Looking for laptop suggestion
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dan neely wrote:
USB printers would be the most likely one. Fancy external mice/keyboards with extra/programable buttons would be annother. Do new digicams still need drivers or just look like a generic usb drive to windows?
Oh no! Not another keep behind, driver ain't all there argument...? Haven't we all heard this one some day... like Don't move to Windows 98, NT, 2000, to Xp, drivers... etc.? I'm a little sick of all this. Do we have to wait for Vista/Longhorn to move to the 64 bits platform? And then wait for first service pack to be sure it is stabilized? I'm partisan of moving on because world isn't still. Look: anyway, Win XP Pro 64 is an option. It's simply cool the option is there. I'm no seller of Acer product nor I do want to start a flame here. Beside it already come with a wireless mouse and the keybord is correctly size (like a normal one). Printer driver ain't no low level driver no more neither webcam driver are (look on codeproject for extension written with these in mind if you dont trust me). Driver are more or less personalisation of resident system extension these days. So both would do nice on WoW for most devices, therefore cause no problem at all running in a 64Bits environment. Should there be a new eclectic device than doesn't run on WoW and is sooo cool, one would simply have to verify it come with compatible drivers. If the device is that cool, they'll supply correct sets of drivers soon enough, believe me... I was only talking of something cool here. The option is there. Don't want it : don't take it... Michel is looking for a fast development machine in a reasonnable price range with a reputable company. This one is actually one of the fastest around, even more in 64 bits. This price is fair and Acer has good credentials and lots of reputable reseller/sales point. That's it. I was trying to help. No more... :) __________________________________ "Man in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make" -John Lennon Jean-François Rodrigue, ACSE, CCNA, Application Architect, Groupe S.A.I.T. Inc. jiepher@gmail.com
jiepher wrote:
Oh no! Not another keep behind, driver ain't all there argument...? Haven't we all heard this one some day... like Don't move to Windows 98, NT, 2000, to Xp, drivers... etc.? I'm a little sick of all this. Do we have to wait for Vista/Longhorn to move to the 64 bits platform? And then wait for first service pack to be sure it is stabilized? I'm partisan of moving on because world isn't still.
If something you need a driver for doesn't exist it's much better to learn that before upgrading. Granted it's less of a risk with a laptop since they've got fewer places for 3rd party addons.
jiepher wrote:
I'm no seller of Acer product nor I do want to start a flame here.
Nor I. This'll be my last post on the subject.
jiepher wrote:
Beside it already come with a wireless mouse and the keybord is correctly size (like a normal one).
Reduced travel hights, lack of tilt, stray touchpad input from hands while typing, and having the arrow, page up/down, etc keys shoehorned into odd/nonstandard places drive me crazy with laptop keyboads. The last isn't avoidable on a 15" screen. I've seen a few widescreens that do have real keyboards(tm) but they're closer to desktops with built in upses than portables.