> > fw800?
> > > No
> > > > point buying a fw400 just as fw doubles in speed......
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
> > > > news:3e20cb26{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > I have a problem with the concept of a laptop without a
battery -- I
> > don't
> > > > see much point in it...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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